This study focuses on the meaning and acquisition of the word thesaurus in monastic early medieval sources. The term essentially refers to objects characterized by strong symbolic, economic, cultural and sumptuary value. In the monastic Rules the word does not appear because the forms of accumulation and conservation of wealth were extraneous to the vow of poverty disciplined and emphasized by the drafters. With the growth of the monasteries, the promise of royal protection, the strengthening of ties with the power elites and the establishment of the institution of exemption, the treasures grow in importance, underlining the prestige acquired by the single monastery. The objects that compose it become a non-secondary element of what we can ...
This paper investigates the Thesaurus pauperum, a medieval medical work, and its Italian vernacular ...
This study deals with a certain number of words (abbatia, casa, cella, cellula, claustrum, coenobium...
The history of the interpretations of Christian monasticism reveals what are universally considered ...
The article examines some symbolic readings of monastic spaces, for a period that goes from the IX ...
The work is based on the analysis of the relevance of ecclesial cultural goods for the Church's orde...
The Monastic Manuscript Project è un interessante progetto collaborativo che raccoglie la descrizion...
Il presente contributo è concentrato sulle officine artigianali e artistiche nel monachesimo occide...
Il contributo presenta i principali temi del monachesimo altomedievale tra Italia e Francia, con spe...
A number of ancient sources (4th-7th centuries) expressly mention the possession of goods and domest...
The term ‘monastic borough’ is widely used in both the popular and scientific literature. It refers ...
Medieval medicine is a field of study still largely unexplored, due mainly to the absence of modern ...
The paper aims to analyze the convivial practices of different social groups during the Middle Ages,...
Recent history demonstrates the importance of religious belief as a fundamental historical force. In...
Since the Early Middle Ages, monasteries found in the Piedmontese region (North-Western Italy) a fav...
L'analisi delle consuetudini e degli usi monastici permette di indagare la produzione e l'impiego di...
This paper investigates the Thesaurus pauperum, a medieval medical work, and its Italian vernacular ...
This study deals with a certain number of words (abbatia, casa, cella, cellula, claustrum, coenobium...
The history of the interpretations of Christian monasticism reveals what are universally considered ...
The article examines some symbolic readings of monastic spaces, for a period that goes from the IX ...
The work is based on the analysis of the relevance of ecclesial cultural goods for the Church's orde...
The Monastic Manuscript Project è un interessante progetto collaborativo che raccoglie la descrizion...
Il presente contributo è concentrato sulle officine artigianali e artistiche nel monachesimo occide...
Il contributo presenta i principali temi del monachesimo altomedievale tra Italia e Francia, con spe...
A number of ancient sources (4th-7th centuries) expressly mention the possession of goods and domest...
The term ‘monastic borough’ is widely used in both the popular and scientific literature. It refers ...
Medieval medicine is a field of study still largely unexplored, due mainly to the absence of modern ...
The paper aims to analyze the convivial practices of different social groups during the Middle Ages,...
Recent history demonstrates the importance of religious belief as a fundamental historical force. In...
Since the Early Middle Ages, monasteries found in the Piedmontese region (North-Western Italy) a fav...
L'analisi delle consuetudini e degli usi monastici permette di indagare la produzione e l'impiego di...
This paper investigates the Thesaurus pauperum, a medieval medical work, and its Italian vernacular ...
This study deals with a certain number of words (abbatia, casa, cella, cellula, claustrum, coenobium...
The history of the interpretations of Christian monasticism reveals what are universally considered ...