RiMe. Rivista dell’Istituto di Storia dell’Europa Mediterranea

29/07/2024

On 30 June 2024 has been published RiMe 14/II n.s a Special Issue entitled “mar imenso solitário e antigo”: os italianos nas rotas marítimas portuguesas / “mare immenso solitario e antico”: gli italiani lungo le rotte marittime portoghesi / “mar imenso solitário e antigo”: the Italians in the Portuguese maritime routes
Edited by Nunziatella Alessandrini - Ana Paula Avelar - Mariagrazia Russo - Gaetano Sabatini.

This Special Issue is part of a line of research that has been carried out for years by its editors and is based on deepening the knowledge of the relationship between Italy and Portugal examined from various points of view. In particular, it can be considered as a continuation and deepening of the work that three of the editors of this dossier (Alessandrini, Russo, Sabatini) have already started with the 2019 publication (CHAM Edition, Lisboa): ‘"Chi fa questo Camino è ben navigato. Culture e dinamiche nei porti di Italia e Portogallo, XV-XVI secolo', in which the strategic importance of Italian and Portuguese ports in the Mediterranean and Atlantic was highlighted, which were essential for the mobility of people and goods, and for the dissemination and exchange of news.
The contributions in this issue of RiMe can be seen as a highly effective exploration of the subject of travel descriptions in the 16th century and the sources from which they were made. The essays contained therein take into consideration various figures, certainly already well known to odeporic literature, due to the vast amount of studies dedicated to them, but of whom new aspects are presented to the reader here, with a particular reference to a parallel reading of their works. (From the Introduction)

The Booklet and each article can be download for free at:
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/57

12/07/2024

On 30 June 2024 was published RiMe 14/I n.s., a Special Issue entitled "Governare l’ospedale. Modelli, regolamenti e pratiche tra XII e XVII secolo / Governing the Hospital. Models, rules and practices between 12th and 17th centuries", edited by Mariangela Rapetti and Antoni Conejo da Pena.
The history of hospitals has always been marked by complex relations with the institutions, and has gone through important moments of transformation, sometimes of rupture, but above all of reform. We are by no means dealing with a motionless and homogeneous entity, on the contrary: the hospital is an entity that varies, and for this reason it must be studied in a special way according to its geopolitical and, of course, chronological reality.
Over the last few decades, European hospital history studies have undergone new and important developments, the steps forward of which are marked by major works, wide-ranging research projects, and international conferences. We can certainly mention the activities of the International Network for the History of Hospitals (INHH), which arose in 1999 and organises an international meeting every two years.
The present issue of "RiMe. Rivista dell’Istituto di Storia dell’Europa Mediterranea" hosts some of the contributions among those presented at the 11th Abrils de l'Hospital symposium, which took place in Cagliari on 6 and 7 June 2022 in the conference room of the current Hostel Marina, the former Sant'Antonio abate hospital.
Scholars from different regions of Italy, Spain, and Portugal, including a number of young PhD students and neo-PhDs, enriched the Abrils de l'Hospital panorama with original contributions, innovative research perspectives, and new study projects.
The Issue and each article can be downloaded for free at:
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/56/62

14/02/2024

On 31 December 2023 was published RiMe 13/I n.s. a Miscellaneous Issue including five scientific articles, a" Focus" text, and a Book Review.
The first article develops a comparison between the Obra Pía de los Santos Lugares of Jerusalem – the economic and financial framework founded by the Catholic Monarchy- that was capable of financing the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land - and the proposal of Public Treasury to heal the finances of the Crown between the 16th and 17th centuries.
The second article demonstrates how foreign merchants negotiated with the authorities in Venice, especially the magistracy dedicated to mercantile affairs – the Cinque Savi alla Mercanzia. The text reveals that instead of being transformed by Venetian legal systems, the immigrant merchants themselves succeeded in influencing judicial administration within the heart of Venice’s corporate government.
The third article focuses on transformations in the field of navigation during the 19th century, observed through the lens of a small port in Liguria, Savona. The use of a variety of primary sources (ship visits, crew rolls, travel reports) allows for the reconstruction of the gradual shift from traditional sail navigation to the new era of steam navigation.
The fourth article is focused on the cooperative relationships established between Italian fascists and Spanish Falangists during the Spanish Civil War in the city of Bahía Blanca (Buenos Aires province, Argentina). From a perspective aimed at elucidating the collaboration process among immigrant right-wing factions in Argentina, it is observed the jointly conducted activities.
The fifth article analyzes the thinking and international political action of Pasqual Maragall in the Mediterranean during his years as mayor of Barcelona (1982-1997). The text explains how his theories on the role of cities in international action were embodied in theMediterranean action of the Municipality of Barcelona and how his idea of Europe was also built from the Mediterranean.
The “Focus” Section hosts a text dedicated to the website archiviconsolari.it, that is a study proposal, a working hypothesis, a guide to consult and understand the pre-unification Italian consular archives (1815-1860) through the publication of inventories.
The Issue ends with the Book Review of Manuel Alejandro Castellano García (2022). Gran Bretaña y la paz española de Utrecht. Valencia: Albatros Ediciones.
The Issue and each article can be downloaded for free at:
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/54

