A dissertação traz uma aproximação entre os poetas simbolistas Alphonsus de Guimaraens e Georges Rodenbach por meio da análise dos temas da cidade morta e da noiva morta. Inicialmente, é feita uma leitura panorâmica da obra em verso e prosa do poeta mineiro, em que se pontua a discussão acerca da religiosidade em sua produção, a fim de mostrar que a presença desse tema está a serviço de um projeto estético consciente e contribui com a criação de uma atmosfera de mistério comum às cidades mortas e de devoção à amada morta, da mesma forma como ocorre no romance Bruges-la-morte. Nesse romance de Georges Rodenbach, a cidade morta aparece como uma espécie de entidade mística, e sua imagem confunde-se com a imagem da mulher morta, num jogo de espelhamentos. Baseado, em especial, no conceito de espelhamento de Starobinski, este estudo pôde evidenciar nas obras de Alphonsus e Rodenbach a percepção das cidades como estados de alma e a imagem da noiva morta como consequência dessa condição anímica. Essa proximidade entre as obras dos dois autores é evidência de como Alphonsus poderia ter se apropriado de temas advindos da obra de Rodenbach, da qual ele era leitor. Isso deixa em aberto a possibilidade de certos temas conhecidos da obra de Alphonsus, normalmente associados à sua vida pessoal, advirem da influência que sofreu das tendências a ele contemporâneas da poesia e prosa europeia. / The dissertation brings an approximation between the Symbolist poets Alphonsus de Guimaraens and Georges Rodenbach through the analysis of the themes of the dead city and the dead bride. Initially, a panoramic reading of the works in verse and prose of the Brazilian poet is done, in which a discussion concerning religiousness in his work is pointed out with the intention of showing that the presence of such theme serves a conscious aesthetic project and contributes with the creation of a mysterious atmosphere, which appears both in the dead cities and in the devotion to the dead loved one, just like it happens in the novel Bruges-la-morte. In this novel by Georges Rodenbach, the dead city appears as a kind of mystical entity and its image mixes with that of the dead bride, in a mirroring game. Based mainly on Starobinskis concept of mirroring, this study was able to evidence the perception of the cities as states of mind and the image of the dead bride as a consequence of such psychic condition in the works of Guimaraens and Rodenbach. These proximities between the works of both authors is evidence of how Guimaraens could have appropriated themes from the works of Rodenbach, of whom he was a reader. That leaves open the possibility that certain themes known in the works of Guimaraens, which are usually associated with his personal life, may have come from the influence he suffered from the European poetry of his time.

A dissertação traz uma aproximação entre os poetas simbolistas Alphonsus de Guimaraens e Georges Rodenbach por meio da análise dos temas da cidade morta e da noiva morta. Inicialmente, é feita uma leitura panorâmica da obra em verso e prosa do poeta mineiro, em que se pontua a discussão acerca da religiosidade em sua produção, a fim de mostrar que a presença desse tema está a serviço de um projeto estético consciente e contribui com a criação de uma atmosfera de mistério comum às cidades mortas e de devoção à amada morta, da mesma forma como ocorre no romance Bruges-la-morte. Nesse romance de Georges Rodenbach, a cidade morta aparece como uma espécie de entidade mística, e sua imagem confunde-se com a imagem da mulher morta, num jogo de espelhamentos. Baseado, em especial, no conceito de espelhamento de Starobinski, este estudo pôde evidenciar nas obras de Alphonsus e Rodenbach a percepção das cidades como estados de alma e a imagem da noiva morta como consequência dessa condição anímica. Essa proximidade entre as obras dos dois autores é evidência de como Alphonsus poderia ter se apropriado de temas advindos da obra de Rodenbach, da qual ele era leitor. Isso deixa em aberto a possibilidade de certos temas conhecidos da obra de Alphonsus, normalmente associados à sua vida pessoal, advirem da influência que sofreu das tendências a ele contemporâneas da poesia e prosa europeia. / The dissertation brings an approximation between the Symbolist poets Alphonsus de Guimaraens and Georges Rodenbach through the analysis of the themes of the dead city and the dead bride. Initially, a panoramic reading of the works in verse and prose of the Brazilian poet is done, in which a discussion concerning religiousness in his work is pointed out with the intention of showing that the presence of such theme serves a conscious aesthetic project and contributes with the creation of a mysterious atmosphere, which appears both in the dead cities and in the devotion to the dead loved one, just like it happens in the novel Bruges-la-morte. In this novel by Georges Rodenbach, the dead city appears as a kind of mystical entity and its image mixes with that of the dead bride, in a mirroring game. Based mainly on Starobinskis concept of mirroring, this study was able to evidence the perception of the cities as states of mind and the image of the dead bride as a consequence of such psychic condition in the works of Guimaraens and Rodenbach. These proximities between the works of both authors is evidence of how Guimaraens could have appropriated themes from the works of Rodenbach, of whom he was a reader. That leaves open the possibility that certain themes known in the works of Guimaraens, which are usually associated with his personal life, may have come from the influence he suffered from the European poetry of his time.

