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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"medieval italy"”.
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The Deliberate Destruction of Urban Residences in Medieval Italy (800-1200)
… but little-studied fact of civic life in the medieval period, especially for centres of the Italian peninsula. Most often, it is seen as a corollary to the urban factionalism which characterised life in these cities in the central and later Middle Ages. This thesis investigates the period …
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Clerics, Courts, and Legal Culture in Early Medieval Italy, c. 650 - c. 900
… in the Lombard and Carolingian Kingdom of Italy prosecuted disputes with each other. It argues for and explores two core features of the clerical legal culture of the kingdom. The first regards the judicial institutions that clerics exploited. While the late eleventh and twelfth centuries …
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Ducks and Deer, Profit and Pleasure: Hunters, Games and the Natural Landscapes of Medieval Italy
… ample and thorough assessment of hunting in late medieval and Renaissance northern and central Italy. Hunting took place in a variety of landscapes and invested animal species. Both of these had been influenced by human activities for centuries. Hunting had deep cultural significance for a range …
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Cathedral And Commune In Medieval Lucca: The Facade Of San Martino
… Martino in Lucca is both a masterpiece of Tuscan medieval art and a witness to the political and social developments of its era. Created between the late twelfth and the mid-thirteenth century, its rise paralleled that of Lucca as an independent city-state and the transfer of power from the city’s …
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Wolves in Lamb's Clothing: Redeeming the Images of Catherine of Siena and Angela of Foligno
Medieval holy women were revered for their power and efforts, by both their communities and the Church. However, what are contemporary women to make of these female saints? This paper will examine Blessed Angela of Foligno (1248 – 1309), a Franciscan tertiary, and Saint Catherine of Siena (1347 – …
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The Artistic Patronage of the Augustinian Friars in Central Italy (1256-c. 1370)
… for the artistic and urban renewal underway in Italy from the 1200s onwards. This dissertation provides the first comprehensive study of the ‘third’ mendicant order: the Hermits of St Augustine, long dismissed as pale imitators of the Franciscans and the Dominicans. My major re-evaluation of the …
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UN FILOSOFO TRA I DOMENICANI. FILOSOFIA, TEOLOGIA E CONTESTI INTELLETTUALI IN ROLANDO DA CREMONA
… historical significance in 13th-century Northern Italy. Finally, the third chapter investigates Roland's employment of philosophy against heresies and forms of heterodox thought.