medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Just to follow up on Diana's comment: in medieval southern and central Italy from at least the eleventh century onward, 'castellum' usually signifies a fortified village or town, not a castle in the modern English sense.
Best,
John Dillon
On Wednesday, November 29, 2006, at 12:31 pm, Diana Wright wrote:
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> In 15th C Venetian documents, castellum/castello refers to a walled
> town
> which may have a tower, but it does not mean a castle, which V usually
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> calls castel. It is fairly common in 15thC paintings of the Baptism
> to
> have a walled town on a hill in the distance, very often the town in
> which the painting will hang.
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> DW
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> Matthew Gabriele wrote:
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> >
> >Gerard,
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> >Check out the vulgate (if you haven't already). The text often uses
> >"castellum," which is "corrected" to village or town in modern translations,
> >but of course had a very different medieval meaning. Hope that helps.
> >
> >Best,
> >Matt
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