This thesis analyses the commercial relations between Scotland and the geo-political area known as the Iberian world in the early modern period. Despite being geographically one of the largest areas of Europe, as well as arguably the politically most weighty, there has, until this thesis, been no scholarly research on Scottish trade relations with this area. Though the archives suggest regular and sustained contact, very little is known about Scottish-Iberian connections beyond the overtly political. When compared to northern Europe the region of Iberia and its dominions differed significantly, not only due to a different branch of Christianity being practised there but also due to the influence of the Habsburg empire and the power it was perceived to give the Spanish Habsburgs. Looking predominantly at Scottish commercial contacts with Spain, the Spanish Netherlands and Portugal, this project considers a number of angles such as England's impact on Scottish commercial relations with Iberia. For example, very little would be known about Scottish commercial relations with Iberia in the late-sixteenth century if it were not for the Anglo-Spanish war of that period. The central role of conflict in Scottish-Iberian relations continues into the seventeenth century, with the Cromwellian/Stuart struggles with the Dutch Republic and later disputes between the new state of Great Britain and Habsburg Spain all affecting trade. This thesis demonstrates the important role of triangular and entrepôt trade, which was popular with Scottish merchants who wished to obtain Iberian goods without the risks of sailing into North African corsair territory. Scots did not merely pick up Iberian goods from the entrepôt markets of London and the Dutch Republic they also organised trade to Iberia and its dominions via other Scots, providing evidence of a complex trade network. Further, this thesis has sought to ascertain that, despite the lack of a large Scottish community such as those seen in Poland-Lithuania and Scandinavia, Scottish commercial relations with Iberia were valuable both to the Scottish economy and its merchants. This thesis which continues the work of the Scotland and the Wider World Project, addresses a lack of scholarly work regarding Scottish commercial connections with this key geo-political area.

La vie des communautés de moniales repose sur une double réalité. Tout d’abord, une considération matérielle. Derrière les évidentes questions économiques, se dissimule la vie quotidienne des moniales : vêtements, nourriture, hiérarchie, ou encore la question essentielle des rapports avec le dehors. Ensuite, une réalité spirituelle. À la fin du XVIe siècle, l’issue du concile de Trente ouvre une période de renouveau pour le clergé catholique. L’accueil des réformes tridentines, en particulier celle de la clôture, est un point fondamental pour les communautés régulières féminines. À cette question primordiale s’ajoute celle de la pratique de la foi, d’une manière individuelle ou collective. Bien entendu, l’approche de ces deux aspects ne peut se faire sans évoquer le passé médiéval des chartreuses féminines. Elle soulève à elle seule la problématique de l’acceptation d’une curare monialium au sein de l’ordre cartusien, ou encore celle du passé diaconal des premières moniales. Depuis leur naissance nébuleuse au XIIe siècle jusqu’au Grand Siècle, le parcours des filles de saint Bruno révèle une forte identité monastique, à la fois conformiste et marginale / Life in communities of nuns relies on a double reality. First, a concrete one. Indeed, behind the obvious economic issues, there is the nuns' everyday life, about clothes,food, hierarchy or the essential issue of the links with the outside. Then , a spiritual reality. At the end of the XVI th century, the end of the Council of Trent is at the same time the beginning of a period of revival for the Catholic clergy. Indeed, the acceptance of the reforms resulting from the Council – particularly the enclosure – is an essential aspect for the feminine communities. Moreover, there is also the problem of faith practice , both on individual and collective levels. Of course, debating about these two aspects cannot be made possible without taking into account the medieval background of the feminine charterhouses. What is at stake is the acceptance of a curare monalium within the Carthusian order itself, or the issue of the origin of nuns as deaconesses. From their nebulous origin in the XII th century to the Grand Siècle, Saint Bruno Order's nuns have shown a very strong cloistered identity, both conformist and non-conformist.

