Maltese antiquarians of early-modern age and the cave church of Mellieha

This article aims at presenting some unpublished documents about historiographical research on Maltese Christian Middle Ages written by a Discalced Carmelite friar in the 17th century and recently discovered in the Archives of the Generalate of the Discalced Carmelites in Rome. This is the occasion...

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Main Author: Chiara Cecalupo
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Coimbra University Press 2023-12-01
Series:Revista de História da Sociedade e da Cultura
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Online Access:https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/rhsc/article/view/12206
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description This article aims at presenting some unpublished documents about historiographical research on Maltese Christian Middle Ages written by a Discalced Carmelite friar in the 17th century and recently discovered in the Archives of the Generalate of the Discalced Carmelites in Rome. This is the occasion to report some accounts of Maltese and European scholars regarding one of the most important Medieval sites of Malta (the Church of Our Lady of Mellieha) and to underline how scholars and missionaries of the 17th century related with the historical and archaeological affected by close contacts with Islam. The paper wants therefore to contribute on describing how scholars of the 17th century approached the multicultural and often turbulent aspects of the main Mediterranean areas and how they contributed in assessing the nascent study of Arabic language and culture in terms of historiographic structuring of Mediterranean identity.
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spelling doaj.art-1280395af63a428386114bf608f2e16e2023-12-15T16:49:37ZporCoimbra University PressRevista de História da Sociedade e da Cultura1645-22592183-86152023-12-0123210.14195/1645-2259_23-2_1Maltese antiquarians of early-modern age and the cave church of Mellieha Chiara Cecalupo0Charles III University of Madrid This article aims at presenting some unpublished documents about historiographical research on Maltese Christian Middle Ages written by a Discalced Carmelite friar in the 17th century and recently discovered in the Archives of the Generalate of the Discalced Carmelites in Rome. This is the occasion to report some accounts of Maltese and European scholars regarding one of the most important Medieval sites of Malta (the Church of Our Lady of Mellieha) and to underline how scholars and missionaries of the 17th century related with the historical and archaeological affected by close contacts with Islam. The paper wants therefore to contribute on describing how scholars of the 17th century approached the multicultural and often turbulent aspects of the main Mediterranean areas and how they contributed in assessing the nascent study of Arabic language and culture in terms of historiographic structuring of Mediterranean identity. https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/rhsc/article/view/12206Discalced CarmelitesMediterranean HistoriographyMaltaOur Lady of MelliehaMediterranean Middle Age
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Maltese antiquarians of early-modern age and the cave church of Mellieha
Revista de História da Sociedade e da Cultura
Discalced Carmelites
Mediterranean Historiography
Malta
Our Lady of Mellieha
Mediterranean Middle Age
title Maltese antiquarians of early-modern age and the cave church of Mellieha
title_full Maltese antiquarians of early-modern age and the cave church of Mellieha
title_fullStr Maltese antiquarians of early-modern age and the cave church of Mellieha
title_full_unstemmed Maltese antiquarians of early-modern age and the cave church of Mellieha
title_short Maltese antiquarians of early-modern age and the cave church of Mellieha
title_sort maltese antiquarians of early modern age and the cave church of mellieha
topic Discalced Carmelites
Mediterranean Historiography
Malta
Our Lady of Mellieha
Mediterranean Middle Age
url https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/rhsc/article/view/12206
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