Abel de Lorenzo Rodríguez
@abeldelorenzo.bsky.social
Medievalist - Punishments & Crimes
Post-doc researcher at @usc.gal & @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Chercheur associé LaMOP (Paris 1)
See more in: https://usc-es.academia.edu/AbelLorenzoRodriguez
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Author of "La horca y el fuego"
Post-doc researcher at @usc.gal & @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Chercheur associé LaMOP (Paris 1)
See more in: https://usc-es.academia.edu/AbelLorenzoRodriguez
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Author of "La horca y el fuego"
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New book / Nuevo libro: 💀
La horca y el fuego. Una historia social de la pena de muerte en Hispania (700-1200), Granada, Editorial Comares, 2025
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La horca y el fuego. Una historia social de la pena de muerte en Hispania (700-1200), Granada, Editorial Comares, 2025
👉 www.comares.com/libro/la-hor...
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Gleaming gold: the insignia of the "comes sacrarum largitionum", a Roman fiscal officer, in a 15th-c. copy (as shown by Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner).
December 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Gleaming gold: the insignia of the "comes sacrarum largitionum", a Roman fiscal officer, in a 15th-c. copy (as shown by Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner).
"Homicide et exil. Un regard sur le bannissement local au début du Moyen Âge"
Ateliers du LaMOP III. La vie de la recherche, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
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Ateliers du LaMOP III. La vie de la recherche, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
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"Homicide et exil. Un regard sur le bannissement local au début du Moyen Âge", Ateliers du LaMOP III. La vie de la recherche, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
Ateliers du LaMOP III. La vie de la recherche... Jeudi 22 janvier 2026, 10h-18h Humathèque, salle 3.06-Campus Condorcet Ce troisième Atelier du LaMOP accueillera des présentations libres sur des théma...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"Homicide et exil. Un regard sur le bannissement local au début du Moyen Âge"
Ateliers du LaMOP III. La vie de la recherche, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
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Ateliers du LaMOP III. La vie de la recherche, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
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Grazas a @gciencia.bsky.social por esta nova entrevista para ampliar o que sabemos (e seguimos sen saber) sobre as violencias do pasado, tamén as sexuais.
O investigador Abel de Lorenzo rescata casos de violencia sexual na Alta Idade Media no noroeste peninsular.
Un dos máis rechamantes, o da neta de Tusto na Celanova do século X.
Un dos máis rechamantes, o da neta de Tusto na Celanova do século X.
Unha historia de resistencia na Galicia do século X: a neta que denunciou o avó por violación
O investigador Abel de Lorenzo rescata os casos de violencia sexual na Alta Idade Media no noroeste peninsular
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December 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Grazas a @gciencia.bsky.social por esta nova entrevista para ampliar o que sabemos (e seguimos sen saber) sobre as violencias do pasado, tamén as sexuais.
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O investigador Abel de Lorenzo rescata casos de violencia sexual na Alta Idade Media no noroeste peninsular.
Un dos máis rechamantes, o da neta de Tusto na Celanova do século X.
Un dos máis rechamantes, o da neta de Tusto na Celanova do século X.
Unha historia de resistencia na Galicia do século X: a neta que denunciou o avó por violación
O investigador Abel de Lorenzo rescata os casos de violencia sexual na Alta Idade Media no noroeste peninsular
www.gciencia.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
O investigador Abel de Lorenzo rescata casos de violencia sexual na Alta Idade Media no noroeste peninsular.
Un dos máis rechamantes, o da neta de Tusto na Celanova do século X.
Un dos máis rechamantes, o da neta de Tusto na Celanova do século X.
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"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England
Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
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I'm very happy to see that my new article on the martyrs of Zaragoza is out in this year's Traditio. Many thanks to the Traditio team, who were wonderful to work with! doi.org/10.1017/tdo....
THE ‘INNUMERABLE’ OF ZARAGOZA: A MARTYR CULT BETWEEN CITY AND MONASTERY | Traditio | Cambridge Core
THE ‘INNUMERABLE’ OF ZARAGOZA: A MARTYR CULT BETWEEN CITY AND MONASTERY - Volume 80
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December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I'm very happy to see that my new article on the martyrs of Zaragoza is out in this year's Traditio. Many thanks to the Traditio team, who were wonderful to work with! doi.org/10.1017/tdo....