Le portrait individuel, qui est toujours marqué par l’autorité et l’identité du modèle, devient un genre accessible pour les riches bourgeois et occupe une place culturelle importante au XVe siècle. Les grands portraitistes, particulièrement dans le nord de l'Europe, maîtrisent ce genre de peinture. Alors que les peintres flamands et les artistes italiens utilisent principalement une échelle similaire pour le portrait, Hans Memling (1433-1494) développe un vocabulaire visuel distinct pour ce genre. Par l’utilisation de paysages verdoyants à l’arrière-plan de ses portraits individuels, peints majoritairement à partir de 1470, Memling déborde des cadres picturaux européens traditionnels plus anciens, enracinés au Moyen Âge. Ce mémoire représente une analyse minutieuse de l’imagerie du paysage et de son rapport avec les contextes social, culturel et artistique dans les portraits de Memling; et il tente d’éclairer les conceptions de l’identité au XVe siècle. En considérant la structure de la production artistique à Bruges, cette étude examine le rôle de l'identité artistique ainsi que celle du modèle représenté, et la réciprocité de leurs caractéristiques avec la valeur conceptuelle du paysage. L’emploi de vastes paysages par Memling, à l'arrière-plan de ses portraits individuels, révèle une dualité de sens qui a contribué à la valeur unique et extraordinaire de ses œuvres. Cette représentation pourrait être signifiée non seulement par la pensée spirituelle de l’homme de la Renaissance, mais aussi par la définition sociale de la noblesse. En outre, elle pourrait faire référence à l’aspect expérimental et empirique de l’art de Memling. / The individual portrait, which is always marked by the authority and identity of the model, became an accessible genre for the rich bourgeoisie and occupied an important cultural place in the fifteenth century. The great portrait painters, especially in northern Europe, excelled at this kind of painting. While Flemish painters and Italian artists mainly used a similar scale for portraiture, Hans Memling (1433 – 1494) developed a distinct visual vocabulary for this genre. By using rich, green landscapes in the background of his individual portraits, painted mostly after 1470, Memling expanded the boundaries of an older European pictorial tradition, which was rooted in the Middle Ages. This thesis presents a careful analysis of landscape imagery and its relation to social, cultural and artistic contexts in Memling's portraits, and attempts to shed light on conceptions of identity in the fifteenth century. Considering the structure of artistic production in Bruges, this study examines the role of artistic identity as well as that of the model represented, and how this reciprocal relationship was represented within the conceptual value of the landscape. Memling’s use of vast landscapes in the background of his individual portraits reveals a duality of meaning that contributed to the unique and extraordinary value of his work. The inclusion of landscapes in a portrait may not only signify the spiritual philosophy of Renaissance man, but may also enhance the social definition of nobility. Moreover, the use of landscape in the portraits refers to the experimental and empirical aspect of Memling's art.

Cette thèse porte sur l’Institution harmonique, un traité manuscrit composé par Charles Guillet entre 1640 et 1647, dédié à l’archiduc Léopold-Guillaume. Une étude introductoire précède la transcription de la dédicace, de la préface et du premier livre (le seul qui subsiste). Elle met en lumière l’auteur Charles Guillet (ca. 1575-1654), une figure originale mais peu connue dans le paysage musical et apporte des éclairages sur la source manuscrite (notamment organisation, contenu et dessein théorique). La construction de son discours est enfin analysée à travers l’usage des sources (choix des autorités et compilation de deux « phares harmoniques » qu’étaient Zarlino et Salinas). Par la mise en scène de controverses, Guillet démontre la supériorité de la division syntone sur la diatone et justifie la théorie modale de Zarlino. Dans le premier livre sur « la Theorie, ou Speculative Musicale », la théorie arithmétique des rapports et des proportions est appliquée aux intervalles puis aux questions pratiques du tempérament / This dissertation deals with the Institution Harmonique, a hand written treatise, composed by Charles Guillet between 1640 and 1647, dedicated to Archduke Leopold Wilhelm. An introductory study precedes the transcription of the dedication, preface and Part 1 (the only one remaining to this day). It introduces author Charles Guillet (ca. 1575-1654), an original yet poorly known figure of the musical scene. You will find some specifications regarding the hand-written source (organisation, content and theoretic purpose). I will analyse the construction of discourse through the use of the various sources (choice of authorities and compilation of Zarlino and Salinas, two « harmonic lighthouses ». By staging of controversies, Guillet demonstrates the superiority of syntonic tuning on Pythagorean tuning and justifies the zarlinian modal theory. In the Part 1 on « The Theory, or musical speculative », the arithmetic theory of ratios and proportions is applied to the intervals then