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The intention of the present paper is to re-evaluate the surviving records surrounding the career and activity of Marcus Polnar, member of an influential family of Transylvanian Saxons living in Sighișoara. Although many historical... more
The intention of the present paper is to re-evaluate the surviving records surrounding the career and activity of Marcus Polnar, member of an influential family of Transylvanian Saxons living in Sighișoara. Although many historical sourcés – pertaining to writing and imagery – reflect the constéllation of Polnar family mémbérs, only somé givé a clué to thé éxtént of Marcus’ ascéndancy over the destiny of his blood relatives. Furthermore, these sources have been misinterpreted over the last century and a half, leading to confusions among scholars. It will be argued now that Marcus started with a well-off lineage, to which he added, through academic background and social nétworking, a réspéctablé public position, working his way into a trué ‘bright star’ of his kin. By cooperating with his brother, Michael, and by endorsing the careers of his four nephews, Marcus Polnar contributed in a decisive manner to establishing and securing influence and authority for his family, beyond the sta...
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Following recent suggestions and initiatives, the present paper intends to continue with the investigation of correspondence in late medieval Transylvania, focusing for the first time on private letters. In this context, the discussion... more
Following recent suggestions and initiatives, the present paper intends to continue with the investigation of correspondence in late medieval Transylvania, focusing for the first time on private letters. In this context, the discussion revolves around some letters discovered recently in rather unusual circumstances, namely letters and fragments of letters found in manuscripts or printed books from Sibiu (within the Library of the Brukenthal National Museum) that were already circulating within the same region in the Late Middle Ages. The unusual circumstances regarding their finding, the fragmentary state of some of the letters, and also the particular difficulties associated with the analysis of every written text produced during the Middle Ages in very informal circumstances, require a complex methodological approach, which combines palaeography, prosopography and institutional history at a local level. Also, the importance of the recycling and reusing of writing materials should not be forgotten, an aspect that is frequently discussed nowadays in the field of medieval studies. The investigation of these private letters (and additional similar examples) from Transylvania relies upon the superior experience in international research to deal critically with such sources situated between cultural history and the history of everyday life.
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Studiul de faţă doreşte să semnaleze într-o formă rezumativă rezultatele parţiale ale unei cercetări care îşi propune reconstituirea evoluţiei istorice a unei instituţii ecleziastice, cea a vicariatului episcopal, în partea de răsărit a... more
Studiul de faţă doreşte să semnaleze într-o formă rezumativă rezultatele parţiale ale unei cercetări care îşi propune reconstituirea evoluţiei istorice a unei instituţii ecleziastice, cea a vicariatului episcopal, în partea de răsărit a Ungariei medievale, pe teritoriul Transilvaniei, un areal căruia din punctul de vedere al administrării bisericeşti îi corespunde dieceza de Transilvania. Analiza este circumscrisă cronologic veacului angevin din istoria Ungariei, o epocă încărcată de semnificaţii nu doar din punct de vedere local şi regional, ci şi din perspectiva transformărilor istorico-ecleziastice resimţite de arealul Europei Occidentale în ansamblul său. Obiectivele punctuale ale demersului ştiinţific sunt deopotrivă conturarea unui cadru general de manifestare a fenomenului instituţional ardelean aflat în discuţie, prin apelul la date relevante provenind atât din Europa latină, cât şi din Ungaria veacului al XIV-lea, dar şi de precizarea principalelor arii de competenţă şi de ...
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Just before 1200 and just after 1240 two Cistercian abbeys, first a male house at Cârța, not far from Sibiu (Sancta Maria in Kerz), and then a nunnery in Brașov (Sancta Katherina), were established in Transylvania, a borderland of the... more
Just before 1200 and just after 1240 two Cistercian abbeys, first a male house at Cârța, not far from Sibiu (Sancta Maria in Kerz), and then a nunnery in Brașov (Sancta Katherina), were established in Transylvania, a borderland of the territories ruled by the Hungarian crown inhabited by Eastern-rite Christians, especially Romanians. Conventionally, often following the model of older historiography on Frankish Greece, modern scholars have understood the arrival of the Cistercian Order in this remote area as an effort at conversion initiated by the papal see. Reassessing older evidence within a new historiographical paradigm and adding newly discovered documentary sources, this paper argues instead that the Cistercian mission in Transylvania was tied to local factors, cultural, social, and economic, and thus the White Monks endured as long as their cooperation with the elite of the German colonists in southern Transylvania remained fruitful. In the light of the evidence, and similar ...
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„Anuarul Institutului de Istorie «George Bariţiu» din Cluj-Napoca”, Series Historica, tom LXI, 2022, p. 15-33
Adinel C. Dincă, Mihai Kovács, Latin Bishoprics in the ‘Age of Iron’ and the Diocese of Transylvania, in Christianization in Medieval Transylvania. A Church Discovered in Alba Iulia and its Interpretations, edited by Daniela Marcu... more
Adinel C. Dincă, Mihai Kovács, Latin Bishoprics in the ‘Age of Iron’ and the Diocese of Transylvania, in Christianization in Medieval Transylvania. A Church Discovered in Alba Iulia and its Interpretations, edited by Daniela Marcu Istrate, Dan Ioan Mureșan, Gabriel Tiberiu Rustoiu, Leiden: Brill, 2022, p. 316-354.
This paper selectively explores three types of texts written and delivered by parish clergy within countryside communities of the Transylvanian Saxons before the introduction of the religious Reformation in the 1540s. It argues that the... more
This paper selectively explores three types of texts written and delivered by parish clergy within countryside communities of the Transylvanian Saxons before the introduction of the religious Reformation in the 1540s. It argues that the monumental sermon-collection authored in the second half of the 16th century by the Lutheran pastor Damasus Dürr, who also served in a rural church, had been anticipated by the intellectual work of secular priests who lived and were active around 1500 in the same cultural environment. As a well-educated and self-aware group, the parish priests of the Transylvanian German settlements, either urban or rural, represent the first compact category of clearly defined intellectuals in this region. For their professional needs, they produced or used various texts of a pragmatic nature, from accounting records to sermon literature. These plebani took advantage of every opportunity to write on and annotate the books they had in their possession, writing down facts of historical relevance or adaptations of model-sermons, performed in specific contexts. Various evidence of elaborate preaching, alongside the ownership of books and the existence of a dense network of elementary schools organized by the secular church, display a new image of the (mostly Latin) countryside literacy in the late medieval territories populated by Transylvanian Saxons: an expansion and mirroring of the urban literacy and its complex forms, predicting its subsequent evolution.
The following text has two main objectives: on the one hand, it intends to introduce the reader in a very cursory manner to some of the most important contributions made by the medieval university not only to the general development of... more
The following text has two main objectives: on the one hand, it intends to introduce the reader in a very cursory manner to some of the most important contributions made by the medieval university not only to the general development of higher education, distinguishable up until today, but also to the history of pre-modern European society. On the other hand, acknowledging the importance of university for the transformation (and “Europeanization”) of Transylvania from the second half of the 14th century until the 1550s, the author reflects briefly upon significant investigations concerning university, academic life and intellectuals in the Middle Ages conducted by scholars and research groups (especially during the last two decades) of the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca.
