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Early Middle Ages (History)

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The Early Middle Ages, also known as the Dark Ages, is a historical period in Europe from approximately the 5th to the 10th century, characterized by the decline of the Roman Empire, the rise of feudalism, and significant cultural, social, and political transformations that laid the groundwork for the later Middle Ages.
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The Early Middle Ages, also known as the Dark Ages, is a historical period in Europe from approximately the 5th to the 10th century, characterized by the decline of the Roman Empire, the rise of feudalism, and significant cultural, social, and political transformations that laid the groundwork for the later Middle Ages.

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1. What can archaeological finds reveal about early medieval iron production and economic organization in Central Europe?

This theme explores archaeological and archaeometric investigations in Central Europe focusing on early medieval iron smelting practices, their technological evolution, and implications for understanding the economic systems of the Early Middle Ages, particularly in relation to the emergence and collapse of polities like Great Moravia.

Key finding: Through macroscopic, microscopic, and archaeometric methods (ED-XRF, XRD, SEM-EDS), the study reclassified 'thin-walled' and 'thick-walled' tuyeres, previously used to date smelting sites in the Moravian Karst, ultimately... Read more
Key finding: Geoarchaeological analysis including soil geochemistry and micromorphology of occupation deposits at the Great Moravian proto-state site of Mikulčice identified ‘Dark Earth’ formation resulting from human activity—mixing of... Read more
Key finding: Dendrochronological dating and non-invasive geophysical surveys of the early medieval stronghold at Obłęże indicated its construction around 1110 and that its destruction was linked to Bolesław III Wrymouth’s campaign.... Read more

2. How did religious and cultural identities evolve and interact in diverse early medieval European and Central Asian contexts?

This theme investigates the interplay between religious affiliations, cultural practices, and identity formation across various early medieval regions—from the Islamic East to Christian Europe and North Africa—highlighting processes of conversion, coexistence, and the role of religion in socio-political dynamics.

Key finding: Historical and source-based analysis shows Khorezm in the 10th-11th centuries as a multi-religious oasis where Islam, predominately Sunni with Shafi'i jurisprudence, coexisted alongside Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism,... Read more
Key finding: The book documents the durability and adaptation of African Latin Christianity from the 5th to 13th centuries under successive rulers including Vandals, Byzantines, and Arabs. It provides new insights into religious... Read more
Key finding: Through case studies spanning 500-1500 AD across Europe, Ramirez reveals medieval women’s significant but often overlooked roles as leaders, diplomats, mystics, artists, and scientists, challenging the traditional... Read more

3. In what ways did early medieval literary and ceremonial practices reflect and reinforce notions of power, environment, and cultural memory?

This theme synthesizes interdisciplinary research on medieval literature, environmental history, ritual practices, and symbolism to understand how narratives, ceremonies, and artistic representations articulated and sustained social authority, environmental awareness, and collective memory during the Early Middle Ages.

Key finding: Arnold’s work, as discussed in the review and author response, innovatively employs ecocritical readings of hagiographies and poetic sources to demonstrate rivers’ dual roles as material environments and symbolic media in... Read more
Key finding: The article highlights medieval literary texts, particularly Hrotsvit’s 'Gongolf', as expressions of 'aquapoetics,' where water is symbolically revered as divine sustenance and a medium of spiritual transformation. It argues... Read more
Key finding: The study interprets Nennius’s 'Historia Brittonum' account of King Arthur’s twelve battles as an expression of astromythological narrative structures, mapping battles onto the zodiac’s twelve signs. Using comparative... Read more

