Edina Eszenyi
Università Telematica Pegaso, Education, Faculty Member
- University of Kent, School of History, Alumnusadd
- Art History, Human Rights, Early Modern History, European Catholicism, Medieval Studies, Medieval, and 48 moreRenaissance, Reformation History, Angelology, Demonology, Religion, Church History, Vatican Secret Archives, Vampire Studies, Vampires, Vampire Literature, Vampires in folklore, Angels, Bram Stoker, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Italian Renaissance Art, Italian Baroque art, Italian art, European Human Rights Law With Special Attention to ECHR, ECHR, Vegetation Ecology, Tropical Ecology, Fish Ecology, Manta Ray, Ancient Rome, Imperial Rome, Early modern Rome, Perfume, Colour, Psychology, Borderline Personality Disorder, Asexuality, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Giulio Romano, Maritime Training and Education, Maritime History, Marine, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, History of Animals, Animals in Art, Tarot, Tarot Studies, Tarot History, Methods of Learning the Tarot, Tarot Card Reading, Methods of Analyzing and Learning the Tarot, Manuscript Cultures, Medieval History, and Manuscript Studiesedit
- 2022- Maritime Training Academy UK Training author: The History of Marine Art 2021- Avvocatura Generale dello Stato ... more2022-
Maritime Training Academy UK
Training author: The History of Marine Art
2021-
Avvocatura Generale dello Stato Rome, Italy
(Office of the State Attorney General)
Expert witness assisting the defence of Italy at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg
2021-
Pegaso University Naples
Lecturer in Italian Art and Cultural Heritage
2020-
HEI Pegaso International Malta
Lecturer in General Didactics and Ecology
2018 - 2020
Pázmány Péter Catholic University Hungary
Adjunct Lecturer
2014 - 2018
Rome Art Program New York
Art Historian
2021-
Council of Europe Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals
2008 – 2014
University of Kent Canterbury, UK
Ph.D. in Medival and Early Modern Studies
"On Perfect and Imperfect Angels: A Catholic Reformer’s Angelology from the Late-Sixteenth Century Veneto"
(Analysis of Vincenzo Cicogna’s 'Angelorum et daemonum nomina et attributa...', The J. Paul Getty Museum and Research Institute Los Angeles MS 86-A866)
2006 – 2007
Central European University
Postgraduate Research MA with Distinction in Medieval Studies
1999 – 2006
Pázmány Péter Catholic University Hungary
MA in English studies
MA in Art History
2008 – 2011 University of Kent Postgraduate Research Scholarship, UK
2010 Royal Historical Society Postgraduate Research Support Grant, Rome-Verona-Venice, Italy
2010 2010 Hungarian Scholarship Committee research trip, Bratislava, Slovakia
2009 Collegium Hungaricum Fellowship, Vienna, Austria
2008 The J. Paul Getty Foundation Library Research Grant, Los Angeles, US
2007 Heckman Research Stipend, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library - Saint John's University, Minnesota, US
2007 Central European University Departmental Research Grant, Slovakia
2005 University of Oslo Centre for Viking and Medieval Studies, Erasmus fellowship, Norway
edina.eszenyi@pegasointernational.euedit
My research thesis on the cult of St. Michael the Archangel in medieval Hungary, defended at Central European University (CEU) in 2007. This work extended my previous thesis on his artistic representations in the region by exploring the... more
My research thesis on the cult of St. Michael the Archangel in medieval Hungary, defended at Central European University (CEU) in 2007. This work extended my previous thesis on his artistic representations in the region by exploring the warrior profile of the Archangel as mirrored by textual and pictorial traces of his encounters with the devil.
Research Interests: Religion, Hagiography, History of Religion, Angelology, History of Hungary, and 15 moreAngels, Medieval Hungary, Satan, Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary, Devil, Satanism, Demons, Latin Medieval Hagiography, Medieval Demonology, Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael, Medieval Hungarian History, The Devil In the Middle Ages, and Medieval Hagiography
Castel Sant’Angelo embodies the metaphor of the assemblage, as a building whose architectural history is intertwined with the broader context of the iconographic symbolism of ornamentation. The Archangel was spectacularly integrated into... more
Castel Sant’Angelo embodies the metaphor of the assemblage, as a building whose architectural history is intertwined with the broader context of the iconographic symbolism of ornamentation. The Archangel was spectacularly integrated into the line of warrior saints in the Eternal City, which is difficult to dissociate from the architectural prominence of the military fortress named after him. The architectural assembly practice of the complex also affected the (self-)image of Rome, as a result of a mutual interdependence between the architectural mosaic and the angel’s more abstract, symbolic undertones.
