Fashion in M.S.A. 1 of the General Chronicle of Spain of 1344. Contribution to the dating of the illuminura
Catarina Martins TIBÚRCIO
Original title: A moda no M.S.A. 1 da Crónica Geral de Espanha de 1344. Contributo para a datação da iluminura
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Keywords: 15th Century, Chronic, Fashion, Illumination.
This article starts from a study about the fashion we could observe in the illumination of the manuscript of the Science Academy of Lisbon, known as M.S.A. 1 of the Crónica Geral de Espanha de 1344. We believe that this kind of reproduction reveals us the daily habits of kings, noble men and people, in what concern the dress fashion of a precise time of Portugal’s history, in this particular case, the fashion habits from the period this manuscript was made. We will use that information to contribute to a more accurate date for the illumination of this manuscript, which is now a controversial question. To give to our conclusions a bigger consistency, we will do a comparison between the fashion in the illumination of M.S.A. 1 and the fashion in the illumination of other international contemporary illuminated manuscripts.
Powerful widows on Gandia’s 15th century, case studies
Marta MORANT
Original title: Viudes poderoses a la Gandia del segle XV, estudi dels casos
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Keywords: 15th Century, Gandia, Power, Widows, Women’s history.
Throughout history, the figure of the widow has been perceived through a lens at some distance from reality. This has condemned them to historical passivity and has attributed to them a subordination which bears little relation to the reality of their lived experience. With the study of in a vila conducted in the Kingdom of Valencia at the end of the medieval period, and through the analysis of primary sources, the real situation in which they lived will be shown: the family and social contexts of which they formed part, and the capabilities they used to defend both themselves and their families’ property. We will thus be able to refute the claims that were socially constructed about them, and to consider them as agents of history, and not mere observers of it.
