Ancient viability

Across the Alps, following the ancient trade routes

Micoll’s first residential seminar (Bressanone/Brixen, 26-29 June 2023) was an opportunity not only to talk about two classics of the history of commercial law (Goldschmidt) and the history of the Italian language (Migliorini), but also to discover the Alpine region around Brixen and to experience first-hand the difficulty, but also the beauty, of some of…

On the trail of the ancient Via Postumia in Verona

A few days ago we made a little journey to discover the remains of the ancient Via Postumia still visible in the city of Verona as well as some places relevant to medieval merchants such as the “Corte Sgarzerie”, an area next to Piazza delle Erbe, which was deeply linked to the processing and trade of…

Rachel Midura on Early Modern Digital Itineraries: University of Padua

On December 1st at 2:30 pm MICOLL will have the pleasure of having Prof. Rachel Midura (Virginia Tech) as a guest speaker. She will give a lecture for our research group on her project EmDigIt which deals with early modern digital itineraries. Midura’s project combines history of the book with digital approaches to explore how…