28/12/2023

On 27 december 2023 was published RiMe 12/I n.s., a Special Issue entitled " Las mujeres de las monarquías europeas I. Espacios institucionales, prácticas de poder e identidades (ss. X-XVI) /Women of European monarchies I. Institutional spaces, power practices and identities (10th-16th centuries) " a cargo de / Edited by Ángela Muñoz Fernández - Diana Pelaz Flores …
An Issue that is the result of the awareness of one of the main comparative need, included in the objectives of the coordinated project “Las Mujeres de las Monarquías Ibéricas: paradigmas institucionales, agencias políticas y modelos culturales (siglos XIII-XV)”.
The analysis of women's political participation strategies in different historical periods has not only experienced a notable boost in recent years, but has also become one of the fully consolidated research lines in the field of Women's History.
In the specific case of the Middle Ages, studies centered on reginality or the female royal office are going through a particularly fruitful period, both in terms of research on characters who are still little known and in terms of the diversification of thematic, methodological, and analytical approaches.
This Special Issue has been financed with funds from the project “Reinas e infantas de las monarquías ibéricas: espacios religiosos, modelos de representación y escrituras, ca. 1252-1504” (PGC2018-099205-B-C21, integrated in the Coordinated Project "Las mujeres de las Monarquías Ibéricas: paradigmas institucionales, agencias políticas y modelos culturales": Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades; Agencia Estatal de Investigación y Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional.
(From the Introduction)
The Issue and each article can be downloaded for free at:
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/48/53

19/04/2023

Adesso, dal vivo.
Presentazione del volume El medievalismo en un mundo globalizzato a cargo de Vicent Royo y Jesús Brufal Sucarrat...

17/04/2023

On 19 April 2023, at 5 p.m. CEST, there will be the online presentation of the Issue 11/I n.s. December 2022 "El medievalismo en un mundo globalizado / Medieval Studies in a Globalised World A cargo de / Edited by Vicent Royo Pérez - Jesús Brufal Sucarrat", which has been devoted to topics such as medievalism, presentism, globalization, video games....:
Here is the link to the volume: https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/47/49

Here is the link to connect to the event. (urly.it/3tndd)

01/02/2023

On 31 december 2022 was published RiMe 11/I n.s., a Special Issue entitled "El medievalismo en un mundo globalizado / Medieval Studies in a Globalised World" A cargo de / Edited by Vicent Royo Pérez - Jesús Brufal Sucarrat.
An Issue that proposes some interesting reflections on the role of medievalists in today's globalised world and the place of this field of study in the historical disciplines. The authors of the articles also raise a number of questions about the social function of the scholar of the Middle Ages in the new dynamics of the 21st century. Another axis of the Issue, which is also closely related to the previous ones, is the reflection on the lines of research of recent years that raise other questions: with the nation-states under discussion in a globalising world, are the great traditional themes still valid? Should new ones be incorporated? Moreover, with the emergence of certain disciplines, is there a danger that technology will take precedence over reflection? The texts also seek to explore possible, future paths that lie ahead in an ever-uncertain and changing future. (From the Introduction)

The Issue and each article can be downloaded for free at:
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/47/49

20/01/2023

On 24 January at 4:30 p.m. CET there will be an online presentation of the miscellaneous book:
Luciano Gallinari - Heba Abdelnaby (Eds.), Identities in touch between East and West: 11th to 21st century (Bern: Peter Lang, 2022)
The volume contains research by Italian, Egyptian, German, Hungarian and Belgian researchers that reflected on concepts such as “Identity”, “Otherness”, “Diversity” and “Minorities” related to
intercultural bonds between the Western and the Islamic
worlds.
The discussion with the editors and authors in an engaging
environment will highlight the multi-layer connections
between East and West through art, culture, and trade.

