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Domingos Vandelli: Natural History and Enlightened Utilitarianism
This work reconstructs the intellectual and professional trajectory of Domingos Vandelli, who played a fundamental role at the University of Coimbra, directed the Royal Cabinet of Natural History and the Ajuda Botanical Garden, and was among the founding members of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Lisbon. Through the collection of scattered information from documents and fragments of sources, Lucas Braga sought to rediscover, as far as the documentation allowed, the man behind the naturalist: the young man who left his homeland in pursuit of the dream of accomplishing something greater; the scholar who, even though he was not a disciple of Linnaeus, became his most prominent correspondent; t...
Rotas de fuga
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Maria Clara Machado
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1984
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De Verney a Vandelli
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Violence in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
Being an integral element of how humans interact with one another, violence, however disruptive, often also manifests itself as an ordering force. In this collection of essays, the contributing authors explore this particular aspect of violence from a wide variety of perspectives, in a set of studies that focus on both the ancient and medieval worlds. Case-studies in the section on Antiquity include work on such issues as domestic violence; violence and myth; violence in Greek and Roman historiography, poetry, comedy and tragedy, and art; women and violence; violence and pollution; and various studies on classical Greek and Roman perceptions of violence. The medieval section continues with papers that look into the role of violence in the saints' lives and passions, violence in the love poems of the carmina burana, as well as several studies that center on actual cases of violence, such as violence and women in medieval Galicia and violence at Portuguese universities during the High Middle Ages. This book is essential reading for everyone interested in how and why violence came to be embedded in the cultural practices of classical Greece, ancient Rome, and medieval Europe.
Cave Biology
A critical examination of current knowledge and ideas on cave biology, with emphasis on evolution, ecology, and conservation.
