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The World Society as Network Society. On the Use of Metaphors in Everyday Life and in Sociology

Световното общество като общество на мрежите. За употребата на метафори във всекидневието и в социологията

Author(s): Gerhard Wagner / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 3-4/2004

The article charts a sociological study of metaphor based on the conventional notion of ‘surfing’ the Internet and on Zigmunt Bauman’s theory of fluid modernity. The author examines the marine and navigational metaphors evoked by this expression to investigate what it means to designate modernity and modern society as ‘fluid’, thus taking us beyond Bauman to Manuel Castells’ theory of world society as a network society.

SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE AND DISCERNMENT. A WAY FOR SEEKING, FINDING AND DOING THE WILL OF GOD

LA DIREZIONE SPIRITUALE E IL DISCERNIMENTO UN CAMMINO PER CERCARE, TROVARE E FARE LA VOLONTÀ DI DIO

Author(s): Jaime Emilio González Magaña / Language(s): Italian / Issue: 2/2013

Keywords: spiritual direction; director spiritual; catholicism; spirituality; theological seminary; Church; spiritual discernment; priest; theology; exercises spiritual.

Spiritual Guidance and Discernment. A Way for Seeking, Finding and Doing the Will of God. The present study represents a fundamentally new and fresh approach to a classical theme of Christian spiritual theology: spiritual direction and qualities of the spiritual discernment which accompanies it. After introducing an analysis of the crisis situation in which the office of spiritual counselling finds itself at present, the author – specialist in exercises-spiritual – individualizes some signs of a useful rediscovery of this traditional means of sustaining on the way of spiritual perfection, particularly in Theological Seminaries. At the conclusion of the article, the author originally interprets the annotations specific to exercises spiritual of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, suggesting bringing them up-to-date within the context of the present time.

The Beginnings of Nogai`s Rule in the Western Steppes and in the Lower Danube (c. 1267-1273)

Почеци Ногајеве власти у западној степи на доњем Дунаву (c. 1267-1273)

Author(s): Aleksandar Uzelac / Language(s): Serbian / Issue: 62/2013

Keywords: Nogai; Mongke; Temur; Tatars; Ulus Juchi (Golden Horde); Byzantium; Bulgaria; Lower Danube

Numerous works and historical papers are dedicated to the life and times of Nogai, famous descendant of Genghis-khan. However, many details from his biography either remain unanalyzed, or deserve to be put in the proper historical context. In this article attention is cast to one of these questions – beginnings of Nogai’s rule in the western parts of the Black sea steppes, his establishment in Dniester-Prut interfluve and spread of his sphere of influence to the region of the Lower Danube. Despite frequently repeated opinion Nogai wasn’t present, nor he was a leader of joint Tatar-Bulgarian attack on Byzantine Thrace in 1264/5. He established himself in the West only after the death of Berke and ascendance of his successor Möngke-Temür (1266). The chronological timeframe of this event can be further determined by Nogai’s first recorded activities in the region – it was his embassy sent to the Mamluk sultan Baybars al Bundukhdari in Muharram, 669. A.H. (August/September 1270). According to the analysis of three independent sources: Byzantine historian George Pachymeres, Persian writer Rashid al-Din Hamadani and Mamluk chronicler Baybars al-Mansuri it may be concluded that it ensued as part of the complex transfer policies conducted by Sarai elite under the leadership of Möngke-Temür, aimed at strengthening Tatar presence in the West. Himself a convertite to Islam, and although not its ardent proponent, Nogai enjoyed the support of “pro-islamic” faction among Juchids, whose prominent member was Chichek-khatun, wife of Berke and Möngke-Temür. Probably during the reign of Möngke-Temür, Nogai’s status was further determined by his elevation to the high position of the commander of the right hand, i.e. leader of the western parts of Juchid lands. Early years of Nogai’s rule in the Western steppes were marked by hostile and aggressive moves towards neighboring Hungary (1270–1271) and Byzantium (c.1272). However, new Tatar incursions into the Central and Southeast Europe didn’t ensue as а consequence of Nogai’s independent actions; they were directed from Sarai and they represented the continuation of the policies of Berke. Even his correspondence with Baibars couldn’t beinterpreted as his desire towards independence. The diplomatic move was indeed prompted by Nogai, but also by other influential leaders in the Western steppes – Tok-Buka and Uran-Temur, who were subjected to Möngke Temür. Only after the Tatar attack on Byzantium, Nogai’s role changed. In c. 1273. he made an agreement with the emperor Michael VIII Paleologus and took as his bride the princess Eyphrosyne.