Research Interests: Architecture, Angelology, Medieval Architecture, Angels, Imperial Rome, and 15 moreRenaissance Rome, Christianity and Rome, History of Rome, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Urbanism of Rome, Ancient Rome, Sistine Chapel, Medieval Rome, Early modern Rome, Last Judgment, Michelangelo Last Judgment, Saint Michael the Archangel, Castel Sant'Angelo, Archangel Michael, and Architecture and Public Spaces
The article examines the Hungarian corona angelica tradition, according to which the Holy Crown of Hungary was delivered to the country by an angel. In order to embed Hungarian results into international scholarship, it provides an... more
The article examines the Hungarian corona angelica tradition, according to which the Holy Crown of Hungary was delivered to the country by an angel. In order to embed Hungarian results into international scholarship, it provides an English language summary of previous research and combines in one study how St. Stephen I (997-1038), St. Ladislaus I (1074-1095), and King Matthias Corvinus (1458-1490) came to be associated with the tradition, examining both written and visual sources. The article moves forward previous research by posing the question whether the angel delivering the Crown to Hungary could have been identified as the Angelus Domini at some point throughout history. This possibility is suggested by Hungary's Chronici Hungarici compositio saeculi XIV and an unusually popular Early Modern modification of the Hartvik Legend, both of which use this expression to denote the angel delivering the Crown. While the article leaves the question open until further research sheds more light on the history of early Hungarian spirituality; it also points out how this identification of the angel would harmonize the Byzantine and the Hungarian iconography of the corona angelica, and provides insight into the current state of the Angelus Domini debate in angelology.
Research Interests: Legitimacy and Authority, Medieval History, Early Modern History, Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies, and 15 moreAngelology, Folk legends, Byzantine Studies, Matthias Corvinus, Hungarian Studies, Angels, Medieval Art, Early Modern Art and Visual Culture, Byzantine art, Coronations, Holy Crown of Hungary, Royal Iconography, Renaissance Iconography, Bibliotheca Corvina, and King Saint Ladislaus of Hungary
Storia della miniatura: lavori in corso. Abstract degli interventi presentati in occasione delle Giornate di studio in modalità Webinar in memoria di Maria Grazia Ciardi Dupré dal Poggetto, 18-19 settembre 2021
Research Interests: Christianity, Medieval Studies, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscript Studies, Angelology, and 15 moreCarolingian Studies, Angels, Medieval Art, Manuscripts (Medieval Studies), Medieval illuminated manuscripts, Carolingian Art, Vatican library, Carolingian art and architecture, Carolingian manuscripts, Carolingian History, Seraphim, Holy Cross, Cherubim, Carmina Figurata, and Hrabanus Maurus
Sword and the scales in the hands identify the personification of justice, be it heavenly or profane. The representative of divine justice in Christian art is Saint Michael, the Archangel, while the representative of justice in profane... more
Sword and the scales in the hands identify the personification of justice, be it heavenly or profane. The representative of divine justice in Christian art is Saint Michael, the Archangel, while the representative of justice in profane legal contexts is the figure of Iustitia. The two figures rarely ever appear in the same context. Despite the almost identical artistic depictions, their association with the common attributes is based on contrasting, if not opposite, concepts. The article discusses the iconography of the two figures from a comparative perspective and ponders the role of attributes in the reading of their images. Is the message conveyed by the attribute or by the representative person in the case of common attributes? How much can an angel and a personification be regarded as persons at all? What chains the figures to the concept of justice, and to what extent can their artistic attributes entitle the bearers to the concept they represent? Through the examination of diverting associations conceived by strikingly similar compositions, the article explores the meeting points and diversions of Justice in heaven and on earth.
