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The royal voice into the Vita Wilfrithi of Eddius Stephanus
Alberto ASLA
Original title: La voz real en la Vita Wilfrithi de Eddius Stephanus
Published in Senses and sensibilities in classical and medieval worlds
The history of Anglo-Saxon England is a fruitful field of research for Spanish-speaking historiography, even so, and despite having some works linked to philology and theology, for history is almost nil. In this sense, our work, although small, aims to account for the wealth of this period through an absolutely different and specific approach: history of the senses. And from there, in order to find a medieval soundscape is that our goal will be to trace and analyze the royal “voice” from the dispute between the two traditions of Christianity existing during the seventh century and later its subsequent establishment as a religio licitas.
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The Epigraphic layout in the Pompeian honorary inscription of Marcus Holconius Rufus
Carlos Alberto SERTÃ
Original title: A Diagramação Epigráfica na inscrição honorária pompeiana de Marcus Holconius Rufus
Published in Aristocracy and nobility in the Ancient and Medieval World
This paper examines the work of the lapidaries’ ordering on the epigraph of Marcus Marcus Holconius Rufus in Pompeii.
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Waters of Otherness and Unity: the Mediterranean and the Western Currents of Non-Dualist Thought
Leandro BERTONCELLO
Original title: Águas de alteridade e de unidade: o Mediterrâneo e as correntes ocidentais do pensamento não dualista
Published in Intercultural Mediterranean
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This article analyzes the development of non-dualist thought in the Mediterranean, challenging the traditional view that restricts it to Eastern spiritualities. Based on the region’s dynamics of fragmentation and connectivity, it argues that the search for the unity of Being permeated various Western philosophical traditions, from Parmenides to Ramon Llull. The circulation of ideas in the Mediterranean fostered the formulation of concepts that reject the absolute separation between subject and object, spirit and matter, divine and human. Furthermore, the study examines how modern philosophical historiography marginalized or reinterpreted non-dualist currents in the West, emphasizing dualism as a dominant feature. The reassessment of this intellectual legacy allows for the recognition of the Mediterranean as a space of philosophical synthesis, where unity and multiplicity were reconciled within a distinct tradition. Thus, the article proposes a critical reevaluation that situates Western non-dualism within a broader framework of intellectual history.
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The One Beyond Being: the Abrogation of Otherness in Meister Eckhart
Leandro BERTONCELLO
Original title: O Uno além do Ser: a ab-rogação da alteridade em Meister Eckhart
Published in The Kingdom of the Spirit
This article examines the concept of the abrogation of otherness in Meister Eckhart, with emphasis on his doctrine of the union between the human soul and the One, a reality that transcends being. Through the analysis of texts and sermons by the Rhenish mystic, it explores how the soul can overcome all distinctions and attain unity with God through the negation of negation (negatio negationis). The study discusses the transcendence of the One beyond being, the role of the ground of the soul (Grunde der Seele) as the locus of this union, and the dialectic between detachment and love for others. It concludes that abrogation does not imply contempt for the world but rather a new way of experiencing the divine in all creatures.
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The transcendence of War and Peace by the spiritual sense of Christian Theology
Eirini ARTEMI
Published in The Kingdom of the Spirit
“War” and “peace” are subject to theological, philosophical, moral, and political construction. In Christian theology, “war” and “peace” have to do with the relations of people with God, with themselves and with the other people in every place of this earth. The transcendence of the war and peace has literal and spiritual meaning. In the Christian view of peace, it is necessary to relate to justice and includes the dimensions of inner peace or a spiritual peace. This understanding is different from a more secular outlook means peace at the level of exterior dimensions –outer dimension–. As far as the word “war” can mean spiritual struggling with our passions or with the demons and with the other people in our daily life. The teachings on peace and on war, deriving from the sacred texts of Christianity, effectively guide adherents to attain inner peace, to extend it outwardly and to try to get rid of the passions which are cause of war. The latter relates to our passions and sins.