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Recherche effectuée et présentée avec Hervé Laurent. English follows. En 1973, P.-L. Pelet livre le premier des trois volumes de "Fer Charbon Acier dans le Pays de Vaud". Cet ouvrage fondateur traitant de la fabrication du fer brut par... more
En la línea de las interpretaciones subjetivas del paisaje y la descripción de los tipos y las actividades económicas y sociales del paisanaje, aprovechamos la ocasión que nos brinda este II Congreso para hacer un acercamiento a la obra... more
En la línea de las interpretaciones subjetivas del paisaje y la descripción de los tipos y las actividades económicas y sociales del paisanaje, aprovechamos la ocasión que nos brinda este II Congreso para hacer un acercamiento a la obra... more
Nachdem durch ein Starkregenereignis 1981 die Ming-zeitliche Pagode eingestürzt war, offenbarte sich 1987 bei Freilegungsarbeiten unter dem buddhistischen Tempel von Famen (Provinz Shaanxi / VR China) eine Schatzkammer aus der Tang-Zeit.... more
By discussing the existing scholarly literature as well as analysing the available evidence the paper aims at deconstructing the theory still pervading the Croatian scholarship about the so-called limes maritimus, which has been devised... more
For over four decades, Abilio Barbero's thesis on the visigothic political theory and the first royal ointments in Western Europe occupied a privileged position among the scholars involved with the theme and its respective derivations in... more
Sample chapter from new book: King Arthur's Battlefields, Where Were They? (New Generation Publishing, 2024; ISBN 978-1-83563-212-3). This chapter shows the likely location of Badon Hill, in the east of Britain.
This is a review of the new monograph of Shane Bobrycki 'The Crowd in the Early Middle Ages'
Here is a review of the new monograph on Paul the Deacon by Nicole Demarchi
Presentazione delle attività del nuovo a. a. e della Scuola di Studi Medievali, con un focus di relazioni sulla sua storia e sui progetti di ricerca dei borsisti post-doc dell'Istituto e della Giunta Storica Nazionale inerenti alla storia... more
Late antiquity has been characterised in multiple conflicting ways -a period of decline, emergence, transformation, tradition, of dynamism or conservatism, of conflict or collaboration. 'Tempests' might seem to align with the more... more
Plantear un balance historiográfico sobre el estudio de la delincuencia medieval en Cataluña obliga, en primer lugar, a precisar el marco histórico, porque los estudios sobre este tema, si pretenden ir más allá de la mera descripción, no... more
Common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Moench.) is a fast growing plant with a variety of utilizations. Buckwheat grain is used primarily for human consumption but also for livestock feed. Its usages as a green fodder, green manure and... more
This module traces the development of music across the Middle Ages (ca. 450–1450), from the rise of Gregorian chant and polyphony to the flourishing of secular traditions like the troubadours, trouvères, Minnesingers, and Italian... more
Neste trabalho, tratarei de analisar a única obra de Ari Þorgilsson que chegou à nossa contemporaneidade, o Íslendingabók. Antes de mergulhar nesse, no entanto, trato de explicar do que se tratam as aproximadamente dez páginas que compõem... more
This article addresses how the newly established Islamic imperial power-with its new religious identity-adapted or rejected previous Late Antique rituals, insignia, and court representations in the Iberian Peninsula. The article focuses... more
El presente trabajo aborda la delincuencia que fue sujeta a punición económica en la ciudad de Valencia durante casi cien años, entre los siglos XIV y XV. Este estudio ha sido realizado a partir del trabajo de una fuente documental... more
This paper explores how ethnic identities in post-Roman Europe were not inherited but strategically constructed. It shows that the collapse of imperial structures, rather than invasions alone, enabled new groups like the Franks and Goths... more
Dans ces pages dédiés à la ville de L'Aquila et, plus généralement, à la région des Abruzzes si durement touchée par le tremblement de terre de 2009, j'aimerais revenir, à travers l'exemple de S. Bartolomeo di Carpineto, sur quelques... more
