- Early Modern History, Modern History, Heresy and Inquisition, Holy Office, Social History, Intellectual and cultural history, and 17 moreItalian (European History), Inquisition, Roman Inquisition, Police History, Social Control, Council of Trent, Ecclesiastical History, Religious History, Gian Vincenzo Pinelli, Malta, Catholic Church History, History of Medical Education, Early Modern Intellectual History, Republic of Letters (Early Modern History), Renaissance Padua, History of Medicine, and History of Mathematicsedit
Come funzionò davvero l'Inquisizione romana, al di là della leggenda nera che ne ha connotato l'immagine sin dall'epoca moderna? Chi furono gli uomini che la governarono e favorirono? Quali gli assetti istituzionali e le pratiche sociali... more
Come funzionò davvero l'Inquisizione romana, al di là della leggenda nera che ne ha connotato l'immagine sin dall'epoca moderna? Chi furono gli uomini che la governarono e favorirono? Quali gli assetti istituzionali e le pratiche sociali che ne sostennero l'azione repressiva? Il volume ricostruisce l'attività ordinaria del Sant'Uffizio con particolare attenzione alla penisola italiana, dove operò a lungo un'autentica "società inquisitoriale", composta non soltanto da giudici di fede, ma anche da consultori, avvocati, carcerieri e da centinaia di altri collaboratori, uomini che, in cambio di ampi privilegi, permisero al tribunale di controllare l'ortodossia, la moralità e il pensiero dei fedeli fino alle soglie della contemporaneità.
Research Interests: Violence, European Catholicism, Criminal Justice History, Inquisition, History of Violence, and 15 moreHistory of Roman Catholicism, Social History, Early Modern Italy, Heresy and Inquisition, Roman Catholicism, The Spanish Inquisition, Power and privilege, Catholic Church, Papal History, Portuguese Inquisition, Catholic Church History, Privilege and Oppression, Inquisición, History of Criminal Justice, and Inquisition. Moriscos. Lead Books. Granada. Conversion. Religious Polemics
Che cosa fu l’Inquisizione romana? In che modo gli inquisitori operarono nella società italiana del Cinque-Seicento? Per tentare di rispondere a tali quesiti, l’autore prende in analisi la familia inquisitoriale, il nutrito gruppo di... more
Che cosa fu l’Inquisizione romana? In che modo gli inquisitori operarono nella società italiana del Cinque-Seicento? Per tentare di rispondere a tali quesiti, l’autore prende in analisi la familia inquisitoriale, il nutrito gruppo di assistenti del tribunale di fede. Alla luce di una ricca documentazione inedita, vengono ricostruite per la prima volta le vicende del personale del Sant’Uffizio, composto da vicari, notai, avvocati, consultori, sbirri, guardie del corpo e altri. Nel libro vengono indagate la trattatistica inerente a questi patentati, la loro distribuzione geografia e le confraternite entro le quali furono inquadrati. In seguito sono analizzati i privilegi di cui godettero i familiari e gli abusi spesso efferati che essi commisero, dimostrando come l’Inquisizione sia divenuta un elemento di disordine sociale e morale ogniqualvolta venne messa in dubbio la sua autorità.
Research Interests: Inquisition, Medieval Church History, History of Violence, Church History, Social History, and 15 moreGiacomo Leopardi, Religion and Violence, Heresy and Inquisition, The Spanish Inquisition, Papal History, Portuguese Inquisition, Roman Inquisition, Catholic Church History, Italian History, Italian Economic History, Privilege and Oppression, Beccaria, Inquisición, Confraternities studies, and History of taxation
Universa universis Patavina libertas: così recita il celebre motto dell’Università di Padova, una delle più antiche e prestigiose d’Europa, di cui nel 2022 ricorrono gli 800 anni della sua fondazione. Nessun altro aspetto ha... more
Universa universis Patavina libertas: così recita il celebre motto dell’Università di Padova, una delle più antiche e prestigiose d’Europa, di cui nel 2022 ricorrono gli 800 anni della sua fondazione.
Nessun altro aspetto ha caratterizzato più a fondo e più a lungo l’istituzione accademica padovana rispetto alla sua celebre libertas. Dalla fondazione nel 1222 alle dispute accademiche sulla mortalità dell’anima, dagli anni in cui in cattedra sedeva Galileo Galilei – al cui insegnamento nel volume è riservato ampio spazio – ai moti del 1848 sino alla Resistenza, la libertas padovana ha rappresentato un riferimento costante per chiunque abbia corso il pericolo di essere limitato nel corpo quanto nel proprio intelletto.
La libertas è tuttavia un termine ambiguo, impiegato in questi otto secoli per indicare fenomeni e concetti diversi, talvolta quasi opposti. Il volume mira quindi a ricostruire la sua lunga storia, prestando attenzione alle istituzioni, agli spazi, alle pratiche e ai conflitti che più hanno costellato questa lunga evoluzione.
I saggi raccolti nell’opera dimostrano da punti di vista diversi ma costantemente intrecciati come la Patavina libertas sia stata fondamentale per l’affermarsi di alcune delle libertà individuali che oggi sono considerate inalienabili. La libertà religiosa, la libertà politica e il diritto a una libera speculazione scientifica ebbero nella città di Padova e nel suo antico Studio una fase di profonda maturazione, i cui benefici non smettono di influire sulle nostre vite al principiare di questo nono secolo.
Nessun altro aspetto ha caratterizzato più a fondo e più a lungo l’istituzione accademica padovana rispetto alla sua celebre libertas. Dalla fondazione nel 1222 alle dispute accademiche sulla mortalità dell’anima, dagli anni in cui in cattedra sedeva Galileo Galilei – al cui insegnamento nel volume è riservato ampio spazio – ai moti del 1848 sino alla Resistenza, la libertas padovana ha rappresentato un riferimento costante per chiunque abbia corso il pericolo di essere limitato nel corpo quanto nel proprio intelletto.
La libertas è tuttavia un termine ambiguo, impiegato in questi otto secoli per indicare fenomeni e concetti diversi, talvolta quasi opposti. Il volume mira quindi a ricostruire la sua lunga storia, prestando attenzione alle istituzioni, agli spazi, alle pratiche e ai conflitti che più hanno costellato questa lunga evoluzione.
I saggi raccolti nell’opera dimostrano da punti di vista diversi ma costantemente intrecciati come la Patavina libertas sia stata fondamentale per l’affermarsi di alcune delle libertà individuali che oggi sono considerate inalienabili. La libertà religiosa, la libertà politica e il diritto a una libera speculazione scientifica ebbero nella città di Padova e nel suo antico Studio una fase di profonda maturazione, i cui benefici non smettono di influire sulle nostre vite al principiare di questo nono secolo.
Research Interests: Humanities Computing (Digital Humanities), Aristotle, Academic Freedom, Human Rights, Renaissance Humanism, and 15 moreInquisition, Galileo Galilei, History of Universities, Republic of Letters (Early Modern History), Aristotelianism, History of Religious Freedom, Scientific Revolution, Intellectual Freedom, Heresy and Inquisition, May 1968, University of Padua, Roman Inquisition, Resistenza italiana, Religious Freedom, and Student Protest
Pure in un contesto come quello attuale, in cui tali enti hanno mutato nome e parte dei loro compiti, rimane impossibile scindere del tutto le rispettive aree di competenza. Nei secoli scorsi le relazioni fra Sant'Uffizio e Propaganda... more
Pure in un contesto come quello attuale, in cui tali enti hanno mutato nome e parte dei loro compiti, rimane impossibile scindere del tutto le rispettive aree di competenza. Nei secoli scorsi le relazioni fra Sant'Uffizio e Propaganda sono state sovente contrastate, caratterizzate da periodi di collaborazione e altri di diffidenza reciproca, in un complesso contesto geopolitico in continua evoluzione, connotato da delicate relazioni diplomatiche e aspirazioni religiose che coinvolsero monarchie e imperi, patronati reali e compagnie mercantili, ordini religiosi e clero secolare, altre congregazioni romane e popolazioni da rieducare o di prima cristianizzazione.