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The present paper deals with a very important written source regarding the history of higher education in northern Transylvania from 1565 to 1626, a register with loan contracts concerning money necessary for university education abroad.... more
The present paper deals with a very important written source regarding the history of higher education in northern Transylvania from 1565 to 1626, a register with loan contracts concerning money necessary for university education abroad. The agreements were made between the Lutheran Bistrița-Chapter, on the one side, and young men and their guarantors, on the other. Only selectively and superficially discussed by previous scholars in the 19th century, exclusively from the perspective of the development of local education in and around Bistrița, the source material bears a greater significance in terms of the efforts made by the local church and community to establish and perpetuate its own intelligentsia, regardless of the social and economic background of the gifted young men who intended to complete their education. The authors of the study address the following questions: who established the educational fund, who administered the money, who were the beneficiaries and their guarantors, and under which circumstances was money awarded. The information provided by the Bistrița-register is integrated into a larger prosopographical picture of the individuals mentioned, the majority related to the Church of the Bistrița region, and it is evaluated also from a cultural point of view, the notarial structuring of the contracts, the autograph writing and the use of the personal seals recording a highly developed literate and legal mentality with strong roots in the late medieval, pre-Reformation, tradition. The present investigation intends to contribute to a deeper understanding of the support given to students by Transylvanian communities in order to build an intellectual elite educated in Central and Western Europe.
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Die Identifizierung eines fragmentarisch erhaltenen Textes aus dem Speculum Historiale, das von Vincent de Beauvais um die Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts zusammengestellt wurde – eine im Mittelalter überall sehr geschätzte historiographische... more
Die Identifizierung eines fragmentarisch erhaltenen Textes aus dem Speculum Historiale, das von Vincent de Beauvais um die Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts zusammengestellt wurde – eine im Mittelalter überall sehr geschätzte historiographische Arbeit – könnte eine Diskussion über den Wert der Geschichtsschreibung innerhalb der Lesepraxis im vormodernen Siebenbürgen anregen. In vorliegendem Aufsatz wird versucht, auf verschiedene Aspekte einzugehen, in erster Linie auf Fragen der Datierung und der Lokalisierung dieses Fragments. Es wird dann weiter argumentiert, dass die beiden noch vorhandenen Blätter ursprünglich Teil einer Handschrift waren, bislang die östlichste Rezeption des Textes in dieser Form darstellt ; die Handschrift war bereits um 1500 im Besitz eines Siebenbürgers.
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Resume. Le ms. 608 de la Bibliotheque Brukenthal de Sibiu contient la premiere partie de la Summa theologiae (ff. 1-167) et, de maniere incomplete, la Summa contra Gentiles (ff 168-317) de St. Thomas d'Aquin. L'auteur... more
Resume. Le ms. 608 de la Bibliotheque Brukenthal de Sibiu contient la premiere partie de la Summa theologiae (ff. 1-167) et, de maniere incomplete, la Summa contra Gentiles (ff 168-317) de St. Thomas d'Aquin. L'auteur analyse le manuscrit sous !'angle paleographique et releve les principales caracteristiques de son ecriture, une littera Parisiensis currens du XIII' siecle. L'ecriture et la decoration suggerent en e./Jet une datation du manuscrit a la fin du XIII' siecle. D'autres elements, eel le systeme des peciae, semblent confirmer l'oriKine parisienne du livre. L'interet de ce manuscrit thomiste peu con nu aux chercheurs reside dans son histoire medievale. A la di/firence des livres medievaux des autres bibliotheques roumaines, qui ont pour la piu part ete acquis par des bibliophiles modernes, les manuscrits de Sibiu proviennent des anciennes bibliotheques de la ville, attestees des le XIV siecle. Bien qu'il ne se ret rouve pas tel que! dans les inventaires de livres rediges a Sibiu aux XIV-XV siecles, et notamment dans la liste transmise par la Matricula plebaniae cibiniensis (1 442), le ms. 608 pourrait ecre un des livres du couvent dominicain de Sibiu.
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For distinct reasons, Romania has not yet been part of the international effort to exploit me- dieval curial sources, preserved either in the Vatican and Roman Archives, or in domestic col- lections. Nowadays, however, this view is... more
For distinct reasons, Romania has not yet been part of the international effort to exploit me- dieval curial sources, preserved either in the Vatican and Roman Archives, or in domestic col- lections. Nowadays, however, this view is beginning to change. An increased interest in these remarkable documentary texts has been encouraged and facilitated primarily by multiple ini- tiatives that intend to bring papal or curial documents from regional repositories closer to re- searchers in the form of digital data. In a very short time, international, national, or institu- tional projects providing data bases and/or collections of digital images of medieval sources have become indispensable research tools. Transylvania, in particular, once a province of the Kingdom of Hungary and thus part of the medieval Latin world, benefits significantly from this wave of computer supported and controlled endeavours (both old and more recent). The in- tention of my presentation is to discuss how medieval ...
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Susana Andea, Iosif Marin Balog, Ela Cosma, Attila Varga (eds.), Istoria și scrisul istoric azi – Opțiuni metodologice. Paradigme. Agendă. Lucrările Conferinței internaționale din 3-5 februarie 2020 dedicată Centenarului Institutului de... more
Susana Andea, Iosif Marin Balog, Ela Cosma, Attila Varga (eds.), Istoria și scrisul istoric azi – Opțiuni metodologice. Paradigme. Agendă. Lucrările Conferinței internaționale din 3-5 februarie 2020 dedicată Centenarului Institutului de Istorie „George Barițiu” din Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca: Academia Română/Centrul de Studii Transilvane, 2020, p. 53-66.
This paper selectively explores three types of texts written and delivered by parish clergy within countryside communities of the Transylvanian Saxons before the introduction of the religious Reformation in the 1540s. It argues that the... more
This paper selectively explores three types of texts written and delivered by parish clergy within countryside communities of the Transylvanian Saxons before the introduction of the religious Reformation in the 1540s. It argues that the monumental sermon-collection authored in the second half of the 16th century by the Lutheran pastor Damasus Dürr, who also served in a rural church, had been anticipated by the intellectual work of secular priests who lived and were active around 1500 in the same cultural environment. As a well-educated and self-aware group, the parish priests of the Transylvanian German settlements, either urban or rural, represent the first compact category of clearly defined intellectuals in this region. For their professional needs, they produced or used various texts of a pragmatic nature, from accounting records to sermon literature. These plebani took advantage of every opportunity to write on and annotate the books they had in their possession, writing down facts of historical relevance or adaptations of model-sermons, performed in specific contexts. Various evidence of elaborate preaching, alongside the ownership of books and the existence of a dense network of elementary schools organized by the secular church, display a new image of the (mostly Latin) countryside literacy in the late medieval territories populated by Transylvanian Saxons: an expansion and mirroring of the urban literacy and its complex forms, predicting its subsequent evolution.
