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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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The Persistence of the Classical Ideal in the Portuense Works of Ángel Acosta Martín: Academicism and Tradition in 20th-Century Canarian Sculpture
Clementina CALERO RUIZ; Domingo SOLA ANTEQUERA
Original title: La pervivencia del ideal clásico en la obra portuense de Ángel Acosta Martín (1922-2015): academicismo y tradición en la imaginería canaria del siglo XX
Published in Languages and Cultures in Tradition
Our article revolves around the image of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the sculptor Ángel Acosta Martín. Based on the study of the statue, we have been able to confirm the decisive role that his academic training played in his search for inspiration. On one hand, his knowledge of classical Greek sculpture provided him with the models, on the other hand, the contemplation of works by 18th-century Canary Islands artists allowed him to demonstrate to what extent those “ancient” models could be brought up to date under a new appearance.
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The spectral woman. The being of misogyny in the work “Virgeu de Consoloçon” (15th century)
Bruna Plath FURTADO
Original title: A mulher espectral. O ser da misoginia na obra “Virgeu de Consoloçon” (séc. XV)
Published in Languages and Cultures in Tradition
Using as corpus the Portuguese work “Virgeu de Consolaçon” – an anonymous manuscript produced in the early fifteenth century – this study examines the emergence of a spectral mode of femininity. Drawing on the theoretical and methodological framework of discourse analysis, our aim is to understand how the objectification of women is configured in the discourse of the “Virgeu de Consolaçon”. When, as a form of aleturgy, the truth revealed in the text takes the sin of lust as its theme, it gives rise to a figure to be feared, one from which the monk must fully withdraw to escape the designs of this sin. It is through the way this figure is instituted in the “Virgeu de Consolaçon”, a figure to which medieval misogyny assigns a linguistic-enunciative form, and which ascetic-monastic discourse portrays as dangerous, that we refer to it as the spectral woman.
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Byzantine clothing: the sumptuous symbols portrayed in the exuberance of the costumes
Marizilda dos Santos MENEZES; Clara Damasceno ZANDONÁ
Original title: Indumentária bizantina: os símbolos suntuosos retratados na exuberância dos trajes
Published in Languages and Cultures in Tradition
This research analyses, through the costumes of the Byzantine court and elite, the historical context in which they were inserted, as well as the political and religious influences on their creation. Thus, the investigation aims to identify what the symbols and signs that combined the styles of clothing worn during the Byzantine Empire were, how they were represented and what they had. To this end, the methods used to prepare this bibliographic research permeate a theoretical and descriptive approach of an exploratory nature, whose outline is broken down into a qualitative analysis of the data. In addition, theoretical bases of scholars of Byzantinism and fashion historians were researched and proven, in addition to photographs of accessories from the Byzantine period, purchased from the Victoria and Albert Museum. For the Byzantine Empire, the development of industries and their adornments were extremely important for the understanding of the structural elements that made up the determinations controlled by the dual government between the State and the Church.
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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.
