Foreigners (Medieval Studies)
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Bremmer offers a much-needed reassessment of the career and biography of the famous outlaw. Asking “what national or ethnic sen- timents did the author [of the Gesta] entertain in his description of Hereward?” Bremmer concludes that he... more
Bremmer offers a much-needed reassessment of the career and biography of the famous outlaw. Asking “what national or ethnic sen- timents did the author [of the Gesta] entertain in his description of Hereward?” Bremmer concludes that he... more
Old English is more closely linked to Old Frisian than to any other Germanic language. This paper explores if this fact may partly be due to the presence of Frisians in Anglo-Saxon England. It is based on archeology, an analysis of... more
The Atlantic ports of Andalusia were privileged centres to develop foreign merchant’s commercial interests, as a huge bibliography and a consolidated tradition of studies has established. The present paper focuses on a matter that has not... more
The present paper analyzes the integration of Italian communities -Genoese, Florentine, Venetian, Lombards- in port societies of Andalusia (Seville, Cadiz, Puerto de Santa María, Jerez) from the 13th to the 15th centuries. To do so I have... more
Very little is known about Florentine presence in Andalusia in the Late Middle Ages. From very different sources —mercantile collected letters, accounting entries, ricordanze, chronicles and nautical documentation— the present articles... more
This is based on a lecture delivered at the MuCeM in Marseilles, in a series organized by Tzvetan Todorov on "Civilisation et barbarie".
La cronaca presenta una sintesi del primo seminario, tenutosi presso l'Università di Roma Tre il 28 e 29 aprile 2014, dedicato agli stranieri e alla mobilità degli individui a Roma in Antico Regime.
The study of Genoese activities in the Kingdom of Granada has mostly focused in the main ports. On this occasion we tackle their presence and economic interests in Guadix through the reconstruction and following of three family-merchant... more
Uhorské kráľovstvo, ktoré sa sformovalo ako nový štátny útvar pod vládou dynastie Arpádovcov v priestore Dunajskej kotliny na prelome 10. a 11. storočia, sa v priebehu stredoveku stalo miestom spolužitia viacerých etník. Ich príchod sem... more
Nobles, citizens, inhabitants, foreigners, inhabitants of suburban areas – this is the generally accepted historiographical picture of urban communal hierarchy created from the aspect of political participation, a pyramid of communal... more
The medieval kingdom of Hungary within its borders, geografically limited by the crest of the Carpathians and connected by the river Danube, included in itself a number of nations and nationalities. Some of them lived there from the very... more
Перевод с галансково письма, что подал боярину Илье Даниловичу Милославскому райтарсково строю полковник Исак фан Буковен, как всяких чинов урядников воспросить про ратное ученье, что всякому уряднику в ратном строе подобает ведать. И... more
Cette thèse est centrée sur les délibérations du tribunal de la Mercanzia de Florence. Pour les Florentins, l'accès au port de Pise, dont il est indirectement possible de reconstituer le trafic, est crucial et transcende les... more
The first part of this contribution is dedicated to outline the different aspects of the credit granted by the Lombards in the Burgundian Low Countries (1384-1482). The second part of the article will deal with the localization of the... more
В статье проанализированы сведения иностранцев о служебных злоупотреблениях в Московском государстве в XVI–XVII веках. Определены основные авторы, выявлены особенности «другого взгляда» на правовые и политические реалии «допетровской»... more
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This paper shows how letters of denization, in England and France, are often considered as tools very useful to determinate who is a citizen or not. Greek migrants tried to acquire this letters. But does it mean that, after obtaining... more
Colloque international "Hospitalité de l’étranger, XIVe-XVIIe siècle : entre
charité, contrôle et utilité sociale. Italie – Europe", École française de Rome, 30 novembre - 1 décembre 2017
charité, contrôle et utilité sociale. Italie – Europe", École française de Rome, 30 novembre - 1 décembre 2017
Among its many treasures, the State Archive of Bologna retains one particular set of very rare documents: they are the “Books of the Presentations of Strangers” (Libri di Presentazioni dei Forestieri). These registers contain the names,... more
En janvier 1268, le roi (et futur saint) Louis IX promulgua une ordonnance expulsant ceux qu’il accusait d’avoir appauvri son royaume par leurs extorsions usuraires. Puisqu’ils avaient pratiqué l’usure en public et qu’ils avaient commis... more
The problem of multiculturalism and social communication at the meeting point of culture unnoticed for many years in Poland, in recent years, is becoming more and more pronounced, and forecasts indicate that the number of foreigners will... more
Bremmer offers a much-needed reassessment of the career and biography of the famous outlaw. Asking “what national or ethnic sen- timents did the author [of the Gesta] entertain in his description of Hereward?” Bremmer concludes that he... more
Abstract Intertext and Imagology. “Foreigners” and “Exiled”. A Gnostic Mythology of the Exile The present paper aims at analysing the ways in which the ancestral xenophobia exceeds modern scents. As investigated, from a connotative... more
The publication is a reference for prosopographical work by senior officers of the New Model Army from coming to Russia first hired officers in 1628 in preparation for the Smolensk war (1632-1634) to leave from Russia last mercenaries in... more
Une thèse solide sur la Bretagne des XIVe-XVe siècles, présentant un point de vue équilibré sur la thématique en vogue des étrangers. « Les étrangers : miroir de la société bretonne », recension de Laurence Moal, L’Etranger en Bretagne... more