Please note that the published version of the article contains a typo: the inscription on the halo of the Chauvigny Archangel is 'Micael Arcangel<us>' (p. 108).
Please note that the published version of the article contains a typo: the inscription on the halo of the Chauvigny Archangel is 'Micael Arcangel<us>' (p. 108).
Research Interests: Angelology, Demonology, Justice, Medieval France, Medieval Architecture, and 15 moreFrench art, Angels, Ancient Greek Religion, Greek Law, Medieval Art, Ancient Greek Philosophy, France, Medieval Art History, Ancient Greek Law, Theory of Law, Scales, Iustitia, Medieval church architecture, Last Judgment, and Angels and Demons
The article examines the War in Heaven scene depicting the Fall of the Rebel Angels in the 1200s Anglo-Norman group of illustrated Apocalypse manuscripts, key in the development of Apocalypse illustration as far as quality, quantity, and... more
The article examines the War in Heaven scene depicting the Fall of the Rebel Angels in the 1200s Anglo-Norman group of illustrated Apocalypse manuscripts, key in the development of Apocalypse illustration as far as quality, quantity, and art historical heritage are concerned. The iconography of the crucial War in Heaven scene shows a variety in the manuscript group; the compositions, divided into three well-defined groups at Satan’s pivotal moment of defeat, are depicted in three principal compositional types: one manuscript group focuses on the narrative of the battle, the second fuses the battle and its victorious result, and the third type focuses on the victory itself. The article establishes further subgroups on the basis of compositional similarities, and results occasionally strengthen or weaken existing theories about the traditional grouping of the manuscripts. The highlighted iconographical similarities provide new material for the reconsideration of the manuscripts’ artistic relations and dating.
Research Interests: Theology, Medieval Studies, Medieval English Literature, Biblical Studies, Angelology, and 15 moreDemonology, Apocalypse Theory, Angels, Fall of the Angels, Medieval Art, Medieval illuminated manuscripts, Anglo-Norman literature and culture, The Apocalypse of John, Book of Revelation, Anglo-Norman history, Gothic Art, Satanism, Lucifer, Heaven, and Illuminated manuscripts
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Research Interests: Power Systems, Medieval History, Early Modern History, Power (social), Angelology, and 15 moreHistory of Hungary, Hungarian Studies, Angels, Medieval Art, Early Modern Hungarian History, Medieval Hungary, Central and Eastern Europe, Ceremony, Ritual and Performance, Medieval Art History, Social Space and Symbolic Power, Austro-Hungarian History, Sacred and divine kingship, Coronations, Holy Crown of Hungary, and Ceremonial and Symbolic Representations of Sovereignty In Early Modern Europe
Hungarian Historical Review 10, no. 2 (2021): 395–397.
Research Interests: Medieval History, Early Modern History, Power (social), Central European history, Angelology, and 15 moreHistory of Hungary, Hungarian Studies, Angels, Medieval Art, Medieval Art History, Political symbols, Modern Hungarian History, Church and State, Coronations, Holy Crown of Hungary, History of Hungary and the Habsburg Monarchy, Medieval Hungarian History, Royal Crowns, Power and Empowerment, and Hungarian Legal History
Published at https://promenadesdansrome.ch/Edina-Eszenyi , this paper is the outline of my contribution to the "Promenades dans Rome: Assembly Practices between Visions, Ruins and Reconstructions" summer school's closing conference at the... more
Published at https://promenadesdansrome.ch/Edina-Eszenyi , this paper is the outline of my contribution to the "Promenades dans Rome: Assembly Practices between Visions, Ruins and Reconstructions" summer school's closing conference at the Swiss Institute in Rome (Istituto Svizzero di Roma) on 23 July 2021. Please note that the paper itself was also published in the conference proceedings and is available among the book chapters on my profile above.
Through the example of the Castel Sant’Angelo, this publication analyses the way interior decoration expresses ideological change in case of a (semi-)permanent architectural function.
Through the example of the Castel Sant’Angelo, this publication analyses the way interior decoration expresses ideological change in case of a (semi-)permanent architectural function.