Urban Journeys – Representation of Space during the 13–17th Centuries in the “Rues De Paris”

Parcours urbains – représentation de l’espace aux 13e–17e siècles a travers les « Rues de Paris »

Author(s): Veronika Novák / Language(s): French / Issue: 19/2011

Keywords: urban space; street names; itinerary; guides of Paris; social uses of space

The paper explores a particular genre, the lists of streets contained in the manuscript and printed guides of Paris from 1300 to the 17th century, and aims to show that the analysis of the form and the content of these lists can reveal several important aspects and transformations of the representation of space between the Middle Ages and the early modern era. The Parisian street lists of the period are structured in a topographical order: they create virtual itineraries covering the territory of the town. The formal characteristics of the street lists, the enumeration and the itinerary were important tools in the constitution of pilgrim guides, tax rolls etc.: these genres highlight the role of verbal mapping in the medieval representation of space. The reconstitution of the journeys formed by the succession of streets enables us to explore the role of the walls and of the official territorial units of the city (districts, parishes). In fact, these official limits do not play an important role, the itineraries only seem to obey to the ancient divisions of the city by the Seine river and to the persisting memory of the old walls. Finally, changes in the lists document important transformations: the growing role of graphic city maps, the domination of the alphabetical order, and the birth of the incontrollable metropolis.

Piety and Counter-Reformation in the Catholic Church of the Third Polish Republic

Kontrreformacyjna pobożność w Kościele katolickim III RP

Author(s): Stanisław Obirek / Language(s): / Issue: 1/2015

Keywords: Catholicism; Sarmatism; Polish piety; religion and politics; national identity

According to Obirek, Catholic piety, the principal determinant of Polish national identity, is “an unrepresented world” at present – both in the cultural sphere and in critical discourses. We are faced with a lack of suitable categories and concepts to name the profound changes that have marked Polish consciousness in the era of globalization. Obirek demonstrates on the one hand the historical rootedness of contemporary religious behaviours, and on the other hand he points out alternative behaviours. During the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) the Catholic Church made a quantum leap and resulted in a Copernican revolution in Catholic theology. Its main legacy is to have effected a transition from traditional theological exclusiveness towards moderate pluralism; different paths towards God were recognized as equivalent.

The Religious Consolation on the Place of Execution in the Modern Age

Duchovná útecha na popravisku v novoveku

Author(s): Peter Zubko / Language(s): / Issue: 1/2015

Keywords: the death penalty; Martin von Cochem; catholic rituals

The death penalty is a part of human history. In describing of executions find priests or monks, in images of executions seen priests with various religious gestures. In Europe in the Middle Ages was developed a custom to provide sentenced to death spiritual consolation. In the middle ages and in modern times the ceremony was the some, but until the 17th century we have retained the full text of spiritual consolation of the condemned men to death by Capuchin Martin von Kochem. In the 19th century the text of the ritual was translated into Slovak. This article presents a Catholic doctrine of the death penalty, justification for the presence of the priests on the scaffold, the most famous historical reports of the presence of the priests on the scaffold and the whole ceremony spiritual consolation of the condemned men, as was used in old Hungary and Europe in the 17th – 20th centuries. The oldest known ritual has German origin and Hungarian and Slovak version prepared a military priest Francis Tannenberg. It is not certain that the ritual was always and everywhere used whole, present priests sometimes adapted it to the situation, but often managed to recover a few moments necessary to spiritually prepare inmates to death and meeting with God.

