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Von Athen nach Konstantinopel III

Betrachtungen zur Philosophie der Spätantike

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International Conference about Time Calculation in Late Antiquity

24th October 2018

Time Calculation in Late Antiquity. The Chronicon Paschale and Beyond

International Conference

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Graue Eminenzen in Aktion

Start des internationalen FWF-Projekts mit 1. März 2019

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Buchpräsentation der Regesten KAISER FRieDRICH BARBAROSSAS

Einladung zur Präsentation des abschließenden Bandes der „Regesten Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossas“ am 10. Oktober 2018.

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Virtuelles Urkundenportal St. Gallen

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Ideas of Migration

"MIGRATION AS AN ARTEFACT OF SCHOLARLY THOUGHT"

funded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Innovation Fund "Research, Science and...

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Des Kaisers neuer Heiliger / The Emperor's New Saint

Zur 500. Wiederkehr seines Todesjahres widmet das Stift Klosterneuburg die Jahresausstellung 2019 Kaiser Maximilian I. (1459–1519)

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600 Jahre Melker Reform (1418–2018) (Ausstellung verlängert)

In der Stiftsbibliothek Melk wird das Jubiläumsjahr dieser wichtigsten benediktinischen Reformbewegung des 15. Jahrhunderts mit einer...

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Events

16.10. – 18.10.2019

5th International Conference on Watermarks in Digital Collections

Bernstein meeting. Cork, Ireland, October 16 - 18, 2019: The conference intends to bring together scholars, paper experts,...

Blog

Hákon jarl, Haccon princeps and Hacon comes: titles, texts and re-writing the early history of Norway

Paul Gazzoli

June 15, 2019 | Paul Gazzoli | HI Research Blog |

There is a considerable gap between working on Christian Europe in the period 800–1000 and the then still largely unchristianised fringes of Europe. For the former, we have a native and contemporary tradition of written sources, but not for the latter. Some valuable written sources stand out: Rimbert’s Life of Ansgar (brief plug: I...

Burning Down the House: Arson & Evil in the Lombard laws

Thom Gobbitt

June 01, 2019 | Thom Gobbitt | HI Research Blog |

A number of clauses addressing or related to arson and fire damage appear throughout the Edictus Rothari (643 CE) and again in some of the later phases of Lombard legislation. The main set of clauses (Nos 146-159) adress, respectively, the wilful burning of another’s casam [house], negligent damage and injuries, fires left burning by...