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Publication – « Hagiographica Wisigothica », éd. José Carlos Martín-Iglesias, Salvador Iranzo Abellán
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Publication – « Hagiographica Wisigothica », éd. José Carlos Martín-Iglesias, Salvador Iranzo Abellán
L’Espagne wisigothique n’a pas beaucoup cultivé le genre hagiographique. Le Corpus Christianorum a déjà publié quelques œuvres hagiographiques de cette époque, comme les Vitas ss. patrum Emeretensi…
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December 4, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Publication – « Hagiographica Wisigothica », éd. José Carlos Martín-Iglesias, Salvador Iranzo Abellán
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📖 PRESENTACIÓN | Conversaciones en la catedral. Sobre estética, política y conmemoración regia en torno a 1200
Rocío Sánchez Ameijeiras explora como a Catedral de Santiago se converteu no centro simbólico da monarquía de León e Galicia e como a arte definiu a súa identidade.
Rocío Sánchez Ameijeiras explora como a Catedral de Santiago se converteu no centro simbólico da monarquía de León e Galicia e como a arte definiu a súa identidade.
December 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📖 PRESENTACIÓN | Conversaciones en la catedral. Sobre estética, política y conmemoración regia en torno a 1200
Rocío Sánchez Ameijeiras explora como a Catedral de Santiago se converteu no centro simbólico da monarquía de León e Galicia e como a arte definiu a súa identidade.
Rocío Sánchez Ameijeiras explora como a Catedral de Santiago se converteu no centro simbólico da monarquía de León e Galicia e como a arte definiu a súa identidade.
One of the first medieval (and diabolical) smiles...
"Irrisio diaboli"
11th century, San Millán de la Cogolla, Archivo Epigráfico de Hispania Tardoantigua y Medieval (AEHTAM).
"Irrisio diaboli"
11th century, San Millán de la Cogolla, Archivo Epigráfico de Hispania Tardoantigua y Medieval (AEHTAM).
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
One of the first medieval (and diabolical) smiles...
"Irrisio diaboli"
11th century, San Millán de la Cogolla, Archivo Epigráfico de Hispania Tardoantigua y Medieval (AEHTAM).
"Irrisio diaboli"
11th century, San Millán de la Cogolla, Archivo Epigráfico de Hispania Tardoantigua y Medieval (AEHTAM).
"Lapidabatur a populo: Stoning as Collective Execution and Exile in Early Medieval Iberia (Fifth–Twelfth Centuries)", Exile and Execution in Medieval and Early Modern, eds. Larissa Tracy, Gila Aloni, Brill, 61-83
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November 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Lapidabatur a populo: Stoning as Collective Execution and Exile in Early Medieval Iberia (Fifth–Twelfth Centuries)", Exile and Execution in Medieval and Early Modern, eds. Larissa Tracy, Gila Aloni, Brill, 61-83
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Happy to be in #imc2026 next year as Moderator and Speaker @imc-leeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Happy to be in #imc2026 next year as Moderator and Speaker @imc-leeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Ever get a tricky question you don't know how to answer?
One of my colleagues went to a seminar at Berkeley and when someone asked a question Derrida brushed it off saying ‘what you ask may be important but it is not interesting’.
This path leads to chaos.
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Ever get a tricky question you don't know how to answer?
The portrait of ambition?
‘Dominicus, qui uult esse episcopus et non est’
(Dominicus, who wants to be a bishop but is not)
Carracedo Monastery, year 992
The bishop and chronicler Sampiro, who drafted the document, reserved almost the last place for this Dominicus. Above all, sincere.
‘Dominicus, qui uult esse episcopus et non est’
(Dominicus, who wants to be a bishop but is not)
Carracedo Monastery, year 992
The bishop and chronicler Sampiro, who drafted the document, reserved almost the last place for this Dominicus. Above all, sincere.
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The portrait of ambition?
‘Dominicus, qui uult esse episcopus et non est’
(Dominicus, who wants to be a bishop but is not)
Carracedo Monastery, year 992
The bishop and chronicler Sampiro, who drafted the document, reserved almost the last place for this Dominicus. Above all, sincere.
‘Dominicus, qui uult esse episcopus et non est’
(Dominicus, who wants to be a bishop but is not)
Carracedo Monastery, year 992
The bishop and chronicler Sampiro, who drafted the document, reserved almost the last place for this Dominicus. Above all, sincere.
Un honor haber sido entrevistado por Daniel Justo y Sofía Rodríguez en "Historias de bolsillo" (USAL) sobre mi primer libro "La horca y el fuego" (Editorial Comares)☠️.
No os perdáis este podcast hecho por estos dos grandes profesionales de la historia!
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No os perdáis este podcast hecho por estos dos grandes profesionales de la historia!
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La horca y el fuego: la pena de muerte en el mundo medieval
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November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Un honor haber sido entrevistado por Daniel Justo y Sofía Rodríguez en "Historias de bolsillo" (USAL) sobre mi primer libro "La horca y el fuego" (Editorial Comares)☠️.