Research Interests: Propaganda, Missiology and Mission Theology, Missionary History, Jesuit history, Christian Missions, and 15 moreHistory of Missions, Franciscan Studies, History Of Propaganda, Heresy and Inquisition, The Spanish Inquisition, Jesuits, Missions, Papal History, Portuguese Inquisition, Missional Church Theology, Jesuit missionaries, Dominican Order, Jesuits in China, Missionários jesuítas na China, and Inquisición
Research Interests: History and Memory, Memory Studies, Cultural Memory, Commemoration and Memory, Collective Memory, and 15 moreHistory, Writing and Memory, The Italian communes and signories (1300-1450), Oral History and Memory, Republic of Venice, Los Bienes Comunes (the Commons), Venice and the Veneto, Historians and Political Power, 16th century Venice, History of Venice, Padova, Loyalty, Obedience to authority, University of Padova, Comuni&Signorie, and Medieval History of Venice
Saint Gaetano Thiene represents one of the most important profiles connoting the early modern age and yet the tremendous amount of biographical and hagiographical investigation carried out has not dispelled the many doubts concerning... more
Saint Gaetano Thiene represents one of the most important profiles connoting the early modern age and yet the tremendous amount of biographical and hagiographical investigation carried out has not dispelled the many doubts concerning certain phases of his life, especially his youth. The purpose of this essay is, therefore, to present the results of a study looking into those earlier years spent at the Studium of Padua where he is known to have obtained his doctorate in 1504. The extant documents analysed, issued at the beginning of the 16th century by the University and its institutions, clearly state that Gaetano was in Padua well before his degree (1500) and even later (1505) inasmuch as, in addition to his own, the noble student attended four other graduation ceremonies in the company of illustrious lecturers and scholars part of distinct social groups. The current essay has carefully investigated such groups thus shedding new light on both the context in which Gaetano had developed as a young man and how, consequently, he would confront his future life in Rome.
Research Interests: Intellectual History, Cult of Saints, History of Universities, Religious congregations and monastic orders, Divine Providence, and 15 moreHistory of Law, Aristocracy, Early modern religious history, Pietro Pomponazzi, Aristoteles, Counter-Reformation art, Counter-Reformation, Higher Education and History of Universties, History of University, Religious Orders, University of Padova, Counter Reformation Italy, The Noble Families of Renaissance Vicenza (Da Porto and Thiene)(Trissino and Palladio), Noblesse, and Gio Ponti
Research Interests: Intellectual History, Academic Mobility, Italian Humanism, History of Universities, Transnational Education, and 13 moreElites (Political Science), Italian philology, Intellectual and cultural history, Academic Social Networking, Republic of Letters (Early Modern History), 15th century Italian humanism, History of Venice, Book Collections, History of University, Nicolas-Claude Fabri De Peiresc, The Merchant of Venice, University of Padova, and Humanismo y Renacimiento
Research Interests: Intellectual History, Erasmus, Inquisition, Freedom of Religion, Religious Conversion, and 15 moreProtestantism, Heresy, Heresy and Inquisition, Charles V, Christian Heresies, Heresy and Orthodoxy, Medieval heresy, Protestant Reformation, Historical Theology of the Catholic and Protestant Reformations, Catholic Church History, Erasmus of Rotterdam, Libertad Religiosa, Reforma protestante, Guerres de religion, and Catholic and Protestant Reformations
Research Interests: Inquisition, History of Roman Catholicism, Sacred (Religion), Confraternities and Luoghi Pii, Early Modern Catholicism, and 15 moreHeresy and Inquisition, Inquisitorial Process, Roman Catholicism, Social Control, Adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems, Roman Inquisition, Catholic Church History, Inquisizione, Holy Office, Confraternities, Inquisición, Confraternities studies, Congregations, Confréries, and Inquisitorial System
Il network Héloïse, impegnato da oltre dieci anni nel coordinamento di progetti e ricerche sulle popolazioni universitarie dal medioevo fino ai nostri giorni, rivolge qui l'attenzione al tema della documentazione utile allo svolgimento di... more
Il network Héloïse, impegnato da oltre dieci anni nel coordinamento di progetti e ricerche sulle popolazioni universitarie dal medioevo fino ai nostri giorni, rivolge qui l'attenzione al tema della documentazione utile allo svolgimento di ricerche prosopografiche. Avvalendosi degli strumenti e dei metodi propri delle Digital humanities, le informazioni desunte dagli archivi universitari sono state progressivamente arricchite attingendo ai libri amicorum degli studenti, a fonti giudiziarie, alla memorialistica, ai registri delle professioni di fede, alla documentazione e alla stampa prodotta dalle associazioni dei docenti, ai periodici e ai numeri unici promossi dagli studenti, ai necrologi, alla documentazione fotografica. Il confronto fra l'utilizzo di queste fonti secondarie, che emerge dalle ricerche svolte o in corso in vari Paesi, costituisce il tema proposto dalle esperienze qui presentate.
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Research Interests: Inquisition, Jewish History, Galileo Galilei, Jewish - Christian Relations, Heresy and Inquisition, and 13 moreEarly Modern Jewish History, Republic of Venice, Papal History, Roman Inquisition, TOLERANCIA, Ghetto, Religious Intolerance, Aristotélisme, Religious Freedom, Aristotelismo, Counterreformation, University of Padova, and San Carlos Borromeo
Research Interests: Academic Freedom, Inquisition, Galileo Galilei, Protestantism, Jewish - Christian Relations, and 15 moreDiaspora Studies, Tolerance, Modern Jewish History, Jewish Education, Heresy and Inquisition, Jewish Cultural Studies, Orthodox Christianity, Religious Minorities, Jewish Diaspora, Roman Inquisition, Ghetto, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Reforma protestante, University of Padova, and Migration and Diaspora Studies
Research Interests: Higher Education, Freedom of Religion, History of Universities, Freedom Of Expression, Internationalisation of Higher Education, and 15 moreVenice, Libertad de Expresión, Freedom, Libertad De Expresión E Información, History of Venice, Libertad, Resistenza italiana, Freedom of movement, Freedom of the Press, Libertad Religiosa, LIBERTAD DE CONCIENCIA, History of University, University of Padova, Droits Et Libertés Fondamentaux, and Università degli Studi di Padova
The essay critically discusses the graduation report of Roderigo Lopez, a Portuguese student proclaimed artium et medicinae doctor at the Paduan Studium in 1559. The meticulous analysis of the document and the reconstruction of the... more
The essay critically discusses the graduation report of Roderigo Lopez, a Portuguese student proclaimed artium et medicinae doctor at the Paduan Studium in 1559. The meticulous analysis of the document and the reconstruction of the social, political, scientific and academic context of the time, allows us to recognize a celebrity of the 16th century in the Lusitanian student Roger Lopez (1517/1525-1594). He was personal physician of Elizabeth I of England and an important intermediary between the last court of the Tudors, Portugal and Spain of Philip II; he was finally sentenced to death by quartering. Shakespearean scholars believe that the poet was inspired by Lopez personal tragedy to outline the figure of Shylock, the Jew of the Merchant of Venice (about 1596-1598). The article proposes the thesis according to which the Paduan student is the future Elizabethan doctor, as many biographical information and some aspects of the English literary masterpiece seem to confirm. This would finally explain what prompted the Portuguese to move to England, how he was able to make such a prestigious career and to enjoy such a vast credit at court, and why he was executed. That was a complex story in which Francis Walsingham’s stay in Padua and Lopez’s real adherence to Judaism could have played a decisive role. The true archetype of Shylock could therefore have been a «Paduan» doctor.
