OAPEN Library: Recent submissions
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(2024)This paper offers a preliminary analysis of the Romance tradition of Rorgo Fretellus’s Descriptio de locis sanctis, one of the major medieval Latin itineraries of the Holy Land. The study examines key passages from its Old ...
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(2024)In his Zibaldone Magliabechiano (vvd. 223v-35v) Boccaccio wrote his personal rework of the first three books of Hayton's Flos historiarum terrae Orientis, renowned 1307 treatise on the crusade, soon re-interpreted as an ...
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(2024)Conceived from a shared scholarly and philological perspective, Boccaccio’s Genealogie deorum gentilium and De montibus exhibit thematic overlap, as they often discuss the same geographical and mythological locations. This ...
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(2024)The theme of poetic coronation was of great significance to Boccaccio, and he frequently alludes to the laurel crown when discussing his mentors, Dante and Petrarch. In the chapter of Genealogie deorum gentilium dedicated ...
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(2024)The contribution proposes an analysis of a selection of toponymic glosses to the Bible d’Acre (BA) contained in the ms. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, nouv. acq. fr. 1404 and in the ms. of the Occitan version ...
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(2024)From the Crusades onward, passing through the Mongol invasion, the late-medieval culture increasingly came across animals, people, and nature unknown to the classical and Christian tradition. Among the works describing the ...
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(2024)The present contribution aims to investigate the sources used by Vergerio in De situ veteris et inclyte urbis Rome, an unfinished treatise of a topographical and archaeological-antiquarian nature. In the wake of Petrarch ...
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(2024)The essay presents an analysis of how different prophetic textual traditions depicted catastrophic natural events between the 12th and early 14th centuries. The focus is particularly on the Latin and Romance prophetic ...
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(2024)The author investigates the implications underlying the reprise of the enchanted garden as the setting for the story narrated in the Lai de l’oiselet and the final duel in Chrétien de Troyes’ Erec et Enide. Through comparison ...
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(2024)The contribution analyses some glosses de herbis, transmitted in an unedited Latin glossary from Bobbio, written in the IX4/4 century and preserved in Milan, Bibl. Ambrosiana, C 243 inf. Two of these glosses (Morus and ...
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(2024)The monograph is devoted to the influence of hymnographic texts on the ornamental prose of Slavia Orthodoxa, the borrowing by ancient scribes of passages from liturgical texts, the introduction of allusions and reminiscences ...
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(2024)What does it mean for Domenico Starnone to tell a story? From his debut with Ex Cattedra to his latest works, which mark him as one of the most intriguing authors in the Italian literary scene, this study attempts to unify ...
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(2025)The cultural origins of the British Empire can be traced back to Spain’s earlier experience, which, by the second half of the 16th century, had already established a vast and structured empire in the Americas. Translations ...
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(2025)Starting from an analysis of the factors that undermine the norm’s ability to guide citizens’ behaviour, and assessing the repercussions of this crisis on general deterrence, the research explores the transformations ...
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(2025)The Sahel has become a focal point of EU foreign policy, particularly following Mali’s security crisis since 2012. This analysis critically examines European policies in Mali, highlighting their limitations and weaknesses. ...
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(2024)This volume brings together contributions from scholars across various fields to examine the intricate relationships between format, medium, and function in ancient documentary texts. Its main objective is to challenge ...
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(2024)The 10th International Symposium Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: problems and measurements techniques was organized by CNR-IBE in collaboration with Italian Society of Silviculture and Forest Ecology , and Natural ...
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(2025)The climate crisis is the most striking symptom of our time: the Anthropocene, the historical epoch in which the impact of anthropogenic societies on the Earth system challenges the environmental conditions that made human ...
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(2025)This volume aims to bring together, discuss and further develop the findings and perspectives of two relevant debates in medieval and economic history – the fourteenth-century conjuncture and pre-industrial inequality – ...
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(2025)Four centuries after his death, Girolamo Savonarola came back to be the subject of lively debates in the Nineteenth Century, a period during which publications on his figure multiplied. This revival was also evident in the ...
