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ENCONTRO SOBRE ORDENS MILITARES, 6, Palmela, 2010 - As ordens militares : freires, guerreiros, cavaleiros : actas do VI Encontro sobre Ordens Militares, 10 a 14 de março de 2010. Palmela : Município, Gabinete de Estudos sobre a Ordem de Santiago, 2012. 2 vols. ISBN 978-972-8497-56-9.

“The Sixth Meeting on Military Orders ‘Friars, Warriors, Knights’ once again marked the panorama of international research and promotion of the Military and Chivalry Orders. The debate of ideas and of research results then presented now becomes accessible to the general public through this work. It assembles a collection of texts featuring the issues of religion and art, maintaining the parts devoted to historiography and memory, the powers, the social aspects and the relations between East and West”

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BEDOS-REZAK, Brigitte (ed.); IOGNA-PRAT, Dominique (ed.) - L'individu au Moyen Âge: individuation et individualisation avant la modernité. [Paris]: Aubier, 2005. 380, [3] p. ISBN 2-70-072345-7.

This collective work reflects on the historical background of the concept of the individual as an autonomous subject. The analysis focuses on the development of signs of personal identity during the Middle Ages, especially name, signature and portraits. The authors argue that the genesis of the modern individual is characterised by a collection of steps undertaken during the medieval period, and the different facets of the individual (autonomous social and moral actor) are expressed in the first person without it being singled out or excluded from the group that defines them (family, lineage, parish or feud).
 

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SILVÉRIO, Carla Alexandra Serapicos de Brito - Representações da realeza na cronística medieval portuguesa : a dinastia de Borgonha. Lisboa : Colibri, 2004. 178, [1] p.

"Considering the images produced on the Burgundian dynasty in the Portuguese chronicles from the forties of the 13th century until early 16th century by educated laymen, mostly related to the court administrative services, mainly after the creation of the office of chief chronicler of the Kingdom, we seek to analyse them as representative of a political and ideological discourse in which the regal memory of the Kingdom serves as an essential device in the legitimisation of the institution of monarchy itself."

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COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL DU CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, Paris, 1990 - L'Europe héritière de l'Espagne wisigothique: colloque international du CNRS tenu à la Fondation Singer-Polignac (Paris, 14-15 mai 1990) : actes. Madrid: Casa de Velázquez, 1992. 443, [3] p. ISBN 84-86839-33-5

Proceedings of the CNRS International Colloquium of 1990, held in Paris, dedicated to the heritage of Visigothic culture and civilisation in Europe, chiefly in Spain and France. The century-long of Visigothic kingdom of Toledo is considered as a key step in the formation of the medieval and modern civilisation in Europe. The various contributions address aspects of religious history, national identity, history of nobility, art, literature, among others.

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DAWSON, Christopher, 1889-1970 - A formação da Europa. Trad. de João Dias Pereira. Braga: Livraria Cruz, 1956. 348, [2] p.: il.; 19 cm. (Critério. Série de História; 31)

In this work the author argues that the birth of Europe took place in the Middle Ages, considering that the 11th century marks the end of the Dark Ages and the emergence of Western culture. For Dawson, four elements constitute European civilisation: the political tradition of the Roman Empire, the religious tradition of the Catholic Church, the intellectual tradition of classical literature and the national traditions of the barbarian people. Dawson concludes that the unity of European civilisation is not based on the secular culture and material progress of recent centuries, but in traditions that evolved before humanism and the achievements of modern civilisation.

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MORENO, Humberto Baquero - Tensões sociais em Portugal na Idade Média. [S.l.] : Athena, [1975?]. 193, [6] p.

“In this collection we have assembled a number of historical research studies relating to a particular social theme. Our purpose was to analyse medieval society through the various tensions that characterised its evolutionary process. Setting aside the concept of a social organisation in strata, under a pre-established and apparently static ‘order’, we mostly sought to determine the modes of reaction or unrest that affected society. Each study essentially followed the purpose of isolating the factors responsible for triggering social tensions (...) We emphasize, however, the strong antagonism that existed between classes and groups within the social context”. (Taken from the introduction)

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COELHO, P. M. Laranjo - Terras de Odiana : subsídios para a sua história documentada. - Coimbra: Imprensa da Universidade, 1924. – 411 p.: il.

"This volume, the beginning of a wide series of studies on regional geography and history of the northern part of the former province of Odiana, will constitute a modest and already promised contribution towards this end, a small collection of contributions for the history of a region that besides being Portuguese, has a special interest for those of us who were born there [...]" (COELHO, 1924: 1-2) [Freely translated]. Although this was the only volume to be published, it describes the history of the present municipalities of Castelo de Vide and Marvão, depicting people and customs from prehistoric times to the early twentieth century.

This is a rare first edition, of which only 100 copies were published.
 

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DUBY, Georges - O tempo das catedrais: a arte e a sociedade, 980-1420. - Lisboa: Estampa, 1979. - 314, [3] p.: il.; 21 cm. - (Imprensa universitária; 8)

Throughout the three parts of this book – the Monastery 980-1130, the Cathedral 1130-1280 and the Palace 1280-1420 – the author examines the social and cultural contexts that guided artistic creation in the West between the 10th and 15th centuries. The evolution of art and architecture is thus seen through the evolution of mentalities, of society, and of political and religious power during three periods: the first one marked by monastic culture and the weakening of royal power, the second by the development of cities and of large Gothic cathedrals, and finally, the period marked by the Renaissance and the assertion of secular culture.

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GARCÍA DE CORTÁZAR, José Ángel; MUNITA, José Antonio; FORTÚN, Luís Javier (dir.) – Codiphis: catálogo de colecciones diplomáticas hispano-lusas de época medieval. Santander: Fundación Marcelino Botín, 1999. – 2 vol.; 20 cm. – (Historia y documentos Instrumentos para la investigación; 6.5.1; 6.5.2). – Biblioteca José Mattoso. ISBN 84-87678-78-5 (vol. 1). ISBN 84-87678-79-3 (vol. 2). ISBN 84-87678-77-7 (obra completa).

In the two volumes of Codiphis, catalogue of Spanish and Portuguese diplomatic collections from the Middle Ages, all of the 1030 identified collections are analysed, with a total of about 190,000 documents published in Spain and Portugal between 1901 and 1996. In this catalogue, a “collection” is defined as a set of texts with 20 or more documental units published independently, whose diplomatic category is generally that of a “letter”. Chronologically, the diplomatic collections presented in this catalogue refer to the Middle Ages, from the 8th to the 16th centuries. The catalogue is preceded by a study of the publishing of documental sources in both countries during the 19th century. According to its preface, signed by the Fundación Marcelino Botín, this book has no precedent in world historiography and is regarded as an instrument of fundamental importance in the study of Spanish and Portuguese medieval history.

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ARNAUT, Salvador Dias - A arte de comer em Portugal na Idade Média : (introdução a "O livro de cozinha" da Infanta D. Maria de Portugal). Lisboa : Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, imp. 1986. 139, [2] p.

This work presents itself as an introductory study of the Portuguese codex entitled “Livro de cozinha da Infanta D. Maria (“Infanta Maria’s cook book”). This work describes the eating habits of the Portuguese during the Middle Ages (12th-15th centuries). The subject matter of this book includes: the use of bread, meat, fish and wine, among other foodstuffs; the kitchen and staff; the number of meals a day and, finally, the dining room and table manners.

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