Keywords: Jews – William Shakespeare – Portugal – Elisabeth I – Francis Walsingham
Keywords: Jews – William Shakespeare – Portugal – Elisabeth I – Francis Walsingham
Research Interests: Portuguese History, Shakespeare, History of Universities, Shakespearean Drama, Arab and Jewish Diasporas, and 15 moreHistory of Religious Freedom, Jewish Cultural Studies, Tragedy, Shakespeare and History, William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's History Plays, Conversos, Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespeare Studies, Elizabethan drama, Religious Freedom, History of University, The Merchant of Venice, History and Theory of the Theatre, and Shakespearean Tragedy
The theme of the Counter-Reformation was among the most debated by European historiography in the second half of the 20th century. Historians have argued how the Roman Church managed to overcome the deep crisis of the early sixteenth... more
The theme of the Counter-Reformation was among the most debated by European historiography in the second half of the 20th century. Historians have argued how the Roman Church managed to overcome the deep crisis of the early sixteenth century by proposing a new model of Christian, who must be orthodox, educated, purified and more attentive to the evangelical mission. The article aims to partially
deconstruct this classical thesis, by discussing largely unpublished documentation from the Congregation of the Holy Office. The proposed case is that of the Inquisition of Malta, where there was one of the most important tribunals of this ecclesiastic institution. The analysis of the documents shows how the inquisitors, in agreement with the Inquisitorial Congregation, spent most of their time protecting their collaborators, who were very often criminals, not orthodox, offenders of the orthopraxy and contrary to morality. The Holy Office used its large staff to challenge the authority of civil and religious institutions, by guaranteeing to the employees extraordinary fiscal, judicial, military, political and spiritual privileges. Paradoxically, as the Maltese example testifies, the inquisitors often became an obstacle for the discipline proposed at the Council of Trent, by protecting their collaborators and their privileges.
deconstruct this classical thesis, by discussing largely unpublished documentation from the Congregation of the Holy Office. The proposed case is that of the Inquisition of Malta, where there was one of the most important tribunals of this ecclesiastic institution. The analysis of the documents shows how the inquisitors, in agreement with the Inquisitorial Congregation, spent most of their time protecting their collaborators, who were very often criminals, not orthodox, offenders of the orthopraxy and contrary to morality. The Holy Office used its large staff to challenge the authority of civil and religious institutions, by guaranteeing to the employees extraordinary fiscal, judicial, military, political and spiritual privileges. Paradoxically, as the Maltese example testifies, the inquisitors often became an obstacle for the discipline proposed at the Council of Trent, by protecting their collaborators and their privileges.
Research Interests: Sociology of Crime and Deviance, Inquisition, Jurisdiction, Church History, Heresy and Inquisition, and 15 moreThe Spanish Inquisition, Corporate Crime, State of exception, The military religious orders of the Middle Ages : the Hospitallers, the Templars, the Teutonic knights, and others, Social Injustice, Malta, History of Malta, Portuguese Inquisition, Roman Inquisition, Privilege and Oppression, History of the Papal State (early modern age), Knighthood, International jurisdiction, Crime and deviance, and Knights Hospitaller
Research Interests: Peace and Conflict Studies, Inquisition, Contested Spaces (Anthropology of space), Conflict Resolution, Conflict Management, and 15 moreAnthropology of Police & Policing, Heresy and Inquisition, Police History, Social Control, Poder y Control Social, Police and Policing, Adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems, Social Conflict, Police Leadership, Counter-Reformation, Inquisición, Religious Dissent, HISTORY OF SOCIAL CONTROL, Contestacion, and Gender and Aggressive Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review of the Social Psychological Literature
Information about the Roman Inquisition’s familia is still fragmented, despite the progress in Inquisition studies and the abundance of documents produced by these employees. Firstly, the article offers a general study of this topic’s... more
Information about the Roman Inquisition’s familia is still fragmented, despite the progress in Inquisition studies and the abundance of documents produced by these employees. Firstly, the article offers a general study of this topic’s bibliography and, secondly, it tries to improve our knowledge regarding the familia with some new documents from the Vatican and Italian archives. In order to understand the importance of this entourage for the functioning of the Roman Inquisition, wherever it was operative, attention has been focused on the Medi eval period of the familia, when the inquisitors realised the need to have helpers and guards of their own. A considerable part of this study is dedicated to the confraternities that assisted the inquisitors: the most important was the Compagnia della Croce or di San Pietro Martire. Its Late Medieval evolution, albeit hard to reconstruct historically, is fundamental for understanding the apologetic way through which the Holy Office in 1542, and the inquisitors of the Counter-Reformation, tried once again to use this religious association. The example used here is that of the Dominican inquisitor Cipriano Uberti, author of the Opera della Croce (1585-1586): this work allows us to appreciate how strategic these confraternities were for an inquisitor at the end of the 16th century. The inquisitorial familia was to become a very useful instrument for the division and control of the ruling class on the Italian peninsula.
Research Interests: Medieval History, Crusades, Inquisition, Medieval Church History, History of Roman Catholicism, and 15 moreHistory of Crusades, Church History, Social History, History of Religion (Medieval Studies), Religious History, Early Modern Catholicism, Heresy and Inquisition, The Spanish Inquisition, History of the Crusades, Papal History, Catholic Church History, Counter-Reformation, Religious Freedom, Confraternities studies, and Inquisition. Moriscos. Lead Books. Granada. Conversion. Religious Polemics
Research Interests: Republicanism, History of Political Thought, History of Political and Institutional Reform, Early Modern Italy, Institutions (Political Science), and 8 moreHistory of Political Institutions, Republicanismo, San Marino, Storia delle istituzioni politiche, Institutional and organizational design related to political participation and civic engagement, History of Republic and Republicanism, Storia della Romagna, and Repubblica Di San Marino
Research Interests: Inquisition, Medieval Church History, History of Roman Catholicism, Church History, Heresy, and 15 moreHeresy and Inquisition, Roman Catholicism, The Spanish Inquisition, Religious Studies, Heresy and Orthodoxy, Church and State, Adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems, Portuguese Inquisition, Catholic Church History, Storia moderna, Confraternities, Confraternities studies, Confréries, Storia Sociale, and Storia Della Riforma E Della Controriforma
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Research Interests: Social Contract Theory, Inquisition, Heresy and Inquisition, Social Control, Poder y Control Social, and 15 moreAdversarial and inquisitorial legal systems, Roman Inquisition, Social Conflict, Inquisitive Semantics, Controle Social, Inquisizione, Fiduciary Law, Fiduciary Relationships, Inquisición, Deviance and Social Control, Fiduciary Duties, Formal Social Control, HISTORY OF SOCIAL CONTROL, Fiduciary Duty, and rapport fiduciaire
Research Interests: Inquisition, Italy (Early Modern History), Criminal Justice (History), Early Modern Italy, Heresy and Inquisition, and 19 morePower and privilege, Weapons, Adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems, Roman Inquisition, Small Arms and light weapons, Ordine pubblico, History of The Marches (Italy), Inquisizione, Sant'Uffizio, Inquisizione e censura in età moderna, Inquisición, History of Justice, Storia dell'Italia moderna, Histoire De La Justice, History of Criminal Justice, Storia Della Giustizia, Ancona, Storia della giustizia criminale, and History of Ancona
Research Interests: Calvinism, Lutheranism, Reformation Theology, Medieval Church History, Protestantism, and 13 moreAnabaptist Theology, Church History, John Calvin, Martin Luther, Protest Movements, Girolamo Savonarola, Lutheran Theology, Catholic Church History, Counter-Reformation, Calvin, Calvinism, Reformed Tradition, Riforma, Martin Lutero, and Riforma Protestante
Research Interests: Reformation Studies, Inquisition, Church History, Heresy and Inquisition, The Spanish Inquisition, and 8 moreStoria della chiesa, Portuguese Inquisition, Sant'Uffizio, Inquisizione e censura in età moderna, Storia Della Riforma E Della Controriforma, Storia Della Giustizia, Storia della Polizia, and Storia dell'Italia Meridionale in Età Medievale e Moderna
L'articolo mira a presentare un importante convegno tenutosi a Firenze tra l'11 e il 13 dicembre 2014. Oggetto di studio sono stati gli sviluppi più recenti degli studi sulla Riforma protestante e i movimenti ereticali.