11/10/2022

On 30 June 2022 was published RiMe 10/II n.s., a Special Issue entitled "Trame cosmopolite. Minorità, migrazioni e città intorno al Mediterraneo. Prospettive cosmopolite sulla città /
Cosmopolitan weaves. Minorities, migrations and cities around the Mediterranean. Cosmopolitan perspectives on the city" a cura di / Edited by Raffaele Cattedra - Gianluca Gaias - Giuseppe Seche.
In conjunction with the papers in RiMe 10/I n.s., in this second Special Issue dedicated to the theme 'Cosmopolitan perspectives on the city: Readings, gazes, practices', we find alternating geographical, historical and anthropological approaches on 'Border communities (Ventimiglia), on forms of 'overlap' and 'interaction' in public spaces (Cagliari), on 'migrant histories', on 'Tunis cosmopolitan and colonial city', on the 'Jewish community of Istanbul', on the 'plural and changing' identity of Odessa and finally a reflection on the 'cosmo-political' city. The themes of cosmopolitanism are discussed through questions of urbanity, public space, the effects of international mobility and political management, as well as the subjectivities of 'communities of communities' or minorities that 'fabricate', shape and animate cities. (From the Introduction)
The Booklet and each article can be downloaded for free at:
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/45

11/10/2022

On 30 June 2022 was published RiMe 10/I n.s., a Special Issue entitled "Trame cosmopolite. Minorità, migrazioni e città intorno al Mediterraneo.Figure, attraversamenti, comunità / Cosmopolitan weaves. Minorities, migrations and cities around the Mediterranean. Figures, crossings, communities" Edited by Raffaele Cattedra, Gianluca Gaias and Giuseppe Seche.
In this issue, following the suggestion proposed by the philosopher Pascal Bruckner in his essay "Le vertige de Babel" (2000) on the capacities of societies to integrate and mobilise a "plurality of belongings", the project of RiMe Issues 10/I and 10/II n.s. was initiated.
The reading of cosmopolitanism proposed here, free from the uncritical praise of a harmonious society, without tensions or conflicts between groups, communities or minorities, should be seen as an investigation and questioning of the social and pragmatic capacities that societies have (or have had) to construct forms of coexistence and inclusion in the identity and cultural complexity of the Mediterranean context.
An interdisciplinary research project called “Cosmomed”, which involved some fifteen researchers, including geographers, historians, anthropologists and archivists, preceded the work presented here, and concluded with the international conference "Tracce di Cosmopolitismo intorno al Mediterraneo. Migrazioni, memorie e attualità” held in Cagliari in autumn 2019. (From the Introduction)
The Booklet and each article can be downloaded for free at:
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/44

18/02/2022

On 31 December 2021 was published RiMe 9/III n.s., a Special Issue entitled “Il filo sottile dell’emergenza: controllo, restrizioni e consenso / The Fine Thread of Emergency: Control, Restrictions and Consent” edited by Idamaria Fusco and Gaetano Sabatini.
This Booklet deals with wars, famines and epidemics of plague or other diseases that in the Ancien Régime were usual, almost 'normal' phenomena that recurred with a certain frequency, and which the population 'waited for'. However, such events imposed measures to counter them. And an emergency situation called into question the established order and its precarious balances, not only at a political and institutional level, of course.
The economy was perhaps one of the areas of human life most affected by emergency events, as it is shown by the contributions in this Issue which encompasses a wide chronological span from Late Antiquity to the 21st century - from the economic and commercial effects of the Vandals' expansion in the western Mediterranean between the 5th and 6th centuries to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on world food supplies. This has also meant questioning the effects of various epidemic waves - not only perhaps the best-known one, which was immortalised by Boccaccio in the mid-14th century, but also others that struck the Republic of Venice, the kingdoms of the Two Sicilies, Sardinia and the Balkans area between the 17th and 19th centuries.

The Booklet and each article can be downloaded for free at:
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/43/45

29/01/2022

On 31 December 2021 was published RiMe 9/I n.s., a Special Issue entitled “Il Notaio nella società dell'Europa mediterranea (secc. XIV-XIX) / The Notary in the Mediterranean European Society (14th-19th centuries), a cura di / Edited by Gemma T. Colesanti, Daniel Piñol and Eleni Sakellariou
It hosts several articles that are a revised and updated version of the papers presented at the 6th Seminar of Doctoral Studies in History and Economics of Mediterranean Countries “Il notaio nella società dell'Europa mediterranea (secc. XIV-XIX)”, which took place in Naples in October 2019.
The time span covered by the essays - from the 13th to the 19th century - illustrates the diachronic functionality of the notarial institution, the ideal successor of the tabellio, which already played an important role in the Roman society and had central importance in the construction of societies since the Middle Ages.
From a geographical point of view, the focus of the Booklet extends from the Iberian Peninsula to Transylvania, Croatia and Crete.
The need for written evidence of transactions and human relations through the notarial act, and the professional form of the notary are the threads that give coherence to the seventeen studies.
The typological diversity and originality of the topics are akin to the temporal and geographical range of the volume. For instance, the institutional evolution of this profession and of the archives for the safekeeping and preservation of notarial documents, and the changing relationship with the authorities of the state bodies in which the notaries operated are examined in the cases of Catalonia, the Papal States, the Kingdom of Naples, and Transylvania.
(From the Introduction)
The Booklet and each article can be downloaded for free at
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/42/44

