From the department of Historical Regimes of Normativity at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
Habitar el archivo. Entre la microfísica de lo cotidiano y la excentricidad de sus habitantes
Durante un tiempo pensé que hacer Historia del Derecho en el presente sería un escenario desolador. Recuerdo el amargo sabor que generó en mí el cambio del plan de estudios de la carrera de Derecho en la Universidad de Monterrey. Así, mientras la disciplina Historia del Derecho pasaba a ser parte de un pasado, en mi presente la soledad avanzaba a pasos agigantados.
A Letter to the Cook: Norms and Conversions in Early Modern Japan
Damião of Akitsuki, a Japanese brother of the Jesuit mission to Japan, was able to persuade merchants, warriors, and local lords to embrace Christianity, a faith brought from halfway across the globe. At a time when European missionaries could speak no more than a few phrases of Japanese, Damião allegedly would engage in complex debates with Buddhist monks and attest to the conversion of large groups of people.
Correcto in hoc iure communi. Motivación de las sentencias en la Cataluña altomoderna
En la presente entrada expongo el objeto de mi investigación doctoral – el estilo judicial relativo a la motivación de las sentencias civiles de la Real Audiencia de Cataluña (1493-1639) en el contexto de la cultura jurisdiccional hispánica altomoderna – a la luz de las categorías y herramientas historiográficas.
Knowledge of Normativity and Printing Technologies. Networks, Authenticity, Typographic Devices
The 2nd Meeting of the Max Planck Partner Group “The Production of Knowledge of Normativity and the Early Modern Book Trade” took place at the University of Barcelona from 19.-20.06.2025.
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