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Research Interests: Inquisition, Inquisition (Law), Heresy, Heresy and Inquisition, Notarial Practice, and 15 moreDerecho Notarial, Heresy and Orthodoxy, Medieval heresy, Papal History, Notary, Roman Inquisition, Inquisizione, Inquisición, Heresy and Religious Dissent, Witchhunts and Inquisition, Trial Law, Religion and Power, Inquisición Y Censura, Herejias, and Diocesan archives
Research Interests: History of Ideas, Renaissance History, Political Violence and Terrorism, History of Political Violence, History of Universities, and 15 moreHistory of Violence, Social History, Academic Emotions and Motivation, Republic of Venice, Venice, Venice and the Veneto, Renaissance Padua, 16th century Venice, History of Venice, Padova, Social Order, History of University, University of Padova, History of Venice (14th-16th Cies), and Cultural History of Violence
Research Interests: History of Religion, History of Education, Education History, Jesuit history, History of higher education, and 15 moreHistory of Universities, History of Roman Catholicism, History Education, Jesuit education, Jesuits, Educational history, the History and Theory of Liberal Arts Education, Catholic Church, Renaissance Padua, Jesuítas, History of University, History of adult education, University of Padova, Renaissance Educational History, and History of the Universities In Europe
Research Interests: Inquisition, History of Roman Catholicism, Heresy, Religious History, Tolerance, and 12 moreHeresy and Inquisition, Religious Studies, Republic of Venice, Venice, Venice and the Veneto, 16th century Venice, Roman Inquisition, History of Venice, Privilege and Oppression, University of Padova, Libertinism (Paolo Sarpi; Accademia Degli Incogniti; Venetian Academies; Antiquarian and Epistolary Networks Bet Ven/Padua and N. Europe, and Heresiologia
Research Interests: Polish History, History of Universities, Nobility, History of Students, Teaching & Learning (History), and 7 morePolish Migration, History of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Aristocracy, history of Poland, Teaching & Learning of History, late medieval and early modern history of European nobility and courts, and History of University
Research Interests: Polish History, History of Universities, Nobility, Polish Studies, History of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and 8 moreHistory of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Aristocracy, Teaching & Learning of History, History of Universities in the Middle Ages, late medieval and early modern history of European nobility and courts, History of University, European nobility, and Polish Nobility
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Research Interests: Censorship, Book History, Inquisition, History of Literature as a Discipline, Censorship (History), and 15 moreHeresy and Inquisition, Censorship of literary and popular culture texts, Discipline, Censura, Art and Censorship, Self-Censorship, Roman Inquisition, Council of Trent, Censorship and Intellectual Freedom, Counter-Reformation, Inquisizione e censura in età moderna, Inquisición, Counter Reformation Italy, History of Library and Information Sciences, and Inquisición Y Censura
Research Interests: Music History, Music Theory, Censorship, Popular Music, Catholic Reform, and 14 moreSoundscape Studies, Popular Culture and Religious Studies, Censorship (History), John Calvin, Heresy, Heresy and Inquisition, History of music, Martin Luther, Confessionalization, Heresy and Orthodoxy, Early modern music and religious studies, Censorship in Music, Council of Trent, and San Carlos Borromeo
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Research Interests: Inquisition, Venetian History, Renaissance History esp Venice, Veneto and empires, Church History, Heresy, and 14 moreReligious History, Heresy and Inquisition, Heterodoxy, Heresy and Orthodoxy, History of Dissent, Church and State, 16th century Venice, Roman Inquisition, History of Venice, Catholic Church History, Religious Freedom, Inquisizione e censura in età moderna, Heresy and Religious Dissent, and Religious Dissent
Research Interests: Early Modern History, Inquisition, Trinity, Church History, Trinitarian Theology, and 12 moreUnitarian Universalist History, Heresy, Trinity (Theology), Heresy and Inquisition, Heresy and Orthodoxy, Doctrine of the Trinity, Roman Inquisition, Catholic Church History, Late medieval popular religion, heterodoxy and heresy, memory in the later Middle Ages., Counter-Reformation, Religious Dissent, and Antitrinitarianism
Research Interests: International Law, History of the Book, Renaissance Humanism, Reformation History, Reformation Studies, and 12 moreInquisition, Italian Humanism, History of the Reformation, History of International Law, Heresy, Religious History, Heresy and Inquisition, Alberico Gentili, Roman Inquisition, Diritto Internazionale Privato E Pocessuale, Counter-Reformation, and Riforma Protestante
Research Interests: Censorship, Gender and Sexuality, Inquisition, Modernist Literature (Literary Modernism), Censorship (History), and 11 moreModernism, Religious congregations and monastic orders, Heresy, Heresy and Inquisition, Censorship of literary and popular culture texts, Letteratura italiana moderna e contemporanea, Heresy and Orthodoxy, Censura, Catholic Church History, Inquisizione e censura in età moderna, and Femminismo
Research Interests: Women's Studies, Early Modern History, German Romanticism, History of the Clergy, Early Modern Church History, and 16 moreChurch History, Early Modern Italy, Stendhal, Women and Gender Studies, Castro, Italian Romanticism, Council of Trent, Carlo Borromeo, Counter-Reformation, False Documentaries, Orsini, Episcopal Church history, Counter Reformation Italy, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Alessandro Farnese, and San Carlos Borromeo
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Religious and cultural minorities were a determining factor in the transmission of ancient knowledge, but also in the imagination of new intellectual paths. This dynamic can be understood by analysing the context of Padua between the 15th... more
Religious and cultural minorities were a determining factor in the transmission of ancient knowledge, but also in the imagination of new intellectual paths. This dynamic can be understood by analysing the context of Padua between the 15th and 18th centuries. Thousands of students from all over Europe arrived in the Italian city, bringing with them, often unwittingly, a rich store of material, technical and speculative knowledge, some of it derived from their religious beliefs. Neither deep-rooted anti-Judaism nor the rigours of the Counter-Reformation could stop this influx of non-Catholics into the Studium. Their presence therefore had a double effect: on the one hand, they contributed to the golden age of the University of Padua and, on the other, they spread new knowledge when they returned home. Protected by the Patavina libertas guaranteed by the Venetian Republic, Jews, Orthodox and Protestants, were able to attend lectures and obtain the coveted academic degree, while bloody wars and persecutions raged in Europe and the Mediterranean. The paper will highlight some of the major scholarly debates, institutional conflicts and policies that the Studium was involved in and in which the presence of these religious minorities proved to be a determining factor. These students, equipped with alternative points of view to the context in which they found themselves, were essential in keeping intellectual confrontation alive, regardless of the religious dimension of the individuals. A number of iconographic documents (frontispieces, diplomas, tombstones, etc.) will also be presented to illustrate the materialisation of this virtuous tolerance.