Research Interests: Architecture, Angelology, Papacy (Medieval Church History), Baroque Art and Literature, Angels, and 15 moreItalian Renaissance Art, Hadrian, Ancient Rome, Pope Paul III, Roman Funerary Architecture, Roman Architecture and Urbanism, Roman Architecture, Papacy (Early Modern and Modern Church History), Mannerism, Bridges, Saint Michael the Archangel, Castel Sant'Angelo, Archangel Michael, Funerary Monuments, and Perino Del Vaga
The article explores the legacy of Pliny the Elder's Natural History in the angelology of Vincenzo Cicogna (1519?-after 1596), an Italian Catholic reformer who approached Biblical interpretation in search of the harmony between... more
The article explores the legacy of Pliny the Elder's Natural History in the angelology of Vincenzo Cicogna (1519?-after 1596), an Italian Catholic reformer who approached Biblical interpretation in search of the harmony between Christianity and pre-Christian philosophical systems. Cicogna's dedicated his Angelorum et daemonum nomina et attributa... (Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute MS 86-A866, c. 1587) to Cardinal Giulio Antonio Santori (1532-1602), Italy's Grand Inquisitor, presumably in an attempt to restore the author's reputation after repeated clashes with the Inquisition. Cicogna's angel and demon lexicon evoked the mythological Python to explain the origins and limits of the diabolic ability to foresee the future and juxtapose the powers of preaching and fortune-telling. His Christian application of Greek philosophy echoes the ideology of Bishop Gianmatteo Giberti's (1495-1543) Church reform process, executed with Cicogna's collaboration.
Research Interests: Mythology And Folklore, Classics, Divination, Catholic Reform, Preaching, and 15 moreInquisition, Angelology, Demonology, Early Modern Italy, Python, Greek Oracles and Divination, Classical Reception Studies, Heresy and Inquisition, Classical Tradition in Art and Literature, Magic and Divination in the Ancient World, Greek mythology, Apollo, Delphi, Classical Antiquity, and History of Preaching
The article explores the legacy of Pliny the Elder’s Natural History in the angelology of Vincenzo Cicogna (1519? - after 1596), an Italian Catholic reformer who approached Biblical interpretation in search of the harmony between... more
The article explores the legacy of Pliny the Elder’s Natural History in the angelology of Vincenzo Cicogna (1519? - after 1596), an Italian Catholic reformer who approached Biblical interpretation in search of the harmony between Christianity and pre-Christian philosophical systems. Cicogna’s dedicated his Angelorum et daemonum nomina et attributa... (Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute MS 86-A866, c. 1587) to Cardinal Giulio Antonio Santori (1532–1602), Italy’s Grand Inquisitor, presumably in an attempt to restore the author’s reputation after repeated clashes with the Inquisition. Cicogna’s angel and demon lexicon evoked the mythological Python to explain the origins and limits of the diabolic ability to foresee the future and juxtapose the powers of preaching and fortune-telling. His Christian application of Greek philosophy echoes the ideology of Bishop Gianmatteo Giberti’s (1495-1543) Church reform process, executed with Cicogna’s collaboration.
This paper is a 'what if' type thought-experiment connecting psychology, history, and religion. Angels were created but do not experience death, though transformation is not fully alien from their nature. Vincenzo Cicogna's c. 1587... more
This paper is a 'what if' type thought-experiment connecting psychology, history, and religion. Angels were created but do not experience death, though transformation is not fully alien from their nature. Vincenzo Cicogna's c. 1587 Angelorum et daemonum nomina et attributa… (Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute MS 86-A866) analyses Lucifer's transformation at the Fall of the Rebel Angels, and interprets the fallen angel's separation from his Creator as a fate worse than death. In a Church historical context, the manuscript echoes concerns of the Church reformer Bishop Gian Matteo Giberti, who was the decisive force on the author's intellectual development. The way separation replaces death as the hardest possible punishment in the mind of the Catholic reformer author bears, at the same time, considerable reminiscences to the psychological condition identified as Separation Anxiety Disorder (SAD).
