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Living on the Edge
This volume addresses the widespread medieval phenomenon of transgression as both a result of and the cause for the exclusion and persecution of those who were considered different. It is widely accepted that the essence of a manuscript cannot be fully grasped without studying its marginalia. Glosses sit on the margins of the text and clarify it, adding a whole new dimension to it and becoming an inextricable part of its content. Similarly, no society can be fully understood without knowledge of what lies on its margins, for the outliers of any given culture provide us with just as much information as its alleged foundational principles. In a time when the Western world ponders building walls up against perceived threats and frightening differences, this multidisciplinary collection of essays based on original and innovative pieces of research shows that it was mostly through tearing down walls that we learned our way forward.
Openings and Closures: Socialist Strategy at a Crossroads
Since the 2016 upsurge in enthusiasm for electoral organizing and party-building, the terrain has shifted. It was not so long ago that a new wave of democratic socialist organizing exploded onto the scene. Quickly, the defeat of candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn had a deflating effect. This followed on the crumbling of the “new parties” in Europe: In Greece, Syriza buckled in the face of the iron straitjacket imposed by EU institutions; in Spain, Podemos fractured under the weight of its ideological and institutional weaknesses; and Bloco fared no better in Portugal. Meanwhile, the Chavez-inspired Bolivarian revolutions in Latin America hit an impasse, barely stumbling ...
Beyond Cadfael
Medievalism and medieval medicine are vibrant subfields of medieval studies, enjoying sustained scholarly attention and popularity among undergraduates. Popular perceptions of medieval medicine, however, remain understudied. This book aims to fill that lacuna by providing a multifaceted study of medical medievalism, defined as modern representations of medieval medicine intended for popular audiences. The volume takes as its starting point the fictional medieval detective Brother Cadfael, whose observations on bodies, herbs, and death have shaped many popular conceptions of medieval medicine in the Anglophone world. The ten contributing authors move beyond Cadfael by exploring global medical...
The Routledge Handbook of Public Taxation in Medieval Europe
Beginning in the twelfth century, taxation increasingly became an essential component of medieval society in most parts of Europe. The state-building process and relations between princes and their subject cities or between citizens and their rulers were deeply shaped by fiscal practices. Although medieval taxation has produced many publications over the past decades there remains no synthesis of this important subject. This volume provides a comprehensive overview on a European scale and suggests new paths of inquiry. It examines the fiscal systems and practices of medieval Europe, including essential themes such as medieval fiscal theory and the power to tax; royal and urban taxation; and ...
En pro del común. La fiscalización de las cuentas públicas en la Corona de Aragón en la Baja Edad Media
Este libro libro explora la dimensión política de las contabilidades públicas y la fiscalización de las cuentas como parte de los procesos de transformación del Estado a finales de la Edad Media, desde los privilegiados escenarios de los territorios de la Corona de Aragón, sin olvidar las aportaciones del reino de Navarra y la Corona de Castilla. Tanto el complejo diseño de control del patrimonio real que establecieron los oficiales al servicio de los monarcas como la tradicional participación del común en la gestión económica de los recursos propios evolucionaron en contacto con los saberes desplegados en los ambientes mercantiles. Los valores del bien común y las exigencias de transparencia configuraron una cultura de legitimidad de los poderes públicos cuyas metodologías se han mantenido hasta hoy.
New Approaches to the Archaeology of Beekeeping
17 papers take a holistic view of beekeeping archaeology (including honey, wax, associated products, hive construction, and trade) in one large interconnected geographic region, the Mediterranean, central Europe, and the Atlantic Façade. The book serves as a handbook for current and future researchers considering the archaeology of beekeeping.
Donne e povertà nell’Europa mediterranea medievale
Vedove e immigrate, lavoratrici e schiave, religiose e criminali: i molti volti delle donne povere nel Medioevo tra Spagna, Francia e Germania sono presentati in questa raccolta di saggi, con un’attenzione particolare verso i drammatici fattori di vulnerabilità della condizione femminile (inferiorità sociale, tutele familiari, discriminazioni di genere), ma anche verso il tenace desiderio di resistenza e riscatto che animava queste figure.
Viure a censal
Aquesta obra estudia l’endeutament municipal a la regió de Lleida des dels anys de la postguerra dels Segadors fins a les primeres dècades del segle XIX, posant l’accent en l’ús dels censals. L’objectiu de l’estudi és reflexionar sobre el comportament del mercat censalista municipal a llarg termini, parant atenció en l’efecte que tenen les diferents conjuntures econòmiques. Per a tal propòsit, s’analitzen els fons comptables del comú de la ciutat de Lleida i d’altres municipis de la seva àrea econòmica, així com de diferents censalistes, d’entre els quals en destaca el capítol catedralici lleidatà, que clarament és un dels grans creditors regionals. Durant els...