Research Interests: Intellectual History, Inquisition, Freedom of Religion, Religious Conversion, Minority Studies, and 15 moreReligious Conversion and Converts in the Early Modern Mediterranean context, Minority Languages, Early Modern Italy, Intellectual and cultural history, Republic of Letters (Early Modern History), Scientific Revolution, Heresy and Inquisition, Minority Rights, Religious Studies, Minorities, Religious Minorities, Portuguese Inquisition, Roman Inquisition, Freedom of movement, and University of Padova
Research Interests: Criminal Justice, Women's Studies, Inquisition, Distributive Justice, Heresy and Inquisition, and 15 moreSocial Injustice, Papal History, Papal Diplomacy, Council of Trent, Giustizia, Tribunales, Historical Injustices, Central Italy, Rivalry, History of Crime and Criminal Justice, History of Criminal Justice, Papal States, Storia Della Giustizia, Storia Del Trentino, and CONFLICTS OF LAW JURISPRUDENCE IN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
Doubt constitutes the most compelling part of learning, being both the evolution of curiosity and the eve of solid knowledge. Perhaps it is precisel for this reason that the writings of many Renaissance students were organised according... more
Doubt constitutes the most compelling part of learning, being both the
evolution of curiosity and the eve of solid knowledge. Perhaps it is precisel for this reason that the writings of many Renaissance students were
organised according to doubts rather than notions and subjects. The study
of some manuscripts by Giovan Vincenzo Pinelli conserved in the
Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan makes it possible to highlight how
common this practice was within the Paduan student community,
animated by young minds from all over Europe in the second 16th century.
Contrary to modern scientific sectarianism, those scholars were grappling
at the same time with quite different perplexities. The paper will be
dedicated to analysing three debates described by Pinelli in great detail
and which aroused heated conflicts inside and outside the University. Was
it appropriate to dictate lectures to students or was it preferable to leave
them free to take notes? Was theory sufficient to become good physicians
or did one need practical (and humble) knowledge such as clinics and
botany? Finally, a surprising doubt with catastrophic consequences: could
making corn biscuits cause the ruin of the state? As it will be shown, all
these questions were answered for the benefit of past and present
doubters.
evolution of curiosity and the eve of solid knowledge. Perhaps it is precisel for this reason that the writings of many Renaissance students were
organised according to doubts rather than notions and subjects. The study
of some manuscripts by Giovan Vincenzo Pinelli conserved in the
Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan makes it possible to highlight how
common this practice was within the Paduan student community,
animated by young minds from all over Europe in the second 16th century.
Contrary to modern scientific sectarianism, those scholars were grappling
at the same time with quite different perplexities. The paper will be
dedicated to analysing three debates described by Pinelli in great detail
and which aroused heated conflicts inside and outside the University. Was
it appropriate to dictate lectures to students or was it preferable to leave
them free to take notes? Was theory sufficient to become good physicians
or did one need practical (and humble) knowledge such as clinics and
botany? Finally, a surprising doubt with catastrophic consequences: could
making corn biscuits cause the ruin of the state? As it will be shown, all
these questions were answered for the benefit of past and present
doubters.
Research Interests: Intellectual History, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, History of Medicine, History of Science, and 15 moreAcademic Librarianship, Academic Libraries, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Early Modern Intellectual History, Intellectual and cultural history, History of Library and Information Science, Social History of Medicine, Copernicus, History of Surgery, History of Medicine in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Historia Cultural, Galileo, History of Botany, and University of Padova
Inquisitions and Money (13th-19th c.)
Research Interests: Medieval History, Early Modern History, Medieval Church History, Early Modern Church History, Early Modern economic history, and 10 moreThe Spanish Inquisition, Late Medieval History, Late Medieval economic and social history, Portuguese Inquisition, Roman Inquisition, Medieval Economic and Social History, Late Medieval and Early Modern Church History, History of the Church, Church Finance, and Church History, New Religious Movements, and Church Finance
Research Interests: Inquisition, History of Roman Catholicism, Censorship (History), Religious Persecution, Heresy and Inquisition, and 15 moreThe Spanish Inquisition, Tribunales del Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion en las americas, Catholic Church, Religious Minorities, Portuguese Inquisition, Roman Inquisition, History of the Franciscan Order, Jesuit missionaries, Religious Intolerance, Dominican Order, Inquisizione, Reconquista, Inquisición, Inquisition. Moriscos. Lead Books. Granada. Conversion. Religious Polemics, and Permanencia Expulsion Moriscos España Niños Esclavos Inquisición
The Papal Inquisition represents the most emblematic institution of the Counter-Reformation. Its trial campaigns, victims and to some extent the Roman hierarchies have been studied. Until now, the complex relationship between the... more
The Papal Inquisition represents the most emblematic institution of the Counter-Reformation. Its trial campaigns, victims and to some extent the Roman hierarchies have been studied. Until now, the complex relationship between the ecclesiastical court and the individual social classes, depending on the specific historical period and geographical context, has been largely underestimated. In other words, the social history of the Roman Inquisition still remains largely to be reconstructed, while in recent years there has been the first research in this regard (2019, 2021), which has investigated the gap between the disciplining will of the inquisitors and the real effectiveness of their control. The paper will investigate one of the ways in which the Inquisition interacted the most within the social contexts in which it operated, namely the creation of its own staff (familia), endowed with numerous and far-reaching privileges. The methods adopted by these assistants, violent and irreligious, show how often the inquisitors themselves preferred to defend their power at the expense of morality and discipline, ending up denying any possible discipline. The connections with contemporary confraternities, the interaction with political institutions, jurisdictional conflicts and heinous abuses will be described: complex phenomena whose consequences have long influenced Italian history and global Catholicism.
Research Interests: Violence, Conflict, Inquisition, History of Roman Catholicism, Political Elites, and 15 moreHistory of Elites, Heresy and Inquisition, Discipline, The Spanish Inquisition, Elites and Society, Weapons, Estudios sobre Violencia y Conflicto, Catholic Church, Papal History, Papal Diplomacy, Portuguese Inquisition, Roman Inquisition, Social Conflict, Control society, and Inquisición
Research Interests: Intellectual History, Relational Database, Women's History, Database Systems, Galileo Galilei, and 15 moreHistory of Universities, Knowledge Discovery in Databases, Early Modern Intellectual History, Renaissance Aristotelianism, Student Mobility, Radicalism, History of Medicine in Medieval and Early Modern Europe, University History, History of Students Movements, History of University, Women`s History and Gender History, History of Philosophy, University of Padova, Early Modern Intellectual History and the History of Ideas, and Womens History
Il diffondersi della Riforma protestante coinvolse rapidamente una parte delle élites intellettuali, politiche e religiose dell’Italia moderna. Il casato dei Martinengo costituisce un ottimo punto di vista per comprendere la complessità... more
Il diffondersi della Riforma protestante coinvolse rapidamente una parte delle élites intellettuali, politiche e religiose dell’Italia moderna. Il casato dei Martinengo costituisce un ottimo punto di vista per comprendere la complessità di quel contesto storico, in cui a radicali istanze religiose si frapposero aspirazioni aristocratiche, rivendicazioni istituzionali e interessi culturali di derivazione umanistica. L’intervento mira a indagare alcuni Martinengo le cui vite testimoniarono una forte adesione alla Riforma. Alcuni di essi avevano compiuto parte della loro formazione allo Studio di Padova, il che induce a interrogarsi sulla misura in cui il radicalismo filosofico patavino abbia incentivato il radicalismo religioso di quei nobili bresciani, alcuni dei quali divenuti poi esuli religionis causa.