Research Interests: History, Psychology, Anthropology, Historical Anthropology, Anxiety Disorders, and 15 moreMental Health, Catholic Reform, Angelology, Demonology, History of Roman Catholicism, Church History, Early Modern Italy, Fall of the Angels, Anxiety, Italy, Separation processes, Satanism, Mental Disorders, Lucifer, and Verona
The article examines how the Weighing of Souls or Psychostasis, the very starting point of the afterlife, was imagined by medieval Christians in territories that belonged to Hungary from the tenth-century foundation of the state until the... more
The article examines how the Weighing of Souls or Psychostasis, the very starting point of the afterlife, was imagined by medieval Christians in territories that belonged to Hungary from the tenth-century foundation of the state until the 1400s. Since the crucial task is traditionally assigned to Saint Michael in Christianity, the article provides a concise overview of the Archangel’s cult in the region and examines more in detail written and visual sources associating him with the Psychostasis. The examination of the source material delineates a medieval idea of the Psychostasis as a moment where Saint Michael’s warrior profile counterbalances his role in divine judgment, and fashions the Archangel as the milites Dei able and willing to provide custody against expectable machinations of evil, in earthly life and beyond. From a methodological point of view, the enquiry also highlights the complexity of text-image relationship in shaping ideas about death and the afterlife.
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Weighing of Souls; Psychostasis, Hungary; Middle Ages; Saint Michael the Archangel; Halotti beszéd és könyörgés (‘Funeral Sermon and Prayer’); Pelbartus de Themeswar, sermon; fresco; cheating devils
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Weighing of Souls; Psychostasis, Hungary; Middle Ages; Saint Michael the Archangel; Halotti beszéd és könyörgés (‘Funeral Sermon and Prayer’); Pelbartus de Themeswar, sermon; fresco; cheating devils
Research Interests: Anthropology, Iconography, Medieval History, Death, Angelology, and 15 moreDemonology, Funeral Practices, Afterlife studies, Anthropology of Death, Medieval Art, Medieval Hungary, Medieval Sermons, Fresco, Middle Ages, Hungary, Christianity and the Arts, Christian theology and biblical studies, Last Judgment, Saint Michael the Archangel, and The Devil In the Middle Ages
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The J. Paul Getty Research Institute’s Library in Los Angeles hides a curious manuscript entitled 'Angelorum et daemonum nomina et attributa passim in divinis scripturis contenta ad patrum sententiam explicata ad illustrissimum et... more
The J. Paul Getty Research Institute’s Library in Los Angeles hides a curious manuscript entitled 'Angelorum et daemonum nomina et attributa passim in divinis scripturis contenta ad patrum sententiam explicata ad illustrissimum et reverendissimum Iulium Antonium Sanctorium cardinalem Sanctae Severinae amplissimum et de ecclesiastica hierarchia' (MS 86-A866). The manuscript is an encyclopaedic work on angelology, accompanied by a treatise on
the parallel of the angelic and ecclesiastical hierarchies, dedicated to cardinal Giulio Antonio Santori (1532-1602). The author signed it as Vincentius Ciconia, translated by Onica Busuioceanu, late librarian of the Getty Research Institute, as ‘Vincenzo Cicogna’. The author, who introduces himself as «old and decrepit» in the dedication, is identified as a Venetian ecclesiastical scholar by the GRI catalogue, also author of a commentary on the Psalms. On the basis of this information, the mysterious angelologist is identifiable as Vincenzo Cicogna, the first ecclesiastical member of an Early Modern Veronese painter dynasty.
the parallel of the angelic and ecclesiastical hierarchies, dedicated to cardinal Giulio Antonio Santori (1532-1602). The author signed it as Vincentius Ciconia, translated by Onica Busuioceanu, late librarian of the Getty Research Institute, as ‘Vincenzo Cicogna’. The author, who introduces himself as «old and decrepit» in the dedication, is identified as a Venetian ecclesiastical scholar by the GRI catalogue, also author of a commentary on the Psalms. On the basis of this information, the mysterious angelologist is identifiable as Vincenzo Cicogna, the first ecclesiastical member of an Early Modern Veronese painter dynasty.