The Former Pedagogical Academy Building in Maribor The article focuses on the building of the former Pedagogical Academy in Maribor, which now houses its successor institutions: the Faculty of Education, the Faculty of Arts, and the... more
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antropología o el derecho se interesaran por estudiar el mundo del crimen, la sociedad ya mostró su fascinación por conocerlo, a través de sus protagonistas, de sus víctimas y de sus hechos más truculentos. Esa atracción social por el... more
Cercetările arheologice de suprafaţă întreprinse în data de 05.04.1999 pe teritoriul comunei Dragomireşti Vale s-au încheiat cu descoperirea mai multor situri arheologice. În perioada 29 mai-02 iunie 1999, cu colaborarea voluntară a unui... more
Circulation of coinage involves not only travel through space but also movement in time: coins enter circulation, then circulate for a longer or shorter amount of time, with greater or lesser intervals of immobility, and finally leave... more
Abstract: The artide addresses the problem of dating the census of Slavic tribes referred to as the Bava- rian Geographer and the purpose of the text itself.lt points to new findi ngs related to the connection of thetextwith the... more
Questo volume è stato realizzato con il contributo del Centre d'étude des Mondes antiques (CEMA), dell'Institut des civilisations, arts et lettres (INCAL) No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or... more
Произошедший после арабского нашествия разрыв в персидской литературной традиции и её последовавшее за тем новое рождение тесно сопряжены с культурным освоением собственного прошлого. В это время в персидской литературе формируется... more
Le lapidaire de l'ancienne abbaye de Saint-Roman, Sylvain DEMARTHE, Géraldine MALLET Les inscriptions lapidaires de l'ancienne abbaye Saint-Roman-de-l'Aiguille, Sylvie CHAUVAIN-MARC Les céramiques du site de l'abbaye de Saint-Roman. Un... more
Marina Simek (glavni i odgovorni urednik), Darko Sadii (tehnidki urednik), Miroslav Klemm, Dragutin Feletar, Marljan Spoljar, Bra- nimir Simek Muzejski vjesnik izlazi powemeno, a najmanje Jednom godiSnje. Rukopise ne honorlramo i ne... more
The paper examines the dedicatory poem In basilica, attributed to Martin of Braga († 579), analysing its role as a historical source for early Slavic history. Since the poem contains a catalogue of peoples in which Slavs are mentioned... more
An intro to the volume "The Politics of Interpretation. The Bible and the Formation of Legal Authority in the Early Middle Ages" (with Rosamond McKitterick)
Updating an earlier article. About the Mortain casket and Franks' casket. In this article, I attempt to demonstrate that the runic text on the objects may have a West Germanic origin, rather than an Anglo-Saxon one. Both caskets are... more
mości bibliograficzne i sygnatury archiwalne pozostałych znanych odcisków, ułatwiające prowadzenie dalszych badań. Korpus średniowiecznych pieczęci francuskich, czerpiąc z dziewiętnastowiecznego, a nieraz i starszego dorobku, pokazuje,... more
Anul 2019 aduce, pentru iubitorii istoriei medievale a Transilvaniei, contribuţia privitoare la viaţa celui ce, pentru o vreme, a ţinut în mâna sa întreaga putere a Transilvaniei-cardinalul Gheorghe Martinuzzi Utyeszenics, semnată de... more
In the pre-industrial era, wood (timber) was the most important energy source and building material. In the eighteenth century, various parts of Europe, including the Habsburg province of Transylvania, witnessed a wood crisis. It prompted... more
The medieval settlement of Pricaz-În Luncă (Hunedoara County) was investigated in 2011. Over 700 archaeological features were excavated, most of them being dated to the Arpadian Age. Feature 528, a pit-house found in the central area of... more
Le maioliche del Rinascimento (28): Tipologie e prime ipotesi sulla ricostruzione del mercato 6 Si fa riferimento ai materiali emersi dallo scavo presso la Biblioteca Magliabechiana, in particolare alla maiolica recuperata durante lo... more
Discourses of physical and spiritual health were intricately entwined in the Middle Ages, shaping intellectual concepts as well as actual treatment. The allegory of Christ as Divine Physician is an example of this intersection: it appears... more
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