RiMe. Rivista dell’Istituto di Storia dell’Europa Mediterranea (2025)

09/07/2025

On 30 June 2025 RiMe 16/I n.s."Recursos naturales y actividades productivas en la península ibérica en la Edad Media / Natural resources and productive activities in the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages. A cargo de / Edited by Germán Navarro Espinachhas been published.
The issue is another important contribution to the line of work in which the RENAP Project has been engaged for some time. The topics they address expand, on one hand, the existing studies on the territories of the Crown of Aragon, such as the relationship between salt exploitation and livestock consumption in medieval Catalonia, wool manufacturing in Castelló de la Plana at the end of the 15th century, or the cultivation and exploitation of madder as a dye raw material in southern Valencia.
On the other hand, they analyse various topics affecting other economic regions of the Iberian Peninsula, such as the use of linen in Andalusia and the environmental problems it caused in the 15th century. One of the articles focuses on the Kingdom of Murcia and presents it as one of the pioneering territories in the use of water mills with rodezno and regolfo within late medieval Castile. Finally, a last study addresses the emigration of technical master craftsmen and the transfer of technologies from one city to another, through the analysis of Genoese influence on the silk industries of the Crown of Aragon and Castile during the 15th and 16th centuries. In sum, the debate raised by these contributions transcends local history and highlights issues that once again invoke the various historiographies of the surrounding countries in Mediterranean Europe (From the Introduction). The volume also contains three book reviews
The Issue and each article can be downloaded for free here:
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/63

23/04/2025

On 30 December 2024 RiMe 15 n.s. "Las mujeres de las monarquías europeas II. Reinas, damas y sirvientas (Siglos XI-XIX) / Women in European monarchies. II. The Modern Age.
Queens, ladies, and servants (11th-19th centuries)" A cargo de / Edited by Ángela Muñoz Fernández - Diana Pelaz Flores has been published.
Studies on Queenship have consolidated over the past few decades as a fruitful field of research that is integrative and multidisciplinary, becoming increasingly relevant for a comprehensive understanding, not only of women's history but also of the history of political societies in all their currents and variants. This approach has renewed our understanding of women as active subjects in the constellations of relationships and agencies within monarchical and dynastic systems over time. Today, we can assert that without considering these aspects, it is challenging to fully comprehend such political systems.
The monograph presented here engages with these themes and serves as a continuation of the one published in this same journal in 2023 (Vol. 12/I n.s. (June 2023): .

Both are the result of a productive collaborative initiative established by the coordinated research project "Women in the Iberian Monarchies: Institutional Paradigms, Political Agencies, and Cultural Models (13th-15th Centuries)," which focuses on the Iberian Peninsula. (From the Introduction)
The Issue and each article can be download for free here: https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/62

11/03/2025

On 30 June 2024 have been published RiMe 14/III n.s and 14/IV n.s. two volumes of a Special Issue entitled “¿Amigos o enemigos? España y Francia: intereses dinásticos e intereses nacionales (siglo XVIII)”, and “¿Amigos o enemigos? España y Francia: intereses dinásticos e intereses nacionales (siglo XVIII) - Comercio, negocios y contratación” / Edited by Joaquim Albareda Salvadó - Maria Betlem Castellà Pujols, Sergio Solbes Ferri - Rafael Torres Sánchez.

They are the result of the international conference that took place in Barcelona between 19 and 21 October 2022 under the title “¿Amigos o enemigos? España y Francia: intereses dinásticos e intereses nacionales (siglo XVIII)”. This conference gathered more than 30 researchers from Spain, France, England, and Argentina, from various research groups, with diverse topics of study and different historiographical traditions.

The methodological issues were tackled head-on with the recurring question of the forms and nature of relations between France and Spain. The different articles show that, in addition to the comparative history that has contributed so much to our historiographical traditions, there is space available for a history of interconnections conceived as forms of interdependence.

From this Spain-France opposition, combined with a diacritical political-economic approach, several conclusive arguments emerge. The two volumes are offered as a collection of rigorous and well-documented studies examining various historical aspects of a crucial period marked by political, diplomatic, cultural, and economic transformations.

The Volumes and each article can be downloaded for free at:
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/59
https://rime.cnr.it/index.php/rime/issue/view/60

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

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