Carolingian Renaissance
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Publikacja recenzowana / Peer-reviewed publicationTransformations of education in changing Europe are multifaceted. One of the latter is the process of strengthening the cooperation among universities in this part of the world. This... more
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From a literary point of view, the Early Middle Ages can be defined as an age of compilation. However, the nature of medieval compilation has often been misunderstood. This is because scholars have limited themselves to identifying the... more
Among the liturgical furnishings that have survived from the early medieval period, a complete episcopal throne is a true rarity. This article examines a marble papal throne that appeared on the antiquities market in Rome in the late... more
This is the eighth paper of the series. This essay has selections from my paper “The Witness of God is Greater.” In this essay, my goal is to highlight some of the amazing evidence that I have discovered in collating sources for my paper.... more
The Latin quotation in the title of this article is taken from the Admonitio generalis, a key document of Charlemagne's reforms circulated in 789. In a well-known passage, to which the title refers, Charlemagne calls for the establishment... more
This book is an important and effective contribution to the literature on Carolingian Europe. It joins an expanding range of works that seek to understand the impact of the Carolingian Renaissance on the ground in late eighth-and early... more
Séminaire de recherche de Michel Sot, Université Paris-Sorbonne : "Ecriture, lecture et pratiques sociales dans la Renaissance carolingienne, mai 2011.
Claiming to be Dionysius the Areopagite, Pseudo-Dionysius produced several theological works during the late 5th or early 6th centuries that played varying roles of influence in Church theology over the following centuries. Although some... more
Preliminary PhD thesis proposal submitted to the Department of Classics and Religious Studies, Ottawa University. The proposed research focuses on the ecclesiastical province of Trier (Trier, Metz, Toul, and Verdun). The study will... more
This collected volume on Carolingian Italy in the ninth century will be out in December 2020. It brings together a great group of experts on that field of study and is arguably the most comprehensive publication on the topic to date in... more
How does a renaissance come to an end? While the causes of the Carolingian renaissance (8th–9th century) and its cultural accomplishments are well documented, the cultural transformations that followed around 900, when Europe is hit by... more
This is the English summary of my dissertation Notam superponere studui: the use of technical signs in the early Middle Ages, which was defended on March 18, 2016 at Utrecht University. If you are interested in the subject, you may also... more
In 1990 Davis Ganz published his book " Corbie in the Carolingian Renaissance.' In that very important work he claims that right from the beginning the abbey of Corbie was an establishment of a very special status. It was a royal... more
MA dissertation on the fourfold division of nature according to the Periphyseon of John Scottus Eriugena (written in Afrikaans). Summary: In this dissertation the ontology of Eriugena is reviewed, with specific reference to his... more
Splošni opomin (Admonitio generalis) je kapitular (frankovski zakonodajni odlok) Karla Velikega (vladal 768-814), ki je bil temeljni dokument njegovega programa kulturne prenove (renovatio). Izdan je bil 23. marca 789.
La escuela primaria apenas sí está documentada en las épocas anteriores al Renacimiento, y en el caso de las matemáticas el caso es todavía más difícil, puesto que se aprendían sobre el ábaco (sea este de arena o de fichas), que se borraba... more
Publikacja recenzowana / Peer-reviewed publicationTransformations of education in changing Europe are multifaceted. One of the latter is the process of strengthening the cooperation among universities in this part of the world. This... more
In spite of the scarcity of sources, there is some information about some women, almost all of them members of royal or aristocratic families, that could afford to own manuscripts and were able to use them, and even to copy them. Some of... more
In the Carolingian period, most intellectual centers owned a copy of the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville. Large and important centers, such as Reims or Fleury, may have possessed as many as three or four copies. The ultimate... more
Primera traducción a una lengua moderna de los anales del Imperio carolingio. Bajo este título no se recoge una obra concreta de época medieval, sino que los autores han agrupado tres fuentes distintas (Annales Eginhardi, Annales... more
Poco ci è noto riguardo al canto bizantino di epoca giustinianea e nessuno ha ancora letto il trattato del De Musica di Boezio come una fonte circa il canto bizantino. In che modo e quanto l'autore aveva conosciuto della cultura musicale... more