Research Interests: Erasmus, Calvinism, Inquisition, Freedom of Religion, John Calvin, and 15 moreHeresy, Heresy and Inquisition, Averroes, Italian diaspora, Heresy and Orthodoxy, Radicalism, Roman Inquisition, Brescia, Counter-Reformation, Heinrich Bullinger, Peter Martyr Vermigli, Inquisición, University of Padova, Calvinismo, and Antitrinitarianism
Late Renaissance students were trained in a plurality of contexts. My talk will focus on the presence of students within the intellectual circle of Gian Vincenzo Pinelli (1535-1601), a Neapolitan scholar who moved to Padua in 1558.... more
Late Renaissance students were trained in a plurality of contexts. My talk will focus on the presence of students within the intellectual circle of Gian Vincenzo Pinelli (1535-1601), a Neapolitan scholar who moved to Padua in 1558. Collecting works from every subject and era, Pinelli created the biggest private library of his time. While the presence of professors, intellectuals and politicians within that circle is well known (Mercuriale, Sarpi, Galilei, Wieland, Tasso, Savile, Peiresc, etc.), the importance that this circle had for many students of the local Studium has so far been overlooked. Studying in that context, among such prestigious works and scholars, influenced many of those students, inaugurating for some famous careers and spreading an increasingly revolutionary science.
Research Interests: Intellectual History, Cultural History, Censorship, Renaissance Humanism, Academic Mobility, and 15 moreItalian Humanism, Galileo Galilei, History of Universities, Republic of Letters (Early Modern History), Poland, History of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Humanismo, International student mobility, Aristoteles, Galileo, History of Students Movements, History of University, University of Padova, History of Grand Duchy of Lithuania In the XVI-XVIII C., and Humanism (15th-17th c.)
Research Interests: Human Evolution, Race and Racism, Population Genetics, Migration, Critical Race Theory, and 15 moreRace and Ethnicity, Comparative Genomics, Discrimination, Migration Studies, Migration (Anthropology), Darwinism, Racial and ethnic discrimination, Racial discrimination, Racismo y discriminación, Prejudice and Discrimination, Evolutionism, Razzismo, Etnicidad, Raza Y Etnicidad, and Sociology of Ethnicity and Race
Research Interests: Material Culture Studies, Inquisition, Italy (Early Modern History), Religion and Social Change, Social History, and 15 moreEarly Modern Italy, Heresy and Inquisition, The Spanish Inquisition, Church and State, Papal History, Adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems, Portuguese Inquisition, Roman Inquisition, History of material culture, Relations between Church and State, Privilege and Oppression, Confraternities, Inquisición, Confraternities studies, and History of Criminal Justice
Research Interests: Sociology of Crime and Deviance, Social Justice, Censorship (History), Heresy and Inquisition, Power and privilege, and 15 moreVenice, Venice and the Veneto, Italian Renaissance History, Social Injustice, Papal History, Self-Censorship, Papal Diplomacy, History of Venice, Privilege and Oppression, Veneto, Inquisitive Semantics, Inquisizione, Inquisición, Storia Di Venezia, and Permanencia Expulsion Moriscos España Niños Esclavos Inquisición
Research Interests: Academic Freedom, Jewish History, Freedom of Religion, History of Universities, Freedom of Information, and 15 moreIntellectual Freedom, Venice and the Veneto, Jewish Diaspora, Protestant Reformation, 16th century Venice, Academic Freedom and University Autonomy, History of Venice, Padova, Freedom of movement, Higher Education and History of Universties, History of University, Reforma protestante, French history of the protestant reformation, history of the french nobility (seventeenth and eighteenth centuries)., University of Padova, and History of Protestantism
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This is the second annual seminar of the International Centre for Research on Inquisitions (INQUIRE), based in the Department of History, Cultures and Civilization of the University of Bologna. The meeting aims to discuss the relationship... more
This is the second annual seminar of the International Centre for Research on Inquisitions (INQUIRE), based in the Department of History, Cultures and Civilization of the University of Bologna. The meeting aims to discuss the relationship between medieval, early modern, and modern inquisitions and money the world over.
Research Interests: Inquisition, Slavery, History of Slavery, Abolition of Slavery, Sociology of Money, and 15 moreHeresy and Inquisition, The Spanish Inquisition, Lazarillo Castigado. Inquisition and Censorship. Juan López de Velasco. Early Modern Spain. Lazarillo Studies. Spanish Picaresque Novel, Tribunales del Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion en las americas, Papal History, Adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems, Portuguese Inquisition, Roman Inquisition, History of slavery in the Mediterrenean, Inquisizione, Inquisición, Witchhunts and Inquisition, Esclavage, Inquisition. Moriscos. Lead Books. Granada. Conversion. Religious Polemics, and Permanencia Expulsion Moriscos España Niños Esclavos Inquisición
Research Interests: Italy (Early Modern History), History of Universities, Early Modern Italy, Republic of Letters (Early Modern History), History of medical students, and 9 moreInternationalisation of Higher Education, History of Venice, History of Students Movements, History of Venetian Republic, Higher Education and History of Universties, History of University, History of Philosophy, University of Padova, and History of Serenissima Repubblica Di Venezia
As pointed out in recent studies (e.g. Tatarenko 2021), the Union of Brest of 1595-1596, that led to the entry of the Polish- Lithuanian Orthodox into the Roman-Catholic Church, was a pivotal event in the politics and inter-confessional... more
As pointed out in recent studies (e.g. Tatarenko 2021), the Union of Brest of 1595-1596, that led to the entry of the Polish- Lithuanian Orthodox into the Roman-Catholic Church, was a pivotal event in the politics and inter-confessional relations of early modern Europe. The paper will investigate a hitherto unfathomable aspect of it, namely the role played by Gian Vincenzo Pinelli, the famous humanist and prince of letters, in bringing the negotiations that Rome had woven with the so-called 'Ruthenians' to a successful conclusion. An unpublished correspondence found in the Apostolic Library between the nobleman (who was very close to the Congregation of the Inquisition and the Congregation of the Index) and Pietro De Nores (a Cypriot, assistant to cardinal nephew Cinzio Passeri Aldobrandini, a Pinelli's informant) reveals the attention paid by the Curia and the pontiff, a friend of the man of letters, to that attempt at reintegration. The missives show how the network of contacts managed by Pinelli, cousin of the cardinal inquisitor Domenico and patron of Venetian inquisitors, was used for a precise purpose, namely to monitor and intimidate the important Venetian Greek Orthodox minority, guilty of being too curious about relations between the Curia and the Polish-Lithuanians. Had that been an attempt to sabotage the forthcoming reconciliation? Pinelli was summoned to rebuke his friend Gavriil Seviros, the Venetian 'head of those Greeks', while the demands of the reconciling bishops, later listed and theologically examined in the letters, arrived in Rome. The negotiation, solemnly concluded with the allocution entrusted to the able Silvio Antoniano, well testifies to the "inquisitorial attitude" taken, in and out of the ecclesiastical court, towards Eastern Christianity (e.g. Lavenia 2014) whether it was, that of the orthodox North Europeans, Venetians or elsewhere.
Research Interests: Intellectual History, Renaissance Studies, Inquisition, Intellectual History of the Renaissance, Venetian History, and 15 moreCensorship (History), Renaissance literature, Intellectual and cultural history, Republic of Letters (Early Modern History), Heresy and Inquisition, Book Censorship (history), Heresy and Orthodoxy, Humanistics, Ancient Greek Literature, Roman Inquisition, History of Greece under Venician Rule, Padua, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Humanismo y Renacimiento, and Gian Vincenzo Pinelli
"Professionisti in un mondo ingombrante. Figure professionali e competenze di fronte a nuove sfide dall'antichità all'età contemporanea". Firenze, 20 maggio 2022 Aula 211- Plesso di via Laura 48 Convegno dei dottorandi del... more
"Professionisti in un mondo ingombrante. Figure professionali e competenze di fronte a nuove sfide dall'antichità all'età contemporanea".