Following recent suggestions and initiatives, the present paper intends to continue with the investigation of correspondence in late medieval Transylvania, focusing for the first time on private letters. In this context, the discussion... more
Following recent suggestions and initiatives, the present paper intends to continue with the investigation of correspondence in late medieval Transylvania, focusing for the first time on private letters. In this context, the discussion revolves around some letters discovered recently in rather unusual circumstances, namely letters and fragments of letters found in manuscripts or printed books from Sibiu (within the Library of the Brukenthal National Museum) that were already circulating within the same region in the Late Middle Ages. The unusual circumstances regarding their finding, the fragmentary state of some of the letters, and also the particular difficulties associated with the analysis of every written text produced during the Middle Ages in very informal circumstances, require a complex methodological approach, which combines palaeography, prosopography and institutional history at a local level. Also, the importance of the recycling and reusing of writing materials should not be forgotten, an aspect that is frequently discussed nowadays in the field of medieval studies. The investigation of these private letters (and additional similar examples) from Transylvania relies upon the superior experience in international research to deal critically with such sources situated between cultural history and the history of everyday life.
The objective of the present paper is to introduce to a wider audience, at a very early stage of development, the initial results of a Romanian joint initiative of AI software engineers and palaeographers in an experimental project aiming... more
The objective of the present paper is to introduce to a wider audience, at a very early stage of development, the initial results of a Romanian joint initiative of AI software engineers and palaeographers in an experimental project aiming to assist and improve the transcription effort of medieval texts with AI software solutions, uniquely designed and trained for the task. Our description will start by summarizing the previous attempts and the mixed-results achieved in e-palaeography so far, a continuously growing field of combined scholarship at an international level. The second part of the study describes the specific project, developed by Zetta Cloud, with the aim of demonstrating that, by applying state of the art AI Computer Vision algorithms, it is possible to automatically binarize and segment text images with the final scope of intelligently extracting the content from a sample set of medieval handwritten text pages.
The present paper aims to resume, after an intermission of more than 100 years, a generous research subject, well represented on the international and regional scene, but completely out of the spotlight of Romanian historians: the history... more
The present paper aims to resume, after an intermission of more than 100 years, a generous research subject, well represented on the international and regional scene, but completely out of the spotlight of Romanian historians: the history of the medieval book from Transylvania and its post-medieval destiny. The research perspectives focus on two major directions: on the one hand, the analysis of the historical contexts that favoured the keeping and uninterrupted use of medieval books during the 16 th-17 th Centuries, on the other hand the study of fragments detached from medieval manuscripts and re-used as materials for the covers and bindings of modern volumes. The destiny of the books, fata libelli, in the interval between their pragmatic use and their transformation into cultural heritage objects during the 19 th century, comes forth as a distinct research theme at a national level. The preliminary assessments on this research topic in Romania concern the circumscription of the topic, the review of sources at the disposal of researchers, and also a scrutiny of international research and results. Rezumat: Carte medievală în Transilvania premodernă. Preliminarii la o cercetare. Articolul de față își propune să reia, după o întrerupere de mai bine de 100 de ani, un subiect de cercetare generos, bine reprezentat pe scena internațională și regională, dar cu totul ieșit din atenția cercetătorilor din România: istoria cărții medievale din Transilvania din perspectiva destinului post-medieval al acesteia. Perspectivele de cercetare se axează pe două direcții majore: pe de o parte, analiza circumstanțelor istorice în care cartea medievală a fost păstrată și eventual folosită continuu în secolele XVI-XVII, pe de altă parte, este vorba de studiul fragmentelor desprinse din manuscrisele și tipăriturile medievale aflate în circulație locală, refolosite în secolele XVI-XVII drept materiale în legarea coperților volumelor moderne. Destinul cărților, fata libelli, în perioada intermediară dintre folosirea lor pragmatică și transformarea lor în obiecte de patrimoniu cultural în decursul secolului al XIX-lea, se desprinde astfel ca o temă de cercetare distinctă pe plan național. Considerațiile preliminare privind aceasă temă de cercetare în România privesc circumscrierea subiectului și o privire generală asupra surselor aflate la dispoziția cercetătorilor, în paralel cu o primă evaluare a progreselor în domeniu pe plan internațional.
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The present text focuses on a particularly important written source for the history of higher education in northern Transylvania between 1565 and 1626, more exactly a register comprising loan contracts for the financing of university... more
The present text focuses on a particularly important written source for the history of higher education in northern Transylvania between 1565 and 1626, more exactly a register comprising loan contracts for the financing of university studies abroad. The agreement protocols were concluded between the Lutheran Church, the Bistrița Chapter, and young men, along with their guarantors. This source, studied partially and superficially in the 19 th century strictly from the perspective of the evolution of local education in Bistrița, has a greater significance in regard to the efforts made by the community to form and perpetuate its own intellectual elite, regardless of the social-economic condition of young men capable and eager to complete their education. The authors of the study deal with the history of setting up and administering the fund, who were the beneficiaries and guarantors, the conditions for granting the loans. The information provided by the Bistrița register is integrated into a larger prosopographic context, aiming to contribute to a deeper understanding of the support provided by Transylvanian communities to students, with the end scope of aggregating an intellectual elite, educated in Central and Western Europe.
The present paper deals with a very important written source regarding the history of higher education in northern Transylvania from 1565 to 1626, a register with loan contracts concerning money necessary for university education abroad.... more
The present paper deals with a very important written source
regarding the history of higher education in northern Transylvania
from 1565 to 1626, a register with loan contracts concerning money
necessary for university education abroad. The agreements were made
between the Lutheran Bistrița-Chapter, on the one side, and young men
and their guarantors, on the other. Only selectively and superficially
discussed by previous scholars in the 19th century, exclusively from the
perspective of the development of local education in and around
Bistrița, the source material bears a greater significance in terms of the
efforts made by the local church and community to establish and
perpetuate its own intelligentsia, regardless of the social and economic
background of the gifted young men who intended to complete their
education. The authors of the study address the following questions:
who established the educational fund, who administered the money,
who were the beneficiaries and their guarantors, and under which
circumstances was money awarded. The information provided by the
Bistrița-register is integrated into a larger prosopographical picture of
the individuals mentioned, the majority related to the Church of the
Bistrița region, and it is evaluated also from a cultural point of view,
the notarial structuring of the contracts, the autograph writing and the
use of the personal seals recording a highly developed literate and legal
mentality with strong roots in the late medieval, pre-Reformation,
tradition. The present investigation intends to contribute to a deeper
understanding of the support given to students by Transylvanian
communities in order to build an intellectual elite educated in Central
and Western Europe.
regarding the history of higher education in northern Transylvania
from 1565 to 1626, a register with loan contracts concerning money
necessary for university education abroad. The agreements were made
between the Lutheran Bistrița-Chapter, on the one side, and young men
and their guarantors, on the other. Only selectively and superficially
discussed by previous scholars in the 19th century, exclusively from the
perspective of the development of local education in and around
Bistrița, the source material bears a greater significance in terms of the
efforts made by the local church and community to establish and
perpetuate its own intelligentsia, regardless of the social and economic
background of the gifted young men who intended to complete their
education. The authors of the study address the following questions:
who established the educational fund, who administered the money,
who were the beneficiaries and their guarantors, and under which
circumstances was money awarded. The information provided by the
Bistrița-register is integrated into a larger prosopographical picture of
the individuals mentioned, the majority related to the Church of the
Bistrița region, and it is evaluated also from a cultural point of view,
the notarial structuring of the contracts, the autograph writing and the
use of the personal seals recording a highly developed literate and legal
mentality with strong roots in the late medieval, pre-Reformation,
tradition. The present investigation intends to contribute to a deeper
understanding of the support given to students by Transylvanian
communities in order to build an intellectual elite educated in Central
and Western Europe.