27/01/2022

On 31 December 2021 was published RiMe 9/II n.s., a Special Issue entitled “Crossing Borders: The Social and Economic Impact of the Portuguese Maritime Empire in the early Modern Age” Edited by Nunziatella Alessandrini and João Teles e Cunha.
This Booklet deals with the social and economic history of the Portuguese Maritime Empire, showcasing its many facets and the way it impacted at home, in the empire and abroad during this period, which covers broadly the Early Modern Age and the first globalisation. The editors of this Special Issue preferred to choose papers dealing with different periods of time and contrasting geographical spaces, highlighting crucial moments, distinct players, relevant commodities and market organisation in order to give distinctive perspectives of the character and evolution of the Portuguese Maritime Empire.
While the first section deals more with the structural side of the Portuguese Maritime Empire economy, the second part works over the people who made those routes possible, and their endeavour to adapt, thrive and survive in face of adversity.
Finally, at least two essays deal with other European empires of the Early Modern Age, namely the Spanish and the British, evincing a greater connection between distinct imperial spaces.
(From the Editors' Introduction)
Finally, the issue also hosts the review of a book dedicated to a master of medieval Mediterranean economic history: Antoni Furió (ed.) (2020) “En torno a la economía mediterránea medieval. Estudios dedicados a Paulino Iradiel”. València: PUV.

The Booklet and each article can be download for free at
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/37

21/01/2022

Just before the announcement of the publication of a second issue of RiMe, which continues the scientific collaboration between CHAM and ISEM-CNR, we are pleased to share the video of Prof. Nunziatella Alessandrini presenting issue 8/III n.s. entitled "Portugal na escrita dos Italianos (sécs. XVI-XVIII)" that was published in June 2021 and edited by Nunziatella Alessandrini - Mariagrazia Russo.
- Gaetano Sabatini

O Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche do Istituto di Storia dell’Europa Mediterranea, da Itália, publicou em seu website um vídeo produzido pelo CHAM com a nossa investigadora Nunziatella Alessandrini, quem fala sobre o número 8/III (Junho 2021) da revista científica RiMe dedicado a «Portugal na escrita dos Italianos (séculos XVI-XVIII)» do qual é co-curadora.

Este número especial contou com a participação de vários investigadores do CHAM. Conheça-o aqui: bit.ly/3GuStSU

Para aceder ao website e assistir ao vídeo: bit.ly/3fnaXc0

15/07/2021

On 30 June 2021 was published RiMe 8/III n.s., a Special Issue entitled “Portugal na escrita dos Italianos (sécs. XVI-XVIII) /
Portugal in the writings of Italians (16th-18th centuries). Organizado por / Edited by Nunziatella Alessandrini - Mariagrazia Russo - Gaetano Sabatini
This booklet is the second of its kind after the first published in 2018 in the Journal "Estudos Italianos em Portugal", by the Istituto Italiano di Cultura in Lisbon. It hosts the contributions of the 9th conference cycle that, since 2011, engages scholars from different cultural areas. Interdisciplinarity, interculturality and internationality are the pillars on which this network of relations is based. It increasingly unites scholars from different nations around specific thematic areas chosen from year to year and elaborated according to different perspectives and optics, but with a constant file rouge: the relations between Italy and Portugal.
The present booklet follows the same methodology: its pages encompass the Italian-Portuguese history from the 15th to the 19th century, highlighting cultural, historical, diplomatic, artistic, musical and literary aspects. The main theme of it is the 'pen', understood as writing, as a 'graphic' realisation of the contact between the two worlds. (From the Introduction).

The Booklet and each article can be download for free at:
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/41

15/07/2021

On 30 June 2021 was published RiMe 8/I n.s., a Special Issue entitled “I generi coloniali americani nel Mediterraneo: i grandi porti come centri di destinazione, di consumo e di redistribuzione (XVII-XIX secolo) / American colonial goods in the Mediterranean: major ports as centres of destination, consumption and redistribution (17th-19th centuries), edited by Paolo Calcagno.
The authors reflect on the role of the Mediterranean in the new world economy between the 17th and 19th centuries, in line with certain interpretations that consider trade in luxury goods as one of the driving forces behind the process of economic growth in the modern age, and with an interpretation that identifies maritime spaces as the scenario in which world interconnections developed. In fact, the societies of the Inland Sea participated in the incipient globalisation of the modern age through the reception - among others - of Atlantic goods that modified their dietary habits and sociality. (From the Introduction)

The Booklet and each article can be download for free at:
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/38