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• 17 nov 2016

  18 nov 2016

  Evora

  Conference, symposium - Middle Ages

  Political communication and diplomacy in the Late Middle Ages

  This meeting wants to carry out a state of the art on the history of medieval diplomacy, a topic on methodological renewal process. For this, it will focus on aspects such as new historiographical tendencies the wide range of sources available (literature, archives, letters...), sociology of the protagonists (clergy, nobility, lawyers, merchants...) and the different political contexts of medieval diplomacy (papacy, kingdoms, cities...).

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• 10 mai 2015

  Evora

  Call for papers - Representation

  Palaces and Urban Dynamics: Centers of power and knowledge in Europe

  Palácios e dinâmicas urbanas: centros de poder e de conhecimento na Europa

  The European palaces established more than mere residences of monarchs, princes, cardinals, aristocrats and bourgeois. They were centers of power, solid social and political symbols, and also production centers for culture, arts and science. On the other hand, they played a fundamental role by motivating the renovation and expansion of cities. In a broad sense, we can consider the palace as a center that marked not only the inner spaces, but also its surroundings. Starting from this premise and taking the opportunity of the celebrations of the 500th anniversary of the construction of the so called Palácio de D. Manuel in Évora, this is the ideal context for organizing this international conference.

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