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Before machines took the place of both, donkeys challenged horses in agriculture, industry, and several other fields everyday life, including fantasy and religion. Proof for the latter is the mythological onocentaur or ass-centaur,... more
Before machines took the place of both, donkeys challenged horses in agriculture, industry, and several other fields everyday life, including fantasy and religion. Proof for the latter is the mythological onocentaur or ass-centaur, described as a beast with the upper body of a man and the lower body of a donkey. The onocentaur has left hoofprints on literature and visual arts from Antiquity through the Middle Ages (Pythagoras, Claudius Aelianus, the Physiologus, Isidore of Seville, Philippe de Thaon, Jacob van Maerlant, etc.) as an (in)famous symbol of honesty and dishonesty simultaneously residing in man. The article provides an overview of this little-known centaur variant's career in intellectual history and its (his? her?) rediscovery by Vincenzo Cicogna in Verona of the 1500s.
Research Interests: Zoology, Mythology, Medieval Studies, Renaissance Studies, Animal Studies, and 15 moreHorse culture, Angelology, Demonology, Italian Cultural Studies, Human-Animal Studies, Maritime Education, Antiquity, Pythagoras, Italian Renaissance, Counter-Reformation, Physiologus, Centaurs, Gian Matteo Giberti, Beasts, and Physiologus tradition
There is no consensus in art history about the reasons for the association of Archangel Michael with the Weighing of Souls or Psychostasis in Christian art, and the paper examines Karl Künstle’s theory that the figure of the angel... more
There is no consensus in art history about the reasons for the association of Archangel Michael with the Weighing of Souls or Psychostasis in Christian art, and the paper examines Karl Künstle’s theory that the figure of the angel replaced the Manus Domini, the Hand of God. Tracing the process of transformation through examples that were not provided by Künstle, it argues for a coexistence of the angel and the Manus Dei in the same role, with the angel eventually taking precedence perhaps due to the increased diffusion of Saint Michael’s cult. Through the analysis of Vincenzo Cicogna’s Angelorum et daemonum nomina et attributa... the paper demonstrates that the understanding of the angel as the Manus Dei in medieval and Early Modern art was supported by contemporaneous theories in angelology.
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Lacking a clear Scriptural base, medieval authors and illuminators often related the Fall of the Angels to natural phenomena. Ancient beliefs were brought into the source discussion by Early Modern authors, among them Vincenzo Cicogna... more
Lacking a clear Scriptural base, medieval authors and illuminators often related the Fall of the Angels to natural phenomena. Ancient beliefs were brought into the source discussion by Early Modern authors, among them Vincenzo Cicogna (ca. 1519–ca. 1596) from the influential Church reformer circle of the Veronese bishop Gianmatteo Giberti (1495–1543). Cicogna argued that the thunderbolt would be a proper metaphor for the fallen Lucifer, but his ideas were unwelcomed by the Inquisition.
Research Interests: Theology, Early Modern History, Plato, Aristotle, Renaissance Studies, and 20 moreCatholic Reform, Inquisition, Angelology, Demonology, Natural History, Clouds, Ancient Philosophy, Fall of the Angels, Natural Science, Kabbalah, Satan, Pliny the Elder, Cosmology, Venice and the Veneto, Lucifer, Verona, Thunderbolts, Gian Matteo Giberti, Cinquecento, and Vincenzo Cicogna
Research Interests: Medieval Literature, Angelology, Demonology, Visions And Dreams, Supernatural, and 11 morePurgatory, Saint Patrick's Purgatory tradition, Otherworld accounts, Otherworlds, Supernatural Folklore, Saint Michael, Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael, Otherworld Journey In Medieval Literature, Angelology and Demonology, and Infernalogy
A Collection of Collections. A Review of 'Hungarian Art Collections 1945-2005' by Gábor Ébli (Enciklopédia Kiadó: Budapest, 2006) in: Élet és Irodalom 50/36 (8 September 2006)
Research Interests: Architecture, Angelology, Architectural History, Architectural Theory, Early Rome, and 15 moreImperial Rome, Republican Rome, Renaissance Rome, Christianity and Rome, History of architecture, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Ancient Rome, Sistine Chapel, Last Judgment, Michelangelo Last Judgment, Saint Michael the Archangel, Castel Sant'Angelo, Archangel Michael, Architecture and Public Spaces, and Archangels
