Medievalcities

Padua: First Workshop of the Project IUSTITIAM

What: First Workshop of the Project IUSTITIAM: Jurisdictional Places for Commerce (11th–17th Centuries) Where: Venice – Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venedig; Padua – Palazzo del Bo, Aula Vigini When: 25–26 September 2025   The first international workshop of the project IUSTITIAM – Iustitia Mercatoria. Places, Spaces and Iconographies of Mercantile Justice in Europe (11th–17th centuries) will…

Stefania Gialdroni in Rome

A very interesting, interdisciplinary event will soon take place at the University of RomaTre. “City of Jurists” is the title of this doctoral seminar thought to discuss about the relationship between law, lawyers, art, and urban spaces. Thanks to the organizers Sara Menzinger, Elena Svalduz and Marco Folin! Our PI will discuss the papers of…

Prof. Joseph Brincat on linguistic and legal pluralism in Malta

On October 22nd, within the framework of Stefania Gialdroni’s course in Legal history (Storia del diritto), we will have the honor to host Prof. Joseph (Giuseppe) Brincat (University of Malta), who will give a lecture entitled “Il diritto a Malta. La fusione di pratiche siciliane, italiane e inglesi in un contesto plurilingue”. He will then…

Joint Workshop MICOLL-HOLYLAB

What: Workshop “Digital Humanities and Mobility Studies: An ERC Perspective” Where: University of Padua, Department or Private Law and Critique of Law, Palazzo del Bo, Sala Riviste (3rd floor) When: 3 October 2024, 10:00am-5pm The first joint workshop of the two ERC CoGs MICOLL and HOLYLAB will soon take place in Padua. On October 3rd 2024 the team…

Victor Le Breton-Blon on Bills of Exchange

What: Lecture + PhD lecture Where: University of Padua, DPCD, Palazzo del Bo, Via VIII febbraio 1848, Aula Vigini & Aula Gabbin When: 6 & 7 June 2024, 5:30 PM & 10:30 AM We are very happy to host Victor Le Breton-Blon (Université Bretagne Sun) who will give two lectures, one about commercial cities (with…

Denise Bezzina has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant!

Denise Bezzina, former member of MICOLL’s team and currently Research fellow in Medieval History at the University of Genoa, has just been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for her PatriFem project “Charting Female Property and Patrimonial Rights in Law and Practice Across Western Europe (12th-16th Centuries)”. Congratulations on this amazing achievement! Denise will analyze the…

MICOLL meets PHEDRA in Venice

MICOLL and PHEDRA are best friends and they will soon meet in beautiful Venice! Our Stefania Gialdroni will present a paper in the framework of the next workshop organized by the project PHEDRA, directed by prof. Luisa Brunori (CNRS – École Normale Supérieure, Paris), this time in collaboration with prof. Albrecht Cordes (Goethe University Frankfurt…

On the trail of the ancient Via Postumia in Verona

A few days ago we made a little journey to discover the remains of the ancient Via Postumia still visible in the city of Verona as well as some places relevant to medieval merchants such as the “Corte Sgarzerie”, an area next to Piazza delle Erbe, which was deeply linked to the processing and trade of…

Frankfurt and Lübeck: Prof. Albrecht Cordes at the University of Padua

It is a pleasure to announce that Prof. Albrecht Cordes (Goethe University Frankfurt am Main), external expert of Micoll, will give two lectures on the history of commercial law in Luebeck and Frankfurt on Tuesday 21 March at 5pm and Wednesday 22 March at 10am at the Department of Private Law and Critique of Law of the…