Important notice: Our library will be closed on 25 April (anniversary of liberation), 1 May (labour day), 29 May (Ascension Day), 2 June (Italy's National Day), 9 June (Whit Monday) and 19 June (Corpus Christi).   

The call for applications for this year's Roman Studies Course, which will take place in Rome from 5 to 13 October 2025, is open until 30 April 2025. It is addressed to advanced students and doctoral candidates in the subjects of history. The aim is to link the history of Rome from the early Middle Ages to contemporary history. You can find the full text of the call for applications and all further information  ...   

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This volume, the product of a binational research group, examines a series of deep and far-reaching social, institutional, and cultural transformations that took place in the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries in the Holy Roman Empire. Particular attention is given to the causal link between these changes and the Investiture Contest, which is critically reassessed. Four key thematic areas are explored through regional  ...   

The label "border" can encompass a wide range of phenomena: geographical limits, political boundaries, areas under military control, and porous zones of interaction. This volume takes an interdisciplinary approach, viewing the border space as a place of contact and contrast, an area of both peaceful and violent exchange, of mobility of ideas and people, a structural element deployed by social actors to organise or  ...   

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This year we are retro-digitising volumes 1 (1898) to 37 (1957) of our journal "Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken". We are endeavouring to inform the authors or their legal successors also in this way via our Institute website and to draw attention to possibilities of objection. Here you can find  ...