Research Interests: Early Modern History, Catholic Studies, History of Roman Catholicism, History of Florence, Church History, and 15 moreVatican Archives, Roman Catholicism, Catholicism, Vatican Diplomacy, Florence, Renaissance in Tuscany, The Medici Effect, Florence, Renaissance Florence, Tuscany, Cardinality, Renaissance Florence, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ferdinando I de' Medici, Vatican, The Medici family, and Consistory
Research Interests: Early Modern History, Italian Studies, Renaissance Studies, Reformation Studies, Manuscript Studies, and 15 moreAngelology, Demonology, History of Roman Catholicism, Church History, Angels, Early Modern Italy, Roman Catholicism, Catholicism, Catholic Church, Demonologia, Verona, Gian Matteo Giberti, Cinquecento, Angelology and Demonology, and Angels and Demons
Research Interests: Medievalism, Contemporary Medievalism, Politics, Central Europe, Central European history, and 15 moreAngelology, History of Hungary, Angels, Medieval Art, Medieval Hungary, Umberto Eco, Central and Eastern Europe, Hungary, Millenials, Coronations, Holy Crown of Hungary, Summit Meetings, Royal Crowns, Angelology and Demonology, and History of 19th and 20th Century East Central Europe
Research Interests: Angelology, Demonology, Medieval France, Angels, Romanesque Art, and 15 moreMedieval Art, Medieval Art History, Romanesque architecture, Middle Ages, Romanesque Sculpture, Inscriptions, Script, Scripts, Stone carving and lapidary techniques, Personal Names, Last Judgment, Saint Michael the Archangel, Archangel Michael, Romanesque and pre-Romanesque sculpture, and Angels and Demons
Research Interests: Censorship, Angelology, Diplomacy, Censorship (History), Culture in the Soviet Union, and 15 moreCold War International Relations, Cultural Diplomacy, Cold War history, Hungary, Modern Hungarian History, Hungarian history, Holy Crown of Hungary, Us Army, Fort Knox, History of Socialism, Jimmy Carter, Cold War History and International Relations, János Kádár, modern and contemporary history of Hungary, and US Army History in 20th Century
Research Interests: Military History, Angelology, Angels, Italian Renaissance Art, Imperial Rome, and 15 moreBaroque art and architecture, Civil-military relations, Renaissance Rome, Christianity and Rome, Church monuments, Italian Renaissance Architectural History, Castles, Ancient Rome, Pope Paul III, Medieval castles, Castles and Fortifications, Medieval Castles and Fortresses, History of the Papacy, Sanctuaries in Ancient Rome and Italy, and Castel Sant'Angelo
My presentation at the "Storia della miniatura: lavori in corso. Webinar in memoria di Maria Grazia Ciardi Duprédal Poggetto" on 17-18 September 2021 (English/Italian, see PDF for registration and further details)
Research Interests: Medieval History, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Renaissance Art, Italian art, Angelology, and 15 moreCarolingian Studies, Angels, Medieval Art, Codicology of medieval manuscripts, Medieval illuminated manuscripts, Carolingian Art, early Middle Ages, Middle Ages, Medieval Latin Poetry, Gothic Art, Mannerism, Miniatura medievale, Vatican Secret Archives, Carmina Figurata, and Hrabanus Maurus
Research Interests: History, Anthropology, Art History, Architecture, Italian art, and 15 moreArchitecture in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art, Theory Of Architecture, Christianity and Rome, Italian Renaissance Architectural History, City planning, Urbanism of Rome, Ancient Rome, Papacy, late antique Rome, Church Arts Patronage, Early modern Rome, Papal History, Architectural Teory and History, Castel Sant'Angelo, and History of Italy
This text comprises the abstracts of the Poster Session of the convention Archaeology and Anthropology of Death (Rome 2015)
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Keynote Address at 'International Webinar on Mental Health in Literature: Significance, Issues and Representations', co-organized by the Departments of English at Chandidas Mahavidyalaya and Hiralal Bhakat Colleges, West Bengal, India, 6... more
Keynote Address at 'International Webinar on Mental Health in Literature: Significance, Issues and Representations', co-organized by the Departments of English at Chandidas Mahavidyalaya and Hiralal Bhakat Colleges, West Bengal, India, 6 August 2020