No os perdáis este podcast hecho por estos dos grandes profesionales de la historia!
open.spotify.com/episode/2GGb...
No os perdáis este podcast hecho por estos dos grandes profesionales de la historia!
open.spotify.com/episode/2GGb...
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Les lois barbares. Dire le droit et le pouvoir en Occident après la disparition de l'Empire romain, sous la direction de Sylvie Joye, Presses universitaires de Rennes, à paraître le 27 novembre.
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Les lois barbares. Dire le droit et le pouvoir en Occident après la disparition de l'Empire romain, sous la direction de Sylvie Joye, Presses universitaires de Rennes, à paraître le 27 novembre.
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atel, adj: dire, terrible. (AH-tell / ˈa-tɛl)
Image: Bestiary from a didactic miscellany; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 67v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Bestiary from a didactic miscellany; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 67v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
November 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
atel, adj: dire, terrible. (AH-tell / ˈa-tɛl)
Image: Bestiary from a didactic miscellany; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 67v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Image: Bestiary from a didactic miscellany; England, 1220-1240; @theul.bsky.social Kk.4.25, f. 67v.
#OldEnglish #WOTD
Comming soon, next week Laurent Feller in the University of Salamanca!
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November 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Comming soon, next week Laurent Feller in the University of Salamanca!
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Craigmillar Castle (Ô saisons, ô châteaux!)
November 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Craigmillar Castle (Ô saisons, ô châteaux!)
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New issue of Studia Historica. Historia Medieval Vol. 43 No. 2 (2025): revistas.usal.es/uno/index.ph... #openaccess El modo de producción campesino: un replanteamiento de la sociedad rural de la Europa altomedieval @cjg70.bsky.social @santlazar.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 1:27 AM
New issue of Studia Historica. Historia Medieval Vol. 43 No. 2 (2025): revistas.usal.es/uno/index.ph... #openaccess El modo de producción campesino: un replanteamiento de la sociedad rural de la Europa altomedieval @cjg70.bsky.social @santlazar.bsky.social
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Five years, four authors, one book. Out now (fully open access), our new book on local priests in the tenth century 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/books/l... @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social
Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
Cambridge Core - European Studies - Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
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November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Five years, four authors, one book. Out now (fully open access), our new book on local priests in the tenth century 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/books/l... @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social
My new treasures in Edinburgh, thanks to Charles West (@pseudo-isidore.bsky.social) and Roger Collins. Two major contributions on historians' personal memories and early medieval Europe!
November 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
My new treasures in Edinburgh, thanks to Charles West (@pseudo-isidore.bsky.social) and Roger Collins. Two major contributions on historians' personal memories and early medieval Europe!
"The two listed here are the clearest examples of women reporting such crimes, but they are by no means the only ones..."
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Written accounts reveal how sexual assault claims were dealt with in the middle ages
Written medieval records clearly show that women publicly and successfully reported men to the local authorities for sexual assault.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"The two listed here are the clearest examples of women reporting such crimes, but they are by no means the only ones..."
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"Between the end of Roman antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages, laws appeared in both the Codex Theosianus and the Visigothic Code referring to the prohibition of violating graves or tombs..."
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Human flesh does a body good? Cannibalism as medicine in Medieval Europe
Cannibalism has been documented across Western Europe, from prehistory into the 1800s.
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November 1, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"Between the end of Roman antiquity and the beginning of the Middle Ages, laws appeared in both the Codex Theosianus and the Visigothic Code referring to the prohibition of violating graves or tombs..."
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⚔️ Na Compostela medieval tamén había quen cortaba máis que carne de animal: Afonso da Cana, carniceiro e verdugo 🥩
💀 Un contrato único revela a súa vida como funcionario municipal.
Así nolo conta @abeldelorenzo.bsky.social 👇
💀 Un contrato único revela a súa vida como funcionario municipal.
Así nolo conta @abeldelorenzo.bsky.social 👇
Quen era o carniceiro de Santiago? Afonso da Cana, o verdugo medieval de Compostela
Abel de Lorenzo, historiador medieval da USC, analiza o primeiro contrato de verdugo que se coñece nos reinos medievais peninsulares
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September 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
⚔️ Na Compostela medieval tamén había quen cortaba máis que carne de animal: Afonso da Cana, carniceiro e verdugo 🥩
💀 Un contrato único revela a súa vida como funcionario municipal.
Así nolo conta @abeldelorenzo.bsky.social 👇
💀 Un contrato único revela a súa vida como funcionario municipal.
Así nolo conta @abeldelorenzo.bsky.social 👇
