Sumários

Feudalism: General Characteristics

5 Novembro 2025, 15:30 • Ana Rita Martins

Feudalism: General Characteristics

  • The emergence of a new social order (post-Carolingian empire)
  • Religious dimension to the feudal system
  • General characteristics of feudalism
Materials for short-answer test:
  • List of materials as well as test structure and assessment criteria available on Moodle

F is for Feudalism (I): An introduction

3 Novembro 2025, 15:30 • Ana Rita Martins

F is for Feudalism (I): An introduction

  • The roots of feudalism in Europe
  • Kingship & the divine
  • The Carolingian Empire: Significance & early forms of feudalism
Medival Thinking Task: General Feedback & Points for Improvement

Short-Answer Test: Structure & Assessment Criteria

Medieval Dragons & Their Foes

29 Outubro 2025, 15:30 • Ana Rita Martins

Medieval Dragons & Their Foes: A Lecture by Miguel Andrade

The Medieval Bestiary (II): Theoretical approach

27 Outubro 2025, 15:30 • Ana Rita Martins

The Medieval Bestiary (II): Theoretical approach

  • Bestiaries as a manifestation of the Verbum
  • The Physiologus: the beginning of the medieval bestiary
  • The Four Families of Bestiaries
    • The Aviarum: The Portuguese Book of Birds (example used: Manuscrito do Lorvão)

Manuscript Culture: Word & Image

22 Outubro 2025, 15:30 • Ana Rita Martins

Manuscript Culture: Word & Image 
  • Differences in the meaning of illuminations
    • Images as part of the textual meaning (illuminated letters)
    • Images as additions to the text
Medieval Bestiaries: An Introduction
  • Activity: The Bestiary Project