The following text has two main objectives: on the one hand, it intends to introduce the reader in a very cursory manner to some of the most important contributions made by the medieval university not only to the general development of... more
The following text has two main objectives: on the one hand, it intends to introduce the reader in a very cursory manner to some of the most important contributions made by the medieval university not only to the general development of higher education, distinguishable up until today, but also to the history of pre-modern European society. On the other hand, acknowledging the importance of university for the transformation (and “Europeanization”) of Transylvania from the second half of the 14th century until the 1550s, the author reflects briefly upon significant investigations concerning university, academic life and intellectuals in the Middle Ages conducted by scholars and research groups (especially during the last two decades) of the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca.
The present paper focuses on the interconnected relationship between higher education, ecclesiastical career and local learning in the area inhabited by the Transylvanian Saxons during the “long 15th century”. This discussion revolves... more
The present paper focuses on the interconnected relationship between higher education, ecclesiastical career and local learning in the area inhabited by the Transylvanian Saxons during the “long 15th century”. This discussion revolves around the phenomenon of book accumulation that can be linked to the priests and the parish church of Cisnădie/Heltau, a small settlement with urban aspirations in southern Transylvania. The clergy of Cisnădie’s Saint Walpurgis parish church took advantage of the availability of university education in Central European institutions founded in the second half of the 14th century (Prague, Vienna and Cracow), and brought back from their academic sojourns the texts needed for the daily functioning of the parish: sermon collections, canonical treatises, manuals on pastoral ministry. By producing in turn local writings, the literate clergymen used such books as vehicles of both instruction and transfer of knowledge, as well as for an improved pastoral care.
Ediție anastatică, precedată de o parte introductivă bilingvă, în limba română și limba engleză
20-21 May 2022, Cluj-Napoca, Aula Regele Ferdinand (Strada Napoca, nr. 11) This exploratory workshop aims to discuss preaching texts and their communication in several liminal spaces of the later medieval Western/Latin world in a... more
20-21 May 2022, Cluj-Napoca, Aula Regele Ferdinand (Strada Napoca, nr. 11)
This exploratory workshop aims to discuss preaching texts and their communication in several liminal spaces of the later medieval Western/Latin world in a comparative manner. Medieval preaching has been fruitfully studied as a means of inciting believers to lead a life according to their faith and as a channel of communication between religious agents and a larger lay public. However, it has been less explored from the perspective of institutional, intellectual, and social developments in ‘frontier’ areas, broadly construed as both geographical and cultural spaces, such as Iberia, Scandinavia, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Baltic Rim.
A workshop supported by a UEFISCDI grant, project PN-III-P4-PCCF-2016-0064: “The Rise of an Intellectual Elite in Central Europe. Making Professors at the University of Vienna, 1389-1450”.
ZOOM link access:
https://iccubb.page.link/preaching2022
Passcode: preach2022
This exploratory workshop aims to discuss preaching texts and their communication in several liminal spaces of the later medieval Western/Latin world in a comparative manner. Medieval preaching has been fruitfully studied as a means of inciting believers to lead a life according to their faith and as a channel of communication between religious agents and a larger lay public. However, it has been less explored from the perspective of institutional, intellectual, and social developments in ‘frontier’ areas, broadly construed as both geographical and cultural spaces, such as Iberia, Scandinavia, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Baltic Rim.
A workshop supported by a UEFISCDI grant, project PN-III-P4-PCCF-2016-0064: “The Rise of an Intellectual Elite in Central Europe. Making Professors at the University of Vienna, 1389-1450”.
ZOOM link access:
https://iccubb.page.link/preaching2022
Passcode: preach2022
Co-organized by Beat Kümin (Warwick) & Arnd Reitemeier (Göttingen), with Daniel Gettings & Maria Tauber (Warwick) Saturday 7 May 2022, Institute of Advanced Study, 10.15 am - 7 pm (hybrid format)... more
Co-organized by Beat Kümin (Warwick) & Arnd Reitemeier (Göttingen),
with Daniel Gettings & Maria Tauber (Warwick)
Saturday 7 May 2022, Institute of Advanced Study, 10.15 am - 7 pm (hybrid format)
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/myparish/parishsymposia/writing/
with Daniel Gettings & Maria Tauber (Warwick)
Saturday 7 May 2022, Institute of Advanced Study, 10.15 am - 7 pm (hybrid format)
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/myparish/parishsymposia/writing/
Date : Jeudi 28 avril 2022, 15h00 Lieu : UCLouvain, Salle des Thèses (Faculté des Arts et Lettres) Possibilité de suivre la présentation en ligne : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83655194038 Intervenant : Adinel C. Dincă, PhD Habil.... more
Date : Jeudi 28 avril 2022, 15h00
Lieu : UCLouvain, Salle des Thèses (Faculté des Arts et Lettres)
Possibilité de suivre la présentation en ligne : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83655194038
Intervenant :
Adinel C. Dincă, PhD Habil.
Associate Professor
Faculty of History and Philosophy, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, România
“Trans.Script. The Centre for Diplomatic and Medieval Documentary Palaeography”
Titre de la conférence :
History – Historical Perception – Historiography. On the Origin and Ethnicity of the first Western Colonists of Mediaeval Transylvania
Lieu : UCLouvain, Salle des Thèses (Faculté des Arts et Lettres)
Possibilité de suivre la présentation en ligne : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83655194038
Intervenant :
Adinel C. Dincă, PhD Habil.
Associate Professor
Faculty of History and Philosophy, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, România
“Trans.Script. The Centre for Diplomatic and Medieval Documentary Palaeography”
Titre de la conférence :
History – Historical Perception – Historiography. On the Origin and Ethnicity of the first Western Colonists of Mediaeval Transylvania
8-10 settembre 2021, on-line su piattaforma Zoom
In the high Middle Ages, a novel concept of religious community overran the occidental world: the Dominican Order. Unlike earlier religious orders who confined monks to the purview of praying the liturgy and living a life of contemplative... more
In the high Middle Ages, a novel concept of religious community overran the occidental world: the Dominican Order. Unlike earlier religious orders who confined monks to the purview of praying the liturgy and living a life of contemplative seclusion, the Dominicans focused on engaging with the broad community beyond the convent walls. The result was a hitherto unseen interpenetration of a religious order into the intellectual and cultural realities surrounding it. This conference aims at stimulating interdisciplinary debate on Dominican culture and Dominican theological thought, seen as two aspects of the same medieval and early modern reality. The conference thus strives to bridge a gap between cultural and intellectual history that often has characterized modern scholarship on the history of the Dominican Order.