Study on the economical, juridical, and social structural changes in the Republic of Florence during the second half of the 13th century

STUDIU ASUPRA SITUAŢIEI, JURIDICE, ECONOMICE ŞI SOCIALE A REPUBLICII FLORENTINE ÎN A DOUA JUMĂTATE A SECOLULUI AL XIII-LEA

Author(s): Mihai Safta / Language(s): / Issue: 08/2015

Keywords: medieval law; ius commune; ordinances; justice.

: This paper follows the history of the Republic of Florence during one of its most challenging periods. The topic is approached from a historical and historiographical point of view, and the paper brings into focus the structural mutations of the republic in relation to the conflict surrounding the institutions of the Primo Popolo and the creation of the Italian League.

THE ORIGINS AND MEANING OF “THE HOLY FIRE” CEREMONY IN BASILICA OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE ACCORDING TO THE SOURCES OF THE JERUSALEM LITURGY BEFORE 13TH CENTURY

GENEZA I ZNACZENIE CEREMONII „ŚWIĘTEGO OGNIA” W BAZYLICE BOŻEGO GROBU NA PODSTAWIE ŹRÓDEŁ LITURGII JEROZOLIMSKIEJ DO XIII WIEKU

Author(s): Tomasz Bać / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 21/2014

Keywords: Jerusalem; Anastasis; Holy Sepulcher; Holy Fire; Paschal Vigil; Egeria; Lucernarium; the blessing of the fire; Eastern Liturgies; Latin Liturgy

The Holy Fire ceremony, also known as the Holy Fire miracle, is one of the most eminent liturgies of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, celebrated every year on Holy Saturday early afternoon. The origins of this celebration can be found in the most ancient sources of the Jerusalem liturgy stemming from the Byzantine, Armenian, Georgian and Latin traditions. All the sources unanimously prove that the rites associated with the Holy Fire arose from the evolution of the opening rites of the Paschal Vigil celebrated inside the chapel of the Tomb of Christ in Jerusalem. The popular piety of the Jerusalem Christians considered them as supernatural and miraculous already several centuries before the Crusaders came to the Holy Land. The Orthodox Church (particularly of Greek and Russian traditions) maintains this interpretation to nowadays.

Tabula Peutingeriana and its History from Antiquity to the Present

Tabula Peutingeriana a její osudy od antiky po současnost

Author(s): Ivana Koucká / Language(s): Czech / Issue: Suppl. 1/2014

Keywords: Tabula Peutingeriana; maps; geography

A unique map of the world, Tabula Peutingeriana, is called after the German humanist Konrad Peutinger, who became its owner in 1508. The article firstly focuses on basic characteristics of the map, a date of its origin and causes of making the Ancient original. According to different views ofvarious scholars (O. A. W. Dilke, R. J. A. Talbert, B. Salway, E. Weber), it came into existence in the period of the 4th–5th century either from practical reasons such as a tool for travellers (O. A. W. Dilke, K. Brodersen) or it was publicly displayed and served for propagandistic goals of Rome (R. J. A.Talbert). It is impossible to trace more accurate time of its creation because chronologically distinct dates appear there. The following part of the study deals with a medieval copy of the Ancient original, which is usually dated around the year 1200 on the basis of paleographic analysis of Tabula Peutingeriana. Especially R. J. A. Talbert, P. Gautier-Dalché and E. Albu concern themselves with it. As names of medieval regions Francia, Suevia and Alemannia and also a name of forrest silua Marciana are present there, it was probably made in the area of today south-western Germany and German speaking Switzerland. Moreover, R. J. A. Talbert and P. Gautier-Dalché suppose a Carolingian stage in the transmission of the Ancient original, nevertheless E. Albu assumes that the original of Tabula Peutingeriana did not come from Antiquity at all, but later from the CarolingianRenaissance. The most likely candidate for copying or the transmission of the map appears to be a scriptorium of the monastery in Reichenau. Furthermore, the article focuses on history of the map after Konrad Celtis, who later bequeathed it to Konrad Peutinger in his will, became its first known owner at the beginning of the 16th century. Both these prominent German humanists tried to utilize the map primarily for studying famous past of the Germanic people as well as Beatus Rhenanus. Also for that reason, it was necessary to publish it and at the same time to make it available for a larger group of researchers. The first complete publication of the map is attributed to Markus Welser in 1598. The first modern scholar, who critically studied Tabula Peutingerina, became Konrad Miller, whose edition, coming from 1916, has been appreciated to the present. A digital publication of the map’s content has been prepared by R. J. A. Talbert since the end of the 20th century. Since 1738, the map has been a part of the court library, later the Austrian National Library in Vienna. It is catalogued there in a collection of manuscripts such as Codex Vindobonensis 324. In 1863 it was divided into 11 segments for better preservation. Originally, there were 12 of them because in times of copying in the Middle Ages, the first section at its left side did not exist.