Firenze, 20 maggio 2022
Aula 211- Plesso di via Laura 48
Convegno dei dottorandi del Dottorato di Studi Storici delle Università degli studi di Firenze e Pisa
Firenze, 20 maggio 2022
Aula 211- Plesso di via Laura 48
Convegno dei dottorandi del Dottorato di Studi Storici delle Università degli studi di Firenze e Pisa
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Research Interests: Missiology, Catholic Missionary History, Inquisition, Missionary History, Jesuit history, and 15 moreHistory of Missions, History of the Portuguese Empire, Heresy and Inquisition, The Spanish Inquisition, Transcultural Studies, Jesuits, Mission, Portuguese Inquisition, Missional Church Theology, Missionaries, Jesuit missionaries, Jesuits in China, Propaganda Fide, História Do Império Português, and Colonial Art and Portuguese and Spanish Empires
Research Interests: Diachronic Linguistics (Or Historical Linguistics), Republicanism, Historical Institutionalism, History of Universities, History of Political and Institutional Reform, and 13 moreRepublican Rome, Republic of Venice, Italian City-States, Venice and the Veneto, History of Universities in the Middle Ages, 16th century Venice, History of Venice, Historical Revisionism, History of Political Institutions, Republicanismo, Local Community, History of University, and University of Padova
Research Interests: Inquisition, Social Justice, Jewish History, Political Elites, History of Elites, and 15 moreSocial History, Courts and Elites (History), Heresy and Inquisition, The Spanish Inquisition, Conflictos Sociales, Sociology of elites, Consent, Papal History, Adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems, Portuguese Inquisition, Social Conflict, Bologna, history of Bologna, Inquisitive Semantics, and Inquisición
This is the first annual seminar of the newly founded International Centre for Research on Inquisitions (INQUIRE), based in the Department of history, Cultures and Civilization of the University of Bologna. The meeting aims to take stock... more
This is the first annual seminar of the newly founded International Centre for Research on Inquisitions (INQUIRE), based in the Department of history, Cultures and Civilization of the University of Bologna. The meeting aims to take stock of the main themes and questions addressed by the recent historiographical debate on medieval, early modern and modern inquisitions the world over.
Research Interests: Brazilian History, Inquisition, Censorship (History), Peruvian History, Witchcraft, Religion and Magic, and 13 moreCatharism, Heresy and Inquisition, The Spanish Inquisition, Lollards, Tribunales del Santo Oficio de la Inquisicion en las americas, Mexican History, Portuguese Inquisition, Roman Inquisition, Papacy (Early Modern and Modern Church History), Holy Office, Chilean History, Inquisición, and History of the Philippines
The university of Padova was founded around 1222 by a group of students from Bologna and it is considered the second most ancient studium in Italy. Since the year 2022 will be the 800th anniversary of its foundation, the university of... more
The university of Padova was founded around 1222 by a group of students from Bologna and it is considered the second most ancient studium in Italy. Since the year 2022 will be the 800th anniversary of its foundation, the university of Padova is promoting many scientific activities to celebrate its history and shape its memory both as an institution and a scientific and cultural centre. The Department of History, Geography and Classics – DiSSGeA carries out a research project named BO2022. It focused on academic history by following three main lines of research:
- The European space: transnational and translocal mobility (Zornetta), which analyses the mobility of both students and professors and focuses on the medieval and early modern period.
- The space of libertas: religious and political freedom, freedom of knowledge (Solera), which approaches the subject of the freedom guaranteed by the studium to its students and professors during the early modern period, which was a crucial aspect to the scientific development in every academic sector.
- Women and the university of Padova (Martini), which focuses on the role that women had in the university during the 19th and 20th centuries both in the scientific and political contexts.
This presentation aims to discuss the BO2022 database by focusing on the methodology used to design it and thus some of its limits. Further developments of the project will also be presented.
- The European space: transnational and translocal mobility (Zornetta), which analyses the mobility of both students and professors and focuses on the medieval and early modern period.
- The space of libertas: religious and political freedom, freedom of knowledge (Solera), which approaches the subject of the freedom guaranteed by the studium to its students and professors during the early modern period, which was a crucial aspect to the scientific development in every academic sector.
- Women and the university of Padova (Martini), which focuses on the role that women had in the university during the 19th and 20th centuries both in the scientific and political contexts.
This presentation aims to discuss the BO2022 database by focusing on the methodology used to design it and thus some of its limits. Further developments of the project will also be presented.
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Analisi recenti hanno dimostrato come, nell’Inghilterra dei Tudor, si fosse soliti minare la mascolinità dei propri avversari accusandoli di aver frequentato lo Studium patavino e di aver imparato in terra veneta la tecnica del fioretto,... more
Analisi recenti hanno dimostrato come, nell’Inghilterra dei Tudor, si fosse soliti minare la mascolinità dei propri avversari accusandoli di aver frequentato lo Studium patavino e di aver imparato in terra veneta la tecnica del fioretto, pratiche disdicevoli a un vero uomo. Il contributo mira a discutere i risultati di tali ricerche alla luce di un ampio studio promosso dall’Università di Padova in occasione de suo ottavo centenario.
Research Interests: Gender Studies, Genre studies, Masculinity Studies, Gender and Sexuality, Masculinity, and 15 moreHistory of Universities, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Studies On Men And Masculinity, Sexual Identity, Constructions of masculinity, Dueling and Codes of Honor, Aristocracy, Hegemonic Masculinity, Honor, Swordsmanship, Masculinidad, Historical Fencing, History of University, Swords, and Fencing
Research Interests: Reformation Studies, Luther, Calvinism, Reformed Theology and Ethics, Protestantism, and 15 moreHistory of Atheism, Reformed theology, Heresy, Religious History, Heresy and Inquisition, Martin Luther, Religious Studies, Lutheran Theology, Atheism/Secular Studies, Medieval heresy, Martin luther and the Reformation, Counter-Reformation, Reforma protestante, Protestantismo, and Calvinismo
Thursday, April 22, 2021
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Mapping Early Modern Religious Dissent
EMoDiR panels
RSA 2020 Philadelphia
EMoDiR co-sponsored events
EMoDiR panels
RSA 2020 Philadelphia
EMoDiR co-sponsored events
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Giovedì 9 maggio 2019 ore 9.30-13.00 Firenze, Dipartimento SAGAS, Aula 15, via G. Capponi, 9 Contro l'Inquisizione, per l'inquisizione Per il Laboratorio di Storia Moderna: Temi e problemi di Storia Moderna Coordina: Lucia Felici... more
Giovedì 9 maggio 2019
ore 9.30-13.00
Firenze, Dipartimento SAGAS, Aula 15, via G. Capponi, 9
Contro l'Inquisizione, per l'inquisizione
Per il Laboratorio di Storia Moderna:
Temi e problemi di Storia Moderna
Coordina: Lucia Felici
Intervengono: Matteo Duni (Syracuse University Florence) Dennj Solera (Università di Firenze), Michaela Valente (Università del Molise)
Programma (pdf)
ore 9.30-13.00
Firenze, Dipartimento SAGAS, Aula 15, via G. Capponi, 9
Contro l'Inquisizione, per l'inquisizione
Per il Laboratorio di Storia Moderna:
Temi e problemi di Storia Moderna
Coordina: Lucia Felici
Intervengono: Matteo Duni (Syracuse University Florence) Dennj Solera (Università di Firenze), Michaela Valente (Università del Molise)
Programma (pdf)
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La fama di Gian Vincenzo Pinelli (1535-1601) è soprattutto legata alla sua biblioteca: circa 9.500 stampati e oltre 1.000 manoscritti, che egli riunisce e mette a disposizione degli studiosi. Alle conoscenze consegnate nei libri si... more
La fama di Gian Vincenzo Pinelli (1535-1601) è soprattutto legata alla sua biblioteca: circa 9.500 stampati e oltre 1.000 manoscritti, che egli riunisce e mette a disposizione degli studiosi. Alle conoscenze consegnate nei libri si affiancano le informazioni raccolte attraverso la corrispondenza con gli eruditi di tutta Europa e attraverso le conversazioni intrecciate con amici e visitatori. La casa di Pinelli diventa così un importante crocevia culturale, in cui il sapere non solo è conservato, ma si arricchisce e permette la produzione di nuovo sapere. In questo libro si delineano la vita e la personalità di Pinelli, si mettono in luce i percorsi tramite cui si è costituita la collezione e i mezzi messi a punto per gestirla in maniera funzionale, se ne segue la storia fino alla sua parziale distruzione, si descrivono i testimoni manoscritti che ne permettono la ricostruzione e si analizza la composizione del fondo degli stampati in base alla distribuzione dei volumi per lingua, luogo di provenienza, datazione, formato, argomento.
