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The pneumatology of Great Basilius in his treatise to Amphilochius Iconium
Eirini ARTEMI
Published in Idea and image of royal power of the monarchies in Ancient and Medieval World
St. Basilius’ contribution to pneumatology is best comprehended within the historical milieu of the Arian controversy that pervaded much of the fourth century Roman Empire religiously and politically. It is a study which focuses on Basilius's understanding of the role and the Person of the Holy Spirit, particularly as found in his treatise to Amphilochius Iconium. The distinctive character of the Holy Spirit can be defined in the light of the Trinitarian relationship of the Spirit. Basilius, like Athanasius, defines the distinctiveness of the Holy Spirit in terms of His relation to God the Father and the Son. The status and position in their relationship defines the distinctiveness of each member of the Trinity. The definition of this kind occupies the major part of Basilius’ treatise of pneumatology. Basilius’ pneumatology cannot be understood; however, apart from his thoughts on salvation and baptism, which themselves are bound together. Basilius’ argument for the divinity of the Holy Spirit works by illustrating what the Holy Spirit does. The Holy Spirit illumines and sanctifies the baptized. The Holy Spirit completes and perfects creation from the beginning of time to its end and illumines the mind of the believer to understand the message of its order. The Holy Spirit inspires the Scriptures and governs their understanding in the church. Making no claim to know the essence of God, Basilius also leaves no doubt that the Holy Spirit has revealed his divinity through his actions. Only God does what only God can do.
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Fleeing from the profane society: on the obstacles for the construction of authority, rule and the support of the church in the Passio sancti Venceslavi martyris
Andrea Vanina NEYRA
Original title: Huir de la sociedad profana: sobre los obstáculos en la construcción de la autoridad, el gobierno y el fomento de la Iglesia en la Passio sancti Venceslavi martyris
Published in Idea and image of royal power of the monarchies in Ancient and Medieval World
Bishop Gumpold of Mantua’s Passio sancti Venceslavi martyris, commissioned by King Otto II, depicts Wenceslas as a Christian ruler who brought together Christian virtues, ascetic practices along with active political power. This paper outlines the manifest opposition between those features and the characteristics attributed to the people subject to the přemyslid duke’s authority. The population was described as a society of savage people, tied to pagan error and heresy, who imposed significant barriers to the expansion of Christ’s faith in the region of Bohemia. Their incivility, lack of culture and infidelitas are all apparent through the use of certain attributes used to describe the population, its customs and beliefs: impious, delusional, profane, arrogant, inhuman. Thereby, the specificities defining the Bohemian society at the end of the 10th century coincide with Wenceslas’ most important opponent, his brother and fratricide Boleslav. The depiction of the savage, profane and illicit environment is a prefiguration of the final episode of the hagiographical text: the scandalous martyrdom of the future Bohemian patron saint. Similarly, the predestined Christian future of the Kingdom is prefigured in the hero’s early life –a Christian among an erring surrounding– as well as in his miracles.
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About he name of St. Mary of Blaquerna: some questions and answers
Júlia BUTINYÀ
Original title: Sobre el nom de santa Maria de Blaquerna: algunes preguntes i respostes
Published in Idea and image of royal power of the monarchies in Ancient and Medieval World
About the name of the Virgin who is identified with the protagonist of the first novel of Ramon Llull, Romanç d’Evast e Blaquerna, several contributions have been made lately; here we add some new and formulate some questions. Because to the hypothesis established about the image as coming from the church of the palace of Constantinople, I added that of Corfu as its original place. Now, the fact of having found two churches with the same name in the area of the Ionian Sea enhances the value and influence of the primitive image, as well as its original location in Corfu.
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SIMON I TARRÉS, Antoni. Llengua i política a la Catalunya del segle XVII. Alexandre Ros i Gomar (1604-1656)/La Bíblia en el pensament polític català i hispànic de l’època de la raó d’estat
Vicent-Josep ESCARTÍ
Published in Idea and image of royal power of the monarchies in Ancient and Medieval World
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Idea and image of royal power of the monarchies in Ancient and Medieval World
José María SALVADOR GONZÁLEZ
Published in Idea and image of royal power of the monarchies in Ancient and Medieval World
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The Galician influence in the Romanesque from Alto Minho
Margarita VÁZQUEZ CORBAL
Original title: La influencia gallega en el Románico del Alto Minho
Published in Society and Culture in Portugal
The current article deals with the influence of the Cathedral of Tui, its diocesan space and other Galician examples in the Romanesque art from the Portuguese area of Alto Minho. The diocese of Tui encompassed territories from southern Galicia and northern Portugal during a great part of the Middle Ages, in particular, the southwestern area of the province of Pontevedra; southeasthern Ourense and the Portuguese region of Alto Minho. The See from Tui spred a series of artistic and iconographic patterns which were extended in its bishopric and in the adjacent territories, giving the Romanesque in this area its own personality and outside the sociopolitical implications from a borderline in permanent conflict due to the hegemony in both sides of the Miño river.
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The Portuguese Common Laws: case of Cima Coa, Guarda, Santarém, Évora and Beja. Challenges and methodologies
Alice TAVARES
Original title: Los fueros extensos portugueses: los casos de Cima Coa, Guarda, Santarém, Évora y Beja. Retos y metodologías
Published in Society and Culture in Portugal
The aim of this study is to provide an analysis about the customary and laws of the Portuguese medieval town’s councils (13th and 14th Century’s). We select some cases: Cima Coa Coa (Alfaiates, Castelo Bom, Castelo Melhor e Castelo Rodrigo), Guarda, Santarém, Évora, Borba and Beja. In this article we will analyse this local source of common-laws with the aim of making a reflection about the origins, characteristics, processes of formation of the various corpora.
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The Organization of the Church in the Iberian Peninsula: the Diocese of Coimbra (11th-12th Centuries)
Mário Jorge da Motta BASTOS
Original title: A estruturação da Igreja na Península Ibérica: a Diocese de Coimbra (sécs. XI-XII)
Published in Society and Culture in Portugal
Is there an object of study concerning the medieval civilization more wide, complex, diverse and controversial than that we use to call Church? Without losing the perspective of the institution in its amplitude, we intend to address, in this article, the structuring process of the portucalense Church in the context of the wars of conquest and the progressive autonomation of the geopolitical space of the formation of the kingdom of Portugal, paying attention to the process of restoration of the dioceses liberated from the Islamic domain and to the trajectory of the diocese of Coimbra in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
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Ways of thinking and acting: erudite culture at court and reordering of assistance in the reign of king D. João II (1481-1495) and D. Leonor (1481-1525)
André Costa Aciole da SILVA
Original title: Maneiras de pensar e de agir: a cultura erudita na corte e o reordenamento da assistência no reinado de D. João II (1481-1495) e D. Leonor (1481-1525)
Published in Society and Culture in Portugal
The theme of assisting those in need of material resources or spiritual support, and especially the sick, has been the focus of intense historiographical production. The following text points out an aspect that contributed to the reordering of assistance in Portugal at the end of the Middle Ages, focusing on the actions promoted by the monarchs of D. João II and his wife D. Leonor. Our objective is to show how the erudite culture in the court, as well as some external influences, helped to guide the creation of the royal hospitals in Lisbon (Hospital of All Saints) and Caldas da Rainha (Hospital Our Lady of Pópulo).
