SEMINAR
15-04-2026

Antichrists, Antipopes or Popes for all “uses”? Two reflections on the History and Sources of the Medieval Papacy
Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri (Università di Urbino, Italy)
Francesco Renzi (CITCEM-FLUP)

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Francesco Renzi (CITCEM-FLUP)

The aim of the initiative is to introduce students to the research being carried out within CITCEM and at international level on the subject of the antipopes, which has undergone great development in recent years in European terms, in order to renew studies on the history of ecclesiastical institutions and European politics in the 11th-15th centuries. This event aims to be aligned with CITCEM’s Strategic Plan 2025-2029 dedicated to community studies, which in this case translates into research on the progressive construction of political networks and contacts within an increasingly integrated European space since the Late Middle Ages. Furthermore, the initiative is compatible with points 1, 3 and 4 (Internationalization, Training and Dissemination of Science) and with objective number 1 (expansion and consolidation of research and cooperation networks) of the aforementioned Strategic Plan. Finally, this activity is part of the broader program of activities of the Sociabilities and Religious Practices Group, whose mission, among several objectives, is “to understand the impact of spiritual, religious and cultural frameworks on different types of communities, in a kaleidoscopic and polyphonic approach to their history and as parts of a global historical process”. In addition, this event is planned within the framework of the activities of the Sociabilities and Religious Practices Group, which, for example, through the Permanent Seminar, has always paid attention to the dissemination of historical research.

FLUP, Room 210 | 15H30-17H30

Organization: Sociabilities and Religious Practices (CITCEM Research Group)