Organizat online de către „History. Civilization. Culture Doctoral School of the Faculty of History and Philosophy”, Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
29 – 30 March 2021, Bologna
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Round table RISE: University, Society, Pandemics, and Textual Production in the Middle Ages
Conf. univ. dr. Adinel-Ciprian Dincă (Facultatea de Istorie și Filosofie, Departamentul de Istorie Medievală, Premodernă și Istoria Artei) organizează online, la data de 30 aprilie 2020, două acțiuni publice în cadrul programului Advanced... more
Conf. univ. dr. Adinel-Ciprian Dincă (Facultatea de Istorie și Filosofie, Departamentul de Istorie Medievală, Premodernă și Istoria Artei) organizează online, la data de 30 aprilie 2020, două acțiuni publice în cadrul programului Advanced Fellowship Intern al Institutului STAR-UBB.
Între orele 10-13 va avea loc un workshop cu titlul „Paleografia, o disciplină universitară în lumea digitală. Exigențe didactice și resurse de cercetare”, la care vor participa cadre didactice și specialiști din mai multe centre universitare românești.
Pentru participare sau accesare este necesară contactarea organizatorului la adresele de email adinel.dinca@ubbcluj.ro sau adinel.dinca@gmail.com până la data de 30 aprilie 2020, orele 9:00 sau consultarea paginii web a TRANS.SCRIPT – Centrul de Diplomatică și Paleografie Documentară Medievală, http://ts.centre.ubbcluj.ro/, unde vor fi postate informații suplimentare.
Între orele 10-13 va avea loc un workshop cu titlul „Paleografia, o disciplină universitară în lumea digitală. Exigențe didactice și resurse de cercetare”, la care vor participa cadre didactice și specialiști din mai multe centre universitare românești.
Pentru participare sau accesare este necesară contactarea organizatorului la adresele de email adinel.dinca@ubbcluj.ro sau adinel.dinca@gmail.com până la data de 30 aprilie 2020, orele 9:00 sau consultarea paginii web a TRANS.SCRIPT – Centrul de Diplomatică și Paleografie Documentară Medievală, http://ts.centre.ubbcluj.ro/, unde vor fi postate informații suplimentare.
Conf. univ. dr. Adinel-Ciprian Dincă (Facultatea de Istorie și Filosofie, Departamentul de Istorie Medievală, Premodernă și Istoria Artei) organizează online, la data de 30 aprilie 2020, două acțiuni publice în cadrul programului Advanced... more
Conf. univ. dr. Adinel-Ciprian Dincă (Facultatea de Istorie și Filosofie, Departamentul de Istorie Medievală, Premodernă și Istoria Artei) organizează online, la data de 30 aprilie 2020, două acțiuni publice în cadrul programului Advanced Fellowship Intern al Institutului STAR-UBB.
În intervalul orar 15-17 se va desfășura un „webinar” adresat studenților interesați de „Etrans.script. Platformă digitală de predare avansată a paleografiei latine”.
Pentru participare sau accesare este necesară contactarea organizatorului la adresele de email adinel.dinca@ubbcluj.ro sau adinel.dinca@gmail.com până la data de 30 aprilie 2020, orele 9:00 sau consultarea paginii web a TRANS.SCRIPT – Centrul de Diplomatică și Paleografie Documentară Medievală, http://ts.centre.ubbcluj.ro/, unde vor fi postate informații suplimentare.
În intervalul orar 15-17 se va desfășura un „webinar” adresat studenților interesați de „Etrans.script. Platformă digitală de predare avansată a paleografiei latine”.
Pentru participare sau accesare este necesară contactarea organizatorului la adresele de email adinel.dinca@ubbcluj.ro sau adinel.dinca@gmail.com până la data de 30 aprilie 2020, orele 9:00 sau consultarea paginii web a TRANS.SCRIPT – Centrul de Diplomatică și Paleografie Documentară Medievală, http://ts.centre.ubbcluj.ro/, unde vor fi postate informații suplimentare.
This event is organized by Austrian Academy of Sciences, New Europe College, ‘Nicolae Iorga’ Institute of History, within the framework of the following research projects: Luxury, Fashion and Social Status in South-Eastern Europe... more
This event is organized by Austrian Academy of Sciences, New Europe College, ‘Nicolae Iorga’ Institute of History, within the framework of the following research projects: Luxury, Fashion and Social Status in South-Eastern Europe (ERC-2014-CoG no. 646489–LuxFaSS) and Historiographies of Early Modern Southeast Europe (HEMSEE).
Après une première journée consacrée à la fabrique pontificale de l'espace centre-européen au Moyen Âge et une seconde aux diocèses et provinces ecclésiastiques, on prolongera la réflexion en s'intéressant cette fois aux micro-structures... more
Après une première journée consacrée à la fabrique pontificale de l'espace centre-européen au Moyen Âge et une seconde aux diocèses et provinces ecclésiastiques, on prolongera la réflexion en s'intéressant cette fois aux micro-structures : paroisses, doyennés et archidiaconés. Comme dans les rencontres précédentes, l'approche spatiale sera privilégiée. On s'interrogera sur les facteurs qui ont donné à ces entités un visage particulier en Europe centrale et sur leur survivance dans les usages sociaux.
Conferința DigiHUBB Days, aflată la a doua ediție, reunește peste 30 de specialiști europeni în digital humanities, fiind cel mai vizibil eveniment din acest domeniu organizat în România. Anul acesta accentul va fi pus pe utilizarea... more
Conferința DigiHUBB Days, aflată la a doua ediție, reunește peste 30 de specialiști europeni în digital humanities, fiind cel mai vizibil eveniment din acest domeniu organizat în România. Anul acesta accentul va fi pus pe utilizarea metodologiilor și tehnicilor digitale în cercetarea istorică, fiind prezentate abordări și rezultate inovative.
Siebenbürgen, heute Teil des rumänischen Staates, war von 1000 bis 1526 die östlichste Provinz der ungarischen Krone. Dadurch gehörte es im Mittelalter zum lateinischen Kulturbereich. Allerdings weisen die Ausdrucksformen der... more
Siebenbürgen, heute Teil des rumänischen Staates, war von 1000 bis 1526 die östlichste Provinz der ungarischen Krone. Dadurch gehörte es im Mittelalter zum lateinischen Kulturbereich. Allerdings weisen die Ausdrucksformen der schriftlichen Kultur in diesem Grenzgebiet zwischen katholischer und orthodoxer Einflusssphäre, manchmal zwischen christlicher und muslimischer Welt, einige merkwürdige Entwicklungen im Vergleich zu den mittel- und westeuropäischen Gegebenheiten auf. So zeigt etwa der Blick in die Bibliotheks- und Archivbestände der Region, dass die Zahl der vor Ort in lateinischer Schrift geschriebenen und gebrauchten Texte relativ gering ist. Bei der Deutung dieses Befunds, das heißt, bei der Bewertung der „literate mentality“ (so Anna Adamska) im spätmittelalterlichen Siebenbürgen sollten indes einige Schlüsselfaktoren berücksichtigt werden wie etwa die Tatsache, dass sich die schriftliche Kommunikation an der Peripherie des mittelalterlichen Christentums notgedrungen mit einer gewissen Verzögerung entfaltete. Darüber hinaus wurde das Lese- und Schreibverhalten einerseits auf pragmatische Textsorten reduziert, andererseits war es an bestimmte Kreise der Gesellschaft gebunden, vor allem an die urban geprägte deutsche Bevölkerung, die ab dem 12. Jahrhundert in einigen Teilen der Provinz unter dem Schutz der ungarischen Könige angesiedelt worden war.
