Ex libris, a book among books

Every month the CAM Library highlights a work from its Special Collection, to promote and divulge this collection with unique features, such as its novelty and cultural heritage value.

Ex libris, September 2012

ENCONTRO SOBRE ORDENS MILITARES, 6, Palmela, 2010 - As ordens militares : freires, guerreiros, cavaleiros : actas do VI Encontro sobre Ordens Militares, 10 a 14 de março de 2010. Palmela : Município, Gabinete de Estudos sobre a Ordem de Santiago, 2012. 2 vols. ISBN 978-972-8497-56-9.

“The Sixth Meeting on Military Orders ‘Friars, Warriors, Knights’ once again marked the panorama of international research and promotion of the Military and Chivalry Orders. The debate of ideas and of research results then presented now becomes accessible to the general public through this work. It assembles a collection of texts featuring the issues of religion and art, maintaining the parts devoted to historiography and memory, the powers, the social aspects and the relations between East and West”

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Ex libris, August 2012

BEDOS-REZAK, Brigitte (ed.); IOGNA-PRAT, Dominique (ed.) - L'individu au Moyen Âge: individuation et individualisation avant la modernité. [Paris]: Aubier, 2005. 380, [3] p. ISBN 2-70-072345-7.

This collective work reflects on the historical background of the concept of the individual as an autonomous subject. The analysis focuses on the development of signs of personal identity during the Middle Ages, especially name, signature and portraits. The authors argue that the genesis of the modern individual is characterised by a collection of steps undertaken during the medieval period, and the different facets of the individual (autonomous social and moral actor) are expressed in the first person without it being singled out or excluded from the group that defines them (family, lineage, parish or feud).

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Ex libris, July 2012

SILVÉRIO, Carla Alexandra Serapicos de Brito - Representações da realeza na cronística medieval portuguesa : a dinastia de Borgonha. Lisboa : Colibri, 2004. 178, [1] p.

"Considering the images produced on the Burgundian dynasty in the Portuguese chronicles from the forties of the 13th century until early 16th century by educated laymen, mostly related to the court administrative services, mainly after the creation of the office of chief chronicler of the Kingdom, we seek to analyse them as representative of a political and ideological discourse in which the regal memory of the Kingdom serves as an essential device in the legitimisation of the institution of monarchy itself."

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Ex libris, June 2012

COLLOQUE INTERNATIONAL DU CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, Paris, 1990 - L'Europe héritière de l'Espagne wisigothique: colloque international du CNRS tenu à la Fondation Singer-Polignac (Paris, 14-15 mai 1990) : actes. Madrid: Casa de Velázquez, 1992. 443, [3] p. ISBN 84-86839-33-5

Proceedings of the CNRS International Colloquium of 1990, held in Paris, dedicated to the heritage of Visigothic culture and civilisation in Europe, chiefly in Spain and France. The century-long of Visigothic kingdom of Toledo is considered as a key step in the formation of the medieval and modern civilisation in Europe. The various contributions address aspects of religious history, national identity, history of nobility, art, literature, among others.

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Ex libris, May 2012

DAWSON, Christopher, 1889-1970 - A formação da Europa. Trad. de João Dias Pereira. Braga: Livraria Cruz, 1956. 348, [2] p.: il.; 19 cm. (Critério. Série de História; 31)

In this work the author argues that the birth of Europe took place in the Middle Ages, considering that the 11th century marks the end of the Dark Ages and the emergence of Western culture. For Dawson, four elements constitute European civilisation: the political tradition of the Roman Empire, the religious tradition of the Catholic Church, the intellectual tradition of classical literature and the national traditions of the barbarian people. Dawson concludes that the unity of European civilisation is not based on the secular culture and material progress of recent centuries, but in traditions that evolved before humanism and the achievements of modern civilisation.

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