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Department
of Geography, History and History of Art
VARELA RODRÍGUEZ, Mª Elisa
Lecturer in Palaeography and History of Women
Director of the Cultural Studies Research Group
(www.udg.edu/estudisculturals)
Research
lines: Written culture; History of the book; Female reading and writing
practices; History of women; Trade and literacy of merchants and
artisans in the Late Middle Ages in Catalonia (from 13th to 15th
century)
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As
an expert on cultural history, the history of the book and of the
reading and writing practices of various Late Mediaeval groups and
strata, she has mainly focused on the analysis of the history of the
reading and writing practices of Late Mediaeval urban groups,
especially women from various secular and religious strata and classes
in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. She has also studied various
aspects of Mediterranean trade (the use of writing in the organisation
of trading companies, the circulation of books and reading material,
the devotional practices of traders and sailors…). Director of the
Josepa Arnall Juan International Seminar on Written and Visual Culture
and Co-Director of the Colloquium Studium Medievale. Cultura Visual - Cultura Escrita held in Besalú. Head of the project entitled The
cathedral before the city. Written, visual and musical culture in
religious and civil institutions of Girona (from 13th to 17th
centuries).
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| Publications |
- Varela, M. E. (1997).
El control de los bienes: libros de cuentas de los mercaderes Tarascó
(1329-1348). Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona
- Varela, M. E. (2000). El Libro de
Horas 'de Carlos V'. Madrid: Biblioteca Nacional - Club
Bibliófilo Versol
- Varela, M. E. (2003). El oficio de la
Toma de Granada. Granada: Diputación de Granada
- Varela, M. E. (2004). "Aprender a escribir,
aprender a leer: Lectoescritura femenina (siglos
XIII-XV)", González, M. V. (coord.), Mujer
y cultura escrita. Del mito al siglo XXI
- Varela, M. E. (2007). "Oralidad, escritura y
aprendizaje", Las relaciones en la historia de la
Europa Medieval. Valencia: Tirant Lo Blanch
- Varela, M. E. (2007). "La experiencia y el
tiempo de la creación siendo fiel al origen", DUODA.
Estudis de la Diferència Sexual, nº 33
- Varela, M. E. (2008). "Entre madres e
hijas: Beatriu Ros y Àngela Benet Tolsà", Vidas
de mujeres del Renacimiento. Barcelona: Universitat de
Barcelona
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| Contact
details |
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| Courses
taught |
Palaeography and Diplomatics
History of Women
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