Es ist das Hauptziel meines Vortrags, nicht nur anhand der erhaltenen Texte, sondern auch mit den vorhandenen Bücherlisten des 14.-16. Jahrhunderts zu beschreiben, welche Art von Schriften von der spätmittelalterlichen Geistlichkeit der später so genannten Siebenbürger Sachsen gelesen und geschätzt wurde. Diese mittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen „Kataloge“ bieten, so primitiv sie auch sein mögen, mehr Information als nur die einfache Auflistung von Werken, Autoren und Provenienzen. Manchmal können sie Einblicke in sehr komplexe soziokulturelle Prozesse und Entwicklungen liefern wie etwa Ausbildung, Frömmigkeit, Rezeption geistlicher Strömungen und Erneuerungen, soziale Repräsentation usw. Um die referierten Sachverhalte zu verdeutlichen, wird der Vortrag auch interaktive Momente enthalten und kleine Übungen zu Texten, zur Schreibmorphologie und Materialität der in Siebenbürgen erhaltenen Handschriften und frühen Drucke bieten.
Es ist das Hauptziel meines Vortrags, nicht nur anhand der erhaltenen Texte, sondern auch mit den vorhandenen Bücherlisten des 14.-16. Jahrhunderts zu beschreiben, welche Art von Schriften von der spätmittelalterlichen Geistlichkeit der später so genannten Siebenbürger Sachsen gelesen und geschätzt wurde. Diese mittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen „Kataloge“ bieten, so primitiv sie auch sein mögen, mehr Information als nur die einfache Auflistung von Werken, Autoren und Provenienzen. Manchmal können sie Einblicke in sehr komplexe soziokulturelle Prozesse und Entwicklungen liefern wie etwa Ausbildung, Frömmigkeit, Rezeption geistlicher Strömungen und Erneuerungen, soziale Repräsentation usw. Um die referierten Sachverhalte zu verdeutlichen, wird der Vortrag auch interaktive Momente enthalten und kleine Übungen zu Texten, zur Schreibmorphologie und Materialität der in Siebenbürgen erhaltenen Handschriften und frühen Drucke bieten.
Teologia protestantă în era revoluției digitale-la această conferință interdisciplinară și comparativă se vor discuta cele mai noi rezultate de cercetare și dezvoltarea acestora în discursul internațional, iar astfel și posibilitățile... more
Teologia protestantă în era revoluției digitale-la această conferință interdisciplinară și comparativă se vor discuta cele mai noi rezultate de cercetare și dezvoltarea acestora în discursul internațional, iar astfel și posibilitățile implicite de a depăși granițele geografice și politice ale disciplinelor și mentalităților, atât din secolul al 16-lea, cât și din prezent. Această conferință oferă impulsuri pentru acceptanța și schimbul de idei în ceea ce privește noile discursuri. Accentul se va pune în special pe secolul al 16-lea prin intermediul a trei secțiuni, cu trei contexte bine definite: economic, cultural și istoric (mineritul, comerțul și umanismul): "Începuturile și comunicarea ideilor refor-matoare", "Impactul acestora asupra educației și societății" și "Efectele Reformei". Cercetători și experți cu renume internațional din diferite domenii de cercetare vor determina discursul conferinței pentru a dezvolta în continuare cercetarea istorică a Reformei protestante prin paradigma transilvaneană. Reforma a fost adoptată în secolul al 16-lea de către două treimi din populația rezidentă a Transilvaniei. Cele trei confesiuni creștine care au rezultat din Reformă (luterană, reformată și unitariană) au putut coexista într-un mod pașnic datorită normei constituționale "Regiunea de pionierat a libertății religioase" (Dieta Transilvaniei 1595), chiar dacă favoritismele politice erau schimbătoare. În contextul Cortinei de Fier și datorită legislației din 1948 privind Cultele din Republica Populară Română 1948/49 a fost posibilă implementarea unui studiu academic pentru toate confesiunile protestante și totodată înființarea Institutului Teologic-Protestant Unic cu grad universitar, cu sediul la Cluj-Napoca. Și aici s-au construit punți de legătură peste limitele etnice, religioase și cele ale comunicării, deoarece internaționalitatea era pe vremea aceea doar parțial tolerată pe plan politic. Doar după anul 1990 a fost posibilă depășirea acestor limite, prin intermediul comunicării și publicării internaționale. Datorită schimbului internațional de experiență al profesorilor, cooperarea internațională se dezvoltă din ce în ce mai mult și ajunge să se consolideze în cele din urmă. Prin prisma acestei perspective se poate conclude faptul că, la "Departamentul de Istorie, Patrimoniu și Teologie Protestantă" din cadrul Universității "Lucian Blaga" din Sibiu, se duce la bun sfârșit un proiect care își are începutu-rile în sec. al 16-lea. Această conferință internațională scoate în evidență două fapte importante: puterea Reformei din Transilvania/România în toate grupele sociale și etnice care se bucură după cinci secole de o atenție deosebită în cadrul cercetării internaționale pe de o parte, iar pe de altă parte impulsurile oferite discursului științific prin schimbul internațional și interdisciplinar de idei și elaborarea de metodologii inovative, având la bază "paradigma transilvaneană".
Taking notes is a widespread practice: students, travelers, writers and scientists jot down information, impressions and empirical observations, all the while encoding these notes with their previous intellectual experience and their... more
Taking notes is a widespread practice: students, travelers, writers and scientists jot down information, impressions and empirical observations, all the while encoding these notes with their previous intellectual experience and their envisioned future use for them. The present workshop aims at decoding the notebook of Henricus de Rinfeldia, a Dominican who studied at the University of Vienna. It is preserved in the ms. Basel, Universitätsbibliothek A-X-44 on whose peculiarities and particularities the RISE project is centered. Among the elements that make this artefact extremely attractive for the researcher one can count its special material structure, the multitude of ideas that it transmits, as well as the fact that it bears witness to the teachings of the first generation of professors at the University of Vienna, whose names have been brought to the fore by this impressive witness from the obscurity of the cartularies. The papers to be presented are meant to shed new light on the practice of taking notes as well as on the role notebooks had in spreading knowledge, by analyzing the manuscript from several perspectives (codicological, paleographical, theological and philosophical).
