Die Visualisierung des Göttlichen - Salvatorverehrung und Kreuzsymbolik im Spiegel der Herrschaftsprogrammatik frühmittelalterlicher Reiche

Salvatorverehrung und Kreuzsymbolik sind eng verbunden mit der Kultur der Westgoten und der Herrschaftsprogrammatik der Könige des asturischen Reichs, das von ca. 722 bis 910 n. Chr. existierte. Dies äußert sich in den Patrozinien der Kirchen, in deren künstlerischer Ausgestaltung und Epigrafik, sowie in Kleinkunst und Schriftgut. Weitgehend ...

Duration: 06/2024 - 06/2026

Territorial development of power between secular and ecclesiastical rule in the Duchy of Westphalia at the end of the 12th century using the example of Archbishop Philipp von Heinsberg of Cologne

In the 12th century in particular, the archbishops of Cologne went hand in hand in establishing their rule and expanding their territory. The archbishops' territorial policy was to undergo a change into the 13th century, but nevertheless reached its peak. The second half of the 12th century in particular is regarded as the heyday of Holy Cologne. ...

Duration: 04/2024 - 04/2027

Homo debilis, femina debilis? Gender-specific perception and representation of ‘disabled’ women and men in the 11th to 14th centuries

One of the central questions of human development is whether and to what extent a person is important to another person, another group, or what significance is attached to them as a sick or ‘disabled’ person. It is therefore all the more surprising that Disability Studies is still a young field of research in Germany, which distinguishes it from ...

Duration: 04/2024 - 04/2027

Funded by: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung

infantaticum, regina, imperatrix - Inheritance and rule of daughters of Spanish monarchs in the 10th - 12th centuries

According to a document from 1157, Sancha, the sister of King Alfonso VII, made an introductory donation to the cathedral of Zamora and the church of San Miguel de Mercadillo with the words "Ego Sancia regina, comitis Raimundi et Vrrache regine ragina proles ...". A typical but in this case remarkable activity for the Spanish High Middle Ages; as ...

Duration: 01/2017 - 12/2024