Words and things in motion: methodological issues in studying the circulation of legal administrative lexicon and practices in Europe (12th-18th century)

Federica Lazzerini; Davide Morra; Francesco Senatore

doi:10.6093/978-88-6887-335-6

Words and things in motion: methodological issues in studying the circulation of legal administrative lexicon and practices in Europe (12th-18th century)

Authors

Federica Lazzerini

University of Turin

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4796-315X

Davide Morra

University of Turin

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2727-424X

Francesco Senatore

University of Naples Federico II

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5034-8609

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6887-335-6

Keywords:

History of European Institutions, Ancien régime, Administrative and Legal Lexicon, Elections, Medieval Latin

Synopsis

Publisher: FedOA - Federico II University Press

Series: Clio. Essays in History, Archaeology and Art History

Pages: 254

Language: English

Abstract: This volume focuses on the circulation of words, objects and legal-administrative practices in pre-modern Europe, with particular attention to how the study of language and history can work together to shed new light on this subject. Historians, linguists, legal historians and art historians provide methodological perspectives and case studies. The topics discussed include the spread of common law in Europe, the impact of works of art and architecture on culture and administration, and the relationship between law and language, for example in translations. A special attention is also dedicated to the domain of electoral procedures, with a look at communal Italy, at the reception of the Venetian model throughout Europe and at the challenge of studying the cultural transfer of such practices.

Authors: Falk Bretschneider, Bianca de Divitiis, Frédéric Duval, Dante Fedele, Francesca Fusco, Maud Harivel, Rainer Maria Kiesow, Federica Lazzerini, Dario Luongo, Davide Morra, Claudine Moulin, Eleni Sakellariou, Christof Schöch, Francesco Senatore, and Lorenzo Tanzini.

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Author Biographies

Federica Lazzerini, University of Turin

Federica Lazzerini was trained in Classics (BA, MA Turin; PhD Oxford) with a special engagement with linguistics. Her research focuses on linguistic studies and philosophical literature in the ancient Roman Republic. She currently holds a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Turin, with a Digital Humanities project applied to Latin literature.

Davide Morra, University of Turin

Davide Morra is a post-doc at the University of Turin. His research mainly focused on the intertwining of the fiscal systems put in place by communities, lordships and monarchy in the late medieval Kingdom of Naples. More recently, he has undertaken the study of political practices and ideals in the communities of the Western Alps.

Francesco Senatore, University of Naples Federico II

Francesco Senatore teaches medieval history at the University of Naples Federico II. He studies Italian history, in particular the Mezzogiorno, in the 14^th-16^th centuries, with an interest in comparisons with other European regions. His research concerns diplomacy, epistolary corre- spondences, urban history, institutions, docu- mentation, chronicles, archives, and the teaching of history.