Il notaio ha esercitato da sempre nelle diverse realtà dell’Europa Mediterranea un ruolo determinante nello svolgimento della vita economica e sociale e le sue diverse scritture documentano dall’interno la composizione sociale e i... more
Il notaio ha esercitato da sempre nelle diverse realtà dell’Europa Mediterranea un ruolo determinante nello svolgimento della vita economica e sociale e le sue diverse scritture documentano dall’interno la composizione sociale e i caratteri dell’economia di ogni territorio.
Il notariato rappresentà una componente fondamentale sia per le funzioni pubbliche esercitate, sia per la libera attività professionale ma anche per il ruolo culturale assunto soprattutto in alcune realtà urbane.
L’obiettivo del seminario è quello di:
1. tracciare un panorama storiografico completo dei temi di ricerca finora affrontati sul ceto notarile;
2. ripercorrere l’eterogeneità di utilizzo delle fonti notarili in molti filoni della ricerca tanto in consolidate tradizioni storiografiche che in ambiti innovativi come la ricostruzione della circolazione delle persone, oltre che delle merci, o delle reti di connessione tra comunità e individui;
3. evidenziare le aree di attività (tipo di atti: testamenti, vendite, contratti matrimoniali, credito, ecc.) e clientela (uomini e donne, classi sociali coinvolte, istituzioni, ecc.) dei notai pubblici nelle aree urbane e rurali, confrontando il diverse realtà urbane, regionali e nazionali con lo scopo di arrivare a una storia comparativa dei notai in un contesto socio-economico e dinamico;
4. individuare nuove piste di ricerca per la storia del notariato collegando l’asse spaziale con nuove prospettive e modalità di approccio intersecando il rapporto fra notai e territori, tra la loro mobilità e quella della clientela, le loro specializzazioni etc.;
5. approfondire il loro ruolo decisivo avuto nella storia della scrittura.
La scuola avrà carattere residenziale della durata di una settimana. Le lezioni si svolgeranno in italiano, francese, inglese e spagnolo. Per agevolare la comunicazione fra i partecipanti sia gli interventi dei docenti sia quelli dei borsisti saranno presentati con un power point in lingua diversa da quella dell’esposizione.
Il notariato rappresentà una componente fondamentale sia per le funzioni pubbliche esercitate, sia per la libera attività professionale ma anche per il ruolo culturale assunto soprattutto in alcune realtà urbane.
L’obiettivo del seminario è quello di:
1. tracciare un panorama storiografico completo dei temi di ricerca finora affrontati sul ceto notarile;
2. ripercorrere l’eterogeneità di utilizzo delle fonti notarili in molti filoni della ricerca tanto in consolidate tradizioni storiografiche che in ambiti innovativi come la ricostruzione della circolazione delle persone, oltre che delle merci, o delle reti di connessione tra comunità e individui;
3. evidenziare le aree di attività (tipo di atti: testamenti, vendite, contratti matrimoniali, credito, ecc.) e clientela (uomini e donne, classi sociali coinvolte, istituzioni, ecc.) dei notai pubblici nelle aree urbane e rurali, confrontando il diverse realtà urbane, regionali e nazionali con lo scopo di arrivare a una storia comparativa dei notai in un contesto socio-economico e dinamico;
4. individuare nuove piste di ricerca per la storia del notariato collegando l’asse spaziale con nuove prospettive e modalità di approccio intersecando il rapporto fra notai e territori, tra la loro mobilità e quella della clientela, le loro specializzazioni etc.;
5. approfondire il loro ruolo decisivo avuto nella storia della scrittura.
La scuola avrà carattere residenziale della durata di una settimana. Le lezioni si svolgeranno in italiano, francese, inglese e spagnolo. Per agevolare la comunicazione fra i partecipanti sia gli interventi dei docenti sia quelli dei borsisti saranno presentati con un power point in lingua diversa da quella dell’esposizione.
This workshop explores the theory and practice of medieval translation in biblical, academic, literary and pastoral contexts through multiple perspectives on language, politics, ideology, dissemination, cultural transmission and making... more
This workshop explores the theory and practice of medieval translation in biblical, academic, literary and pastoral contexts through multiple perspectives on language, politics, ideology, dissemination, cultural transmission and making translations accessible
to modern audiences. Several papers focus on theoretical discussions of translation in the later Middle Ages, particularly as witnessed by surviving contributions to an academic debate about biblical translation in Oxford around 1400. The workshop
will mark the completion of work on ‘Butler, Palmer, Ullerston: an Oxford debate c.1400 on biblical language’, an edition of four treatises on translation by J. Catto, A. Hudson and E. Solopova (Toronto, forthcoming). The conference will be held in
memory of Dr Jeremy Catto (1939-2018), Tutorial Fellow in Medieval History at Oriel College (1970-2006).
to modern audiences. Several papers focus on theoretical discussions of translation in the later Middle Ages, particularly as witnessed by surviving contributions to an academic debate about biblical translation in Oxford around 1400. The workshop
will mark the completion of work on ‘Butler, Palmer, Ullerston: an Oxford debate c.1400 on biblical language’, an edition of four treatises on translation by J. Catto, A. Hudson and E. Solopova (Toronto, forthcoming). The conference will be held in
memory of Dr Jeremy Catto (1939-2018), Tutorial Fellow in Medieval History at Oriel College (1970-2006).
On the 15th of February 2019 beginning at 9.30 AM there will be a workshop-conference with the title Church and Society in Late Medieval Transylvania [Egyház és társadalom a késő-középkori Erdélyben] organized by the Transylvanian Museum... more
On the 15th of February 2019 beginning at 9.30 AM there will be a workshop-conference with the title Church and Society in Late Medieval Transylvania [Egyház és társadalom a késő-középkori Erdélyben] organized by the Transylvanian Museum Society's Research Institute. The venue of the event is the EME auditory at Napoca str. nr. 2. During the conference 10 scientists from Hungary and Transylvania (Hungarians and Romanians) will lecture in English on the different aspects of the 14th-16th century Transylvanian church history (for instance the relationship between the Transylvanian diocese and the Vatican, the development of the monastery network, personal history analysis of diverse layers of the church, changes in religious attitude and church literacy). Following the discussions the event will be concluded by a book presentation during which two new and significant publications, one from the Romanian one from the Hungarian reference literature in church history.
https://libraria.ubbcluj.ro/produs/the-transylvanian-saxons-and-their-books-in-the-middle-ages/ This research underscores the significance of the Transylvanian Saxons as actors in the cultural history of Europe. The presence of... more
https://libraria.ubbcluj.ro/produs/the-transylvanian-saxons-and-their-books-in-the-middle-ages/
This research underscores the significance of the Transylvanian Saxons as actors in the cultural history of Europe.
The presence of books in southern Transylvania (together with various other expressions of writing) draws the complex picture of a literate society, in which gifted young men attended a well-organised network of elementary schools, continued their training abroad, then returned from European universities, and served their home communities through ecclesiastical or secular careers.
This volume addresses less studied aspects of the culture of medieval Transylvania, such as the local decoration and illumination of manuscripts, charters, and printed books. It also aims to provide an update on the current state of research concerning the literate behaviour of the Saxon communities in medieval Transylvania, while suggesting future research directions.
