Late Middle Ages

Tras el conocimiento en Castilla de la muerte del rey Martín, la postulación del infante Fernando como candidato al trono de la Corona de Aragón fue inmediata. Aunque el consenso respecto a ésta no fue ni tan claro ni tan inmediato dentro de la sociedad política castellana, finalmente dentro de la regencia de Castilla se alcanzó un sólido acuerdo para apoyar las pretensiones de Fernando de Antequera. A partir de este punto, asistimos a un extraordinario despliegue de medios de todo tipo por parte del infante con el fin de promover sus aspiraciones entre los diferentes poderes de la monarquía catalano-aragonesa frente al resto de los posibles pretendientes. Este esfuerzo proveniente de Castilla dio, a todas luces, los mejores frutos, al concretarse la elección de Fernando como rey a través de la sentencia de Caspe. Igualmente, sería de vital importancia a la hora de sustentar el sofocamiento de la rebelión de Jaume, conde de Urgell, contra la decisión de los compromisarios y el nuevo rey.
De un modo u otro, esta evolución general del apoyo castellano al acceso al trono vacante aragonés de don Fernando ha sido atendida por los diferentes autores que se han ocupado del estudio del Interregno y del Compromiso de Caspe, bebiendo en buena medida de la obra historiográfica de Jerónimo Zurita. No obstante, no ha sido objeto de un análisis de conjunto con carácter monográfico. La finalidad de esta comunicación es, pues, ordenar los conocimientos presentes sobre las características que adornaron a la intervención castellana en la Corona de Aragón en esta época y profundizar en ciertos elementos de la misma a la hora de comprender su verdadera incidencia.
En este sentido, podremos distinguir tres formas básicas en que se materializó la intervención castellana en la Corona de Aragón a favor del infante Fernando: acciones diplomáticas, envíos de tropas y un genérico gasto en dinero y otros bienes, sobre el que se sustentaría todo el conjunto. A su vez, el origen de los recursos humanos, materiales y financieros empeñados en esta política permite diferenciar los que procedían del entorno señorial y clientelar propio de don Fernando y aquellos otros que puso a su disposición la administración monárquica, teniendo en cuenta su condición de infante real y corregente.

Italian sculptors reinvented the personification of Charity in the early fourteenth-century, and thereafter the depiction of the virtue remained subject to change and reinterpretation.  Those changes were often prompted by shifts in opinions or practices, even when the change was only minor. Around the middle of the fifteenth century, Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) introduced a significant detail in some of his many depictions of Charity personified: a child embraces its mother lovingly and kisses her, creating an intimacy which until then had been reserved for images of the Madonna, especially in the Low Countries (fig. 1). The sensual nature of these Madonna pictures has been noted elsewhere, as has this aspect’s reliance on the Song of Songs, one of the books of the Old Testament. Several details add to the sensuality of these pictures, some of them even overtly erotic. Here I would like to focus on one element, namely the embrace combined with a kiss. This iconographical detail was adopted in depictions of Charity, and surprisingly, images of Charity have hardly been examined in this context, although they would become omnipresent in the days of the Reformation. While tracing the development and meaning of the kiss, I will explore the implications for the meaning of Charity personified. The kiss not only recalled the loving relationship between Christ and his mother, but also imposed ideas of divine union onto Charity.

« Le roi doit vivre du sien dans le royaume de France à la fin du Moyen Âge: idéal et réalités », Hofwirtschaft. Ein ökonomischer Blick auf Hof und Redidenz in Spätmittelalter und Früher Neuzeit / L’économie de la Cour, 10. Symposium der Residenzen-Kommission, Gottorf/Schleswig, 23-26 september 2006,  Gerhard Fouquet, Jan Hirschibiegel et Werner Paravicini, Ostfildern, Jan Thorbecke (éd.), Verlag, Residenzenforschung, 21, 2008, p. 329-338.

The international meeting Technical Knowledge in Europe will review the key historiographical subjects regarding artistic and industrial technology in the Late Middle Ages and the first century of the Modern Period. One of the meeting’s core targets is to highlight the variety of methods with which the issue can be approached, from the study of the written record to archaeological investigation; and from the examination of technical recipes to the scientific analysis of works of art and archaeological materials.

The meeting has been organised within the framework of research project Plan Nacional HAR2012-37357 (El conocimiento científico y técnico en la Península Ibérica (siglos XIII-XVI): producción, difusión y aplicaciones), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, and will gather together in Cordoba some of the foremost European specialists on the subject.

The Organising Committee is open to the presentation of papers, which must relate to one of the following four key topics:

Industrial and artistic technologies in various fields (textile, leather, metal, milling, glass...)
Recipes and other sources for the study of crafts and artistic technologies (localisation, edition, content...)
Scientific analysis of artistic and archaeological items
Experimental reproduction of historical technical recipes

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The international meeting Technical Knowledge in Europe will review the key historiographical subjects regarding artistic and industrial technology in the Late Middle Ages and the first century of the Modern Period. One of the meeting’s core targets is to highlight the variety of methods with which the issue can be approached, from the study of the written record to archaeological investigation; and from the examination of technical recipes to the scientific analysis of works of art and archaeological materials.

The meeting has been organised within the framework of research project Plan Nacional HAR2012-37357 (El conocimiento científico y técnico en la Península Ibérica (siglos XIII-XVI): producción, difusión y aplicaciones), funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, and will gather together in Cordoba some of the foremost European specialists on the subject.

The Organising Committee is open to the presentation of papers, which must relate to one of the following four key topics:

Industrial and artistic technologies in various fields (textile, leather, metal, milling, glass...)
Recipes and other sources for the study of crafts and artistic technologies (localisation, edition, content...)
Scientific analysis of artistic and archaeological items
Experimental reproduction of historical technical recipes

Desde su fundación el monasterio del Pedregal aparece favorecido por la generosidad de los hacendados locales y la nobleza de proximidad, que le otorgan tierras y privilegios durante el último cuarto del siglo XII.  La llegada al cenobio de Dolça de Peramola (abadesa desde 1209) trae consigo el favor de la gran nobleza catalana, especialmente la casa real y los Cardona.  La documentación confirma la presencia de los Anglesola sólo a partir del siglo XIV i la heráldica conservada en la masía cercana al lugar donde otrora se levantó el monasterio constata la presencia de otros linajes, como los Aguiló, Margarit o Ballester.

As most theologians of XIV century, Ockham used the distinction of absolute and ordained power to explore the boundary between necessity and contingency in physical laws.
But in his moral and political reflection he insisted that the distinction was not to be understood in the sense of two different powers, because God is able to do nothing "inordinate". Ockham's theory of  "ius naturale" testifies on behalf of his willingness to illustrate that natural law is part of of ordained power of God, "conditor naturae".

The present study approaches a double interrelated subject: royal journeys and itineraries, and the political relations between the Hispanic kingdoms at the end of the 15th century. By analysing two books of expense accounts, we expose those itineraries taken by John III of Navarre and his retinue on his journey from Pamplona to Seville, as well as on the return from Seville to Olite, while reflecting some of the prominent figures of King John’s Hotel and its organizational divisions. We also analyze the content of the international agreements signed in Seville in May 1500 by the kings of Navarre and Castile-Aragon, and the degree of their fulfilment by the Navarre’s sovereign, specially on the matter of the matrimonial engagements agreed in the Andalusian capital.