Person of St. Melania the Younger in the Light of Vita Sanctae Melaniae Senatricis Romae by Geroncius

Osoba św. Melanii Młodszej w świetle Vita Sanctae Melaniae Senatricis Romae autorstwa Geroncjusza

Author(s): Barbara Witos / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2015

Keywords: Melania the Younger; keep a fast; ascetic life; conversion; monastery; Rome; Africa; Jerusalem;

St. Melanie the Younger was born in Rome in 383 or 385 A.D. in a rich and wellknown family Valeria. She was the daughter of Valerius Publicoli, a Roman senator, and Albina Ceionia as well as the granddaughter of Malanie the Older, a Christian ascet and founder of many monasteries. At the age of 14, upon her parents’ decision, she married her cousin, a 17 year old Valerius Pinianus. She preferred to run a life focused on God and she continuously encouraged her husband to follow her example too. After their two children had died, both Melanie and her husband made a decision to live in ascesis and resigned from all signs of belonging to the upper social class. They started selling their mansions scattered all over the world one by one and donated their money to people in need. Having left Rome, they proceeded to Nola where they met St. Paulin, and next to Africa, where they met St. Augustine. After spending 7 years in Africa, they went to the Holy Land. There Melanie also founded monasteries. She spent a few years in the Mount of Olives living in severe ascesis. She went to Egypt, where she visited the most famous monastery life centres and hermits’ centres. Having returned to Jerusalem, Melanie came back to living in penance. She died on 31st December 439 A.D., in opinion about her holiness. In 1907 the Pope Pius X formally confirmed her liturgical worship.

Quaestio about Sacrament as Sign from the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas (STh III, q. 60).

Kwestia o sakramencie jako znaku z "Summy teologii" Tomasza z Akwinu (STh III, q. 60).

Author(s): Michał Golubiewski / Language(s): Polish,Latin / Issue: XXII/2016

Keywords: St. Thomas Aquinas; sacrament; definition of sacrament; Summa Theologiae; sacramentology; sign; św. Tomasz z Akwinu; sakrament; definicja sakramentu; Summa teologii; sakramentologia; znak

The position of Saint Thomas, defining sacrament as a particular kind of sign, was a certain novelty in his time. This article presents a new translation of quaestio 60 from the Summa Theologiae into Polish, preceded by a short introduction outlining the structure of the aforementioned text.

Mobility, networks and innovation. New paradigm in migration policy research?

Mobilité, réseaux et innovation. Nouveau paradigme dans la recherche sur la politique migratoire?

Author(s): Sandro Cattacin,Alexandrina Iremciuc / Language(s): French / Issue: 23+24/2018

Keywords: migration; mobilité; citoyenneté; innovation; réseaux; coopération

Cet article retrace les tendances qui ont dominé ces dernières annéesdans la recherche scientifique sur la politique migratoire. Il s'agit notamment des quatre tendances suivantes: (1) le passage de la perspective de migration à celle de la mobilité;(2) le changement du paradigme d‟appartenance nationale en citoyenneté multiple eturbaine; (3) le déplacement de l'approche de « l'emprise étrangère » vers la perspective de l‟innovation; et, finalement, (4) le passage de la politique d‟asile à la coopération audéveloppement. Ces tendances représentent tout autant de défis en matière de politique migratoire en Europe, et c'est de ce point de vue qu'elles sont analysées dans ce texte.

Debating the Authority of Pseudo-Augustine’s „De spiritu et animaˮ

Debating the Authority of Pseudo-Augustine’s „De spiritu et animaˮ

Author(s): Constant Mews / Language(s): English / Issue: XXIV/2018

Keywords: Isaac of Stella; Alcher of Clairvaux; Pseudo-Augustine; medieval theories of the soul; Cistercian anthropology

This paper introduces the De spiritu et anima, widely copied in the medieval period as a work of Augustine, but whose authority and authorship was much contested in the 13th century, in particular by Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas. The text draws on and paraphrases ideas about the soul from a wide range of texts, none thematically more important than the De anima of Isaac of Stella, who addressed his treatise to Alcher, a monk of Clairvaux, reportedly of some eminence in medicine. The suggestion made in the late 17th century within the Maurist edition of the works of Augustine (and re-affirmed by McGinn) that DSA is a derivative compilation, is very different from an alternative perspective that has been raised, that it is by Isaac of Stella himself. This paper argues that while it draws heavily on Isaac’s De anima, it modifies Isaac’s perspectives in the light of both a more Augustinian approach and an interest in the physical body and that the hypothesis of Alcher’s authorship should not be dismissed out of hand. DSA formulates an anthropological perspective about the soul that would rival that of Aristotle and find strong support in the Franciscan Order.

St. Adalbert of Prague and St. Bruno of Querfurt in the so-called Legendarium Magdeburgense – hagiographical texts and calendar

Święci Wojciech i Brunon z Kwerfurtu w tzw. „Legendarium Magdeburgense” – utwory hagiograficzne i kalendar

Author(s): Miłosz Sosnowski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 57/2019

Keywords: Adalbert of Prague; Bruno-Boniface of Querfurt; hagiography; cult of saints; Magdeburg; textual criticism;

The Legendarium Magdeburgense (Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Ms. Magdeb. 26 and 138) is a large two-volume hagiographical collection compiled in the mid-fifteenth century. It contains a reworking (abridgement) of the relatively rare longer redaction of the “Second Life” of St. Adalbert of Prague (inc. Nascitur by St. Bruno of Querfurt (Bibliotheca hagiographica latina; hereinafter: BHL 38), a selection from Miracula s. Adalberti (BHL 44, BHL 45), Vita et Passio Brunonis (BHL 1471b, BHL 1472) as well as a passio of Five Brothers (BHL 1148) in a version derived from Cosmas of Prague’s chronicle and a short extract from an epitome of Cosmas (the Brunswick epitome known from a single copy). The article focuses on the witness of Nascitur, its place within the manuscript tradition and the dating of the reworking. It is accompanied by a brief analysis of textual readings of Vita et Passio Brunonis and their value vis-à-vis the existing edition, as well as some notes concerning the remaining texts and the calendar entries for those texts’ saints. All of the above are supplemented with the remarks focused on Legendarium Magdeburgense compilers’ method.

Pastor et oves. Parish Priest in Late-Medieval Prussian Town

Pastor et oves. Parish Priest in Late-Medieval Prussian Town

Author(s): Marcin Sumowski / Language(s): English / Issue: 23/2018

Sanctitas et dignitas. Early post-Tridentine humanism and the persuasive--parenetic idea of Piotr Skarga in The Lives of the Saints of the Old and New Order

Sanctitas et dignitas. Wczesny humanizm potrydencki a perswazyjno-parenetyczny zamysł Piotra Skargi w Żywotach Świętych Starego i Nowego Zakonu

Author(s): Anna Kapuścińska-Jawara / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 3/2021

Keywords: hagiography; spirituality; humanism; post-Tridentine anthropology

Piotr Skarga’s collection The Lives of the Saints (1579) is a text that for years has been commonly associated with the implementation of counter-reformation tasks and the promotion of the cult of saints after the Tridentinum. In fact, the collection turns out to be a comprehensive, highly persuasive parenetic project, which, based on the transcendent “fourth stream” of philosophical anthropology and the utilization of rhetorical-literary strategies, has become an effective tool, unique on a European scale, of intellectual and spiritual formation of the faithful in the spirit of post-Tridentine humanism.

THE URBAN ORIGINS OF THE EDICTS „DE EFFUSIS VEL DEIECTIS“ AND „DE POSITIS VEL SUSPENSIS“

УРБАНИСТИЧНИЯТ ПРОИЗХОД НА ЕДИКТИТЕ „DE EFFUSIS VEL DEIECTIS“ И „DE POSITIS VEL SUSPENSIS“

Author(s): Luis Rodrigues Ennes / Language(s): Bulgarian / Issue: 1/2021

Keywords: Delicta praetoria; urbanism; public streets.

It is known that the ius honorarium criminalized a series of punishable conducts typified by criminals actiones in facture for the punishment of unlawful acts not covered by the ius civile. Among them we can observe several actions that punish the free and reasonable use of public roads such as those against people who throw liquids or solids and place objects on eaves or balconies that could hurt during their fall. The opportune pretorian intervention, at exactly the right moment when the new urban situation requires it, constitutes an irrefutable proof that the Roman jurisprudence, far from fossilizing, is always ready to provide the solutions required by the changing social demands.

“Un ingenere mantovano”: La Galatea Warsaw Staging (1628) in the Light of Documents in the Italian Archives

“Un ingenere mantovano”: La Galatea Warsaw Staging (1628) in the Light of Documents in the Italian Archives

Author(s): Carlo Togliani / Language(s): English / Issue: 8/2021

Keywords: Baroque theatre; Mantua; Warsaw; Nicolò Sebregondi; Guglielmo Viani; Alfonso Amorotto Andreasi; Annibale Gonzaga; Sigismund III Vasa; Ladislas IV Vasa; Giovan Battista Bertazzolo; Gabriele Bertazzolo;

Some documents in the State Archives of Mantua provide new information about the identity of the “ingegnere mantovano,” who was the scenographer of the first dramma in musica in Poland, i.e., the staging of La Galatea in Warsaw in 1628. He was not the engineer Giovan Battista Bertazzolo, as it has been believed until now, but probably the architect Nicolò Sebregondi, assisted by the painter Guglielmo Viani, both employed in Mantua, whose presence in Central Europe is documented after the deaths of the dukes Ferdinando and Vincenzo II Gonzaga.

Popularity of the Nag Hammadi Texts in Early Christianity Survey and Interpretation of External Evidence

Popularity of the Nag Hammadi Texts in Early Christianity Survey and Interpretation of External Evidence

Author(s): Przemysław Piwowarczyk / Language(s): English / Issue: XX/2021

Keywords: Nag Hammadi Library; Gnosticism; Oxyrynchus Papyri; esotericism; early Christian books; late antique Egypt

The paper attempts to answer the question of esotericism of the Nag Hammadi texts. I propose to see these pieces of Christian literature as an essential part of Christian book production in late antique Egypt. Many of them claim to contain secret knowledge restricted to the chosen ones. However, the textual witnesses and testimonia from outside the Nag Hammadi ‘Library’ show that the circulation of many of these texts was wide, and some of these pieces cherished readership comparable to apocryphal or even canonical books. A crucial part of the contribution is a survey of all manuscripts, testimonia, and other evidence of circulation for all Nag Hammadi works.

Breakthrough Point. Hatra and Roman-Persian Relations at the End of the Reign of Severus Alexander and in the First Years of the Reign of Gordian III

Punkt przełomu. Hatra i relacje rzymsko-perskie za panowania Aleksandra Sewera i w pierwszych latach rządów Gordiana III

Author(s): Robert Suski / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 54/2022

Keywords: Hatra; Severus Alexander; Maximinus the Thrax; Persia; Shapur I

The Sassanid overthrow of the Parthian Arsacid dynasty in the 3rd century AD opened up new opportunities for the Roman Empire to strengthen power in the east. Although in the 30s of the 3rd century the Roman army was probably stationed in Hatra (a key fortress for the reign of northern Mesopotamia), it was conquered by the Persians around 240–241 AD. Why didn’t the Roman Empire take advantage of this opportunity? In this text, I want to look at the circumstances that made it so.