CONTENTS
Introduction. The Cultural Heritage of the Hospites Theutonici … 7
Two Centuries of Literate Communication and Book Culture (1350-1550) … 21
Collecting Books in the Middle Ages – Collecting Medieval Books in Modern Times. Selective examples … 23
Beyond the Library. Documentary and Visual Sources for the Book History … 41
The University and the Parish: Sibiu and Cisnădie … 53
Book Decoration in a Changing World … 65
Historiographical Reassessments: The “Medieval Municipal Library of Sibiu” and Codex Altemberger … 83
Three Pecia Manuscripts at the Brukenthal Library, Sibiu … 107
Local Use and Production of Texts: A Selective Typology … 133
Mapping the Transylvanian Saxons’ Landscape of Literacy … 145
Concluding Thoughts. Previous Research, and Perspectives … 165
Bibliography … 169
Indices … 203
This research underscores the significance of the Transylvanian Saxons as actors in the cultural history of Europe.
The presence of books in southern Transylvania (together with various other expressions of writing) draws the complex picture of a literate society, in which gifted young men attended a well-organised network of elementary schools, continued their training abroad, then returned from European universities, and served their home communities through ecclesiastical or secular careers.
This volume addresses less studied aspects of the culture of medieval Transylvania, such as the local decoration and illumination of manuscripts, charters, and printed books. It also aims to provide an update on the current state of research concerning the literate behaviour of the Saxon communities in medieval Transylvania, while suggesting future research directions.
CONTENTS
Introduction. The Cultural Heritage of the Hospites Theutonici … 7
Two Centuries of Literate Communication and Book Culture (1350-1550) … 21
Collecting Books in the Middle Ages – Collecting Medieval Books in Modern Times. Selective examples … 23
Beyond the Library. Documentary and Visual Sources for the Book History … 41
The University and the Parish: Sibiu and Cisnădie … 53
Book Decoration in a Changing World … 65
Historiographical Reassessments: The “Medieval Municipal Library of Sibiu” and Codex Altemberger … 83
Three Pecia Manuscripts at the Brukenthal Library, Sibiu … 107
Local Use and Production of Texts: A Selective Typology … 133
Mapping the Transylvanian Saxons’ Landscape of Literacy … 145
Concluding Thoughts. Previous Research, and Perspectives … 165
Bibliography … 169
Indices … 203
The first census of Western medieval manuscripts in Romanian libraries and archives.
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Proiectul RO-VAT intenționează să contribuie la inițierea unei cercetări sistematice a întregului material istoric medieval care leagă spațiul românesc de Sfântul Scaun, România fiind cel din urmă areal cultural european în care se... more
Proiectul RO-VAT intenționează să contribuie la inițierea unei cercetări sistematice a întregului material istoric medieval care leagă spațiul românesc de Sfântul Scaun, România fiind cel din urmă areal cultural european în care se regăsesc îngemănate tradiții spirituale bizantino-slave și latine și în care un astfel de proiect național nu a prins contur. O inițiativă de acest fel va conduce la o mai bună înțelegere a rolului spațiului românesc în echilibrul raporturilor dintre Răsărit și Apus, în dinamica religios-confesională, diplomatico-politică ori financiar-comercială a Europei.
Inițiativa de cercetare își fixează un obiectiv general ambițios, acela de a realiza o ediție critică a tuturor bulelor și scrisorilor păstrate în colecții de pe teritoriul României, emise în numele pontifilor romani sau a reprezentanților acestora (cardinali, legați, agenți fiscali etc.), într-un interval cronologic delimitat de mijlocul veacului al XIII-lea și finalul secolului al XVI-lea, apelând la instrumentele avansate oferite de tehnologia informatică. Alături de ediția critică menționată, proiectul propune cercetări în arhivele vaticane, dar și în alte arhive și biblioteci externe (din Italia, Ungaria, Austria, Germania). Aceste demersuri vor facilita identificarea de noi surse cu privire la spațiul românesc, precum și realizarea unui ghid arhivistic privitor la contextele și specificul izvoarelor istorice asociate cu mediile curiei romane.
Detaliind obiectivul general al acestui demers pot fi subliniate două aspecte cu rol director: dorința de a integra cercetarea fundamentală de prestigiu desfășurată sub egida Academiei Române în contextele avansate din plan internațional, alături de sondarea soluțiilor adecvate care să permită o translație actualizată a principiilor tradiționalei „metodei critice” de valorificare a textelor istorice vechi. Astfel, clasicului binom istorie – filologie i se pot alătura ca parteneri, pe de o parte, tehnologiile informatice ca instrumente avansate de editare, dar și – pe de altă parte – riguroase anchete a contextelor istorice de emitere și utilizare a documentației papale medievale cu întrebări venite dinspre discipline sociale sau metodologii hibride, precum antropologia culturală sau microistoria.
Proiectul va fi implementat în intervalul 1 ianuarie 2024 - 31 decembrie 2025 de o echipă de 5 cercetători condusă de dr. habil. Adinel C. Dincă (CȘ II la Institutul de Istorie „George Barițiu” / conferențiar la Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai).
Inițiativa de cercetare își fixează un obiectiv general ambițios, acela de a realiza o ediție critică a tuturor bulelor și scrisorilor păstrate în colecții de pe teritoriul României, emise în numele pontifilor romani sau a reprezentanților acestora (cardinali, legați, agenți fiscali etc.), într-un interval cronologic delimitat de mijlocul veacului al XIII-lea și finalul secolului al XVI-lea, apelând la instrumentele avansate oferite de tehnologia informatică. Alături de ediția critică menționată, proiectul propune cercetări în arhivele vaticane, dar și în alte arhive și biblioteci externe (din Italia, Ungaria, Austria, Germania). Aceste demersuri vor facilita identificarea de noi surse cu privire la spațiul românesc, precum și realizarea unui ghid arhivistic privitor la contextele și specificul izvoarelor istorice asociate cu mediile curiei romane.
Detaliind obiectivul general al acestui demers pot fi subliniate două aspecte cu rol director: dorința de a integra cercetarea fundamentală de prestigiu desfășurată sub egida Academiei Române în contextele avansate din plan internațional, alături de sondarea soluțiilor adecvate care să permită o translație actualizată a principiilor tradiționalei „metodei critice” de valorificare a textelor istorice vechi. Astfel, clasicului binom istorie – filologie i se pot alătura ca parteneri, pe de o parte, tehnologiile informatice ca instrumente avansate de editare, dar și – pe de altă parte – riguroase anchete a contextelor istorice de emitere și utilizare a documentației papale medievale cu întrebări venite dinspre discipline sociale sau metodologii hibride, precum antropologia culturală sau microistoria.
Proiectul va fi implementat în intervalul 1 ianuarie 2024 - 31 decembrie 2025 de o echipă de 5 cercetători condusă de dr. habil. Adinel C. Dincă (CȘ II la Institutul de Istorie „George Barițiu” / conferențiar la Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai).