This workshop aims to further our understanding of how late medieval societies reconciled the partially contradictory ideals and expectations of Ecclesia and Iustitia at a collective and individual level, using perspectives coming from art history, literary studies, history and religious scholarship. Pre-registration is required to guarantee seating or online attendance.

On March 6-7, our researcher Gert Jan Van Der Sman and our former NIKI fellow Natsuko Kuwabara will participate in the ISI Florence conference “Europa ed Estremo Oriente: relazioni, incontri e conflitti nella prima età moderna”.

The theme of the Last Days of the Virgin was a frequent subject of pictorial representation in the Mediterranean area from the ninth century to the end of the fifteenth century, despite the absence of any canonical evidence for Mary’s death and Assumption.