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A New Approach to the Biography of Pedro Jiménez de Samper, a Knight Deployed in the Border in the Service of Pedro IV of Aragon (ca. 1314-1364)
Mario LAFUENTE GÓMEZ
Original title: Una nueva aproximación a la biografía de Pedro Jiménez de Samper, un caballero de frontera al servicio de Pedro IV de Aragón (ca. 1314-1364)
Published in Returning to Eden
Pedro Jiménez de Samper was a prominent member of the Aragon’s middle nobility, who lived during the central decades of the 14th century and developed an intense military career in the service of King Peter IV of Aragon, the Ceremonious. In this text, we offer a revised and expanded version of his biography, which we first published in 2008 in this journal’s number 8. The current version preserves the original text while incorporating new content, which refers to all the stages of Samper’s life and allows us to considerably widen the repertoire of issues previously addressed. Among the most important new features presented here are the location of his family origins, the identification of his clientele networks and the dating of his death. The result is a case study that provides an accurate illustration of the relationship between aristocracy and war in the Crown of Aragon in this period of the late Middle Ages.
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To be here and now. Study of the time and the space in the Viatge al Purgatori nomenat de Sant Patrici written by Ramon de Perellós i de Roda (c. 1350-1424)
Héctor ALAMINOS RAMIRO
Original title: Ser aquí y ahora. Estudio del tiempo y del espacio en el Viatge al Purgatori nomenat de Sant Patrici de Ramon de Perellós i de Roda (c. 1350-1424)
Published in Returning to Eden
This paper analyzes the temporal and spatial dimensions of the work of Ramon de Perellós referred to his journey to Saint Patrick’s Purgatory. Firstly, real, and imaginary-marvellous spheres are studied by separated to detach its meanings. Afterwards its contents are synthesized to obtain a panoramic view. Finally, these ideas are extrapolated to its historical context. By doing so, some conclusions are developed with the aim of connecting this work with the general transformations that take place in the Christian society of the medieval Western Europe.
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The play of divine beauty: Bronzino’s decoration of the Chapel of Eleonora in the Palazzo Vecchio (1541-1543)
Thainan Noronha de ANDRADE
Published in Games from Antiquity to Baroque
Starting in 1540, Cosimo I de' Medici (1519-1574) commissioned a series of structural and decorative reforms in the old seat of the Republic of Florence, the Palazzo della Signoria, transforming it into the official residence of his principato. One of the first artistic commissions ordered by the duke was the chapel dedicated to his wife, Eleonora de Toledo (1522-1562), decorated in fresco by Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572) between 1541 and 1543. This chapel stands out as one of the earliest and most significant examples of the Florentine aesthetic language from the mid-16th century. Resulted from a series of artistic and theoretical developments that took place in the first half of the century, it is characterized by highly symbolic expressiveness whose content manifests in a polysemic manner, simultaneously incorporating various levels of meaning, including political, religious, and philosophical elements. In this sense, the present study analyzes the respective pictorial cycle considering the Neoplatonic aesthetic speculations circulating within Italian and Florentine culture, influencing contemporary conceptions of the nature of artistic beauty and its appreciation, linking this process to a broader attitude that characterized Medici patronage.
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At the Dawn of Modernity. Music and Painting in the time of Afonso V (1396-1458), the Magnanimous
Ricardo da COSTA; Alexandre Emerick NEVES; Antonio Celso RIBEIRO
Original title: Na Alvorada da Modernidade. Música e Pintura no tempo de Afonso V (1396-1458), o Magnânimo
Published in Games from Antiquity to Baroque
Estudo da música renascentista e da pintura hispano-flamenga da corte napolitana da Coroa de Aragão durante o reinado de Afonso V, o Magnânimo (1396-1458) à época do Poemário (Dictats) de Ausiàs March (c.1397-1459).
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Rhythms, expressions, and representations of the body. From the Ancient World to the Baroque
Ricardo da COSTA
Original title: Ritmos, expresiones y representaciones del cuerpo
Published in Rhythms, expressions and representations of the body