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Research Interests: Humanities Computing (Digital Humanities), Digital Humanities, Mobility/Mobilities, Academic Mobility, Network Analysis, and 9 moreHistory of Universities, Social Network Analysis (SNA), Geography of Mobility and Migrations, Student Mobility, International student mobility, Counter-Reformation, History of University, University of Padova, and Humanidades Digitales
9 novembre 2019, ore 10:00-19:00 Aula Parva, Dipartimento SAGAS, Università degli Studi di Firenze Via San Gallo 10, Firenze Giornata di studi. Violenza sacra. Rappresentazioni, istituzioni, dottrine e pratiche della violenza religiosa... more
9 novembre 2019, ore 10:00-19:00
Aula Parva, Dipartimento SAGAS, Università degli Studi di Firenze
Via San Gallo 10, Firenze
Giornata di studi.
Violenza sacra. Rappresentazioni, istituzioni, dottrine e pratiche della violenza religiosa tra Medioevo ed Età moderna.
Aula Parva, Dipartimento SAGAS, Università degli Studi di Firenze
Via San Gallo 10, Firenze
Giornata di studi.
Violenza sacra. Rappresentazioni, istituzioni, dottrine e pratiche della violenza religiosa tra Medioevo ed Età moderna.
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Research Interests: Humanities Computing (Digital Humanities), Women's Studies, Digital Humanities, Women's History, Mobility/Mobilities, and 8 moreJewish History, History of Universities, Jewish - Christian Relations, History of the Jews, Social Mobility, University History, Migrations as Human Mobilities, and Humanidades Digitales
Research Interests: Policy Analysis/Policy Studies, Legitimacy and Authority, Inquisition, Legitimacy, Contested Spaces (Anthropology of space), and 13 moreContested Spaces (Sociology), Religious History, Heresy and Inquisition, Police History, XVII century, Adversarial and inquisitorial legal systems, Roman Inquisition, Public order policing, History of the Papal State (early modern age), Storia Della Riforma E Della Controriforma, Stato Pontificio, Ancona, and Public Policy
Thanks to the development of inquisitorial research, historians can now have a more detailed idea of the Roman Inquisition. Nevertheless, there are some aspects that still remain unknown, such as the inquisitorial staff. This... more
Thanks to the development of inquisitorial research, historians can now have a more detailed idea of the Roman Inquisition. Nevertheless, there are some aspects that still remain unknown, such as the inquisitorial staff. This heterogeneous group was composed from notaries, bodyguards, stewards, lawyers and by hundreds people who concretely ran the Tribunal for three centuries. They earned spiritual, economic, military and jurisdictional privileges. These laic collaborators were of fundamental importance, not only to keep strong control over society, but also in building solid relations with local élites. All inquisitorial assistants were an expression of indigenous interests, thus showing us how the so-called “terrible Tribunal” was at the same time a strategic opportunity for aristocratic and powerful families.
This presentation will also encourage general reflections about the Counter Reformation’s and Italian history over the early modern and modern period.
This presentation will also encourage general reflections about the Counter Reformation’s and Italian history over the early modern and modern period.
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2000, anno giubilare. Il pontefice Giovanni Paolo II apre alla comunità degli studiosi gli archivi della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede (ex Sant’Uffizio), all’epoca diretta dal cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Inizia con questo evento... more
2000, anno giubilare. Il pontefice Giovanni Paolo II apre alla comunità degli studiosi gli archivi della Congregazione per la Dottrina della Fede (ex Sant’Uffizio), all’epoca diretta dal cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Inizia con questo evento il primo vero confronto dell’istituzione religiosa con la comunità scientifica, storica e non solo. L’importanza di tale apertura non può essere compresa se non si ricorda che in passato era prevista persino la pena di morte per coloro che avessero consultato indebitamente i documenti inquisitoriali.
Quale fu nei secoli il rapporto intercorso tra il potere secolare, interessato al governo delle persone, e queste fonti così gelosamente custodite? Come può essere interpretata la contesa di tali documenti e quanto essa è stata espressione delle tensioni dei tempi passati? Attorno a quali temi si focalizzò lo scontro per le carte del “tremendo Tribunale”? Il podestà di Rovigo (metà ’500) e Napoleone Bonaparte (1810) sottrassero numerosi documenti all’Inquisizione romana, ma la somiglianza delle due azioni nasconde la difformità degli intenti che le motivarono. I casi citati vengono proposti come estremi di un arco cronologico nel quale cambiò per sempre il rapporto tra potere secolare e potere religioso: si stava passando dall’ “utrumque ius in utroque foro” a ordinamenti ormai inconciliabili.
Quale fu nei secoli il rapporto intercorso tra il potere secolare, interessato al governo delle persone, e queste fonti così gelosamente custodite? Come può essere interpretata la contesa di tali documenti e quanto essa è stata espressione delle tensioni dei tempi passati? Attorno a quali temi si focalizzò lo scontro per le carte del “tremendo Tribunale”? Il podestà di Rovigo (metà ’500) e Napoleone Bonaparte (1810) sottrassero numerosi documenti all’Inquisizione romana, ma la somiglianza delle due azioni nasconde la difformità degli intenti che le motivarono. I casi citati vengono proposti come estremi di un arco cronologico nel quale cambiò per sempre il rapporto tra potere secolare e potere religioso: si stava passando dall’ “utrumque ius in utroque foro” a ordinamenti ormai inconciliabili.
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Malta, 1626. In a courthouse Donzo, an Abyssinian probably reported by an informer, and Onorato Visconti, inquisitor and distinguished prelate of the Catholic Church, face each other. The narration of this fact is possible thanks to the... more
Malta, 1626. In a courthouse Donzo, an Abyssinian probably reported by an informer, and Onorato Visconti, inquisitor and distinguished prelate of the Catholic Church, face each other. The narration of this fact is possible thanks to the summary of the trial conserved at the TCD (Trinity College Dublin) and to some drafts shielded at BAV (Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana). A complex dialogue, that will soon become an “inquisitorial rebus”, develops between them: the guilty declares himself Christian, belonging to the Salamonid sect, even though circumcised, baptized and eventually apostate converted to Islam.
The Donzo’s case is only a chance to illustrate how the Roman Holy Office was forced, especially in peculiar sights as Malta was, to a continuous interpretation and translation of different cultures. In many boundary regions was hard to interpret reality by the usual and rigid mind-set of the sixteenth century’s Church.
The Donzo’s case is only a chance to illustrate how the Roman Holy Office was forced, especially in peculiar sights as Malta was, to a continuous interpretation and translation of different cultures. In many boundary regions was hard to interpret reality by the usual and rigid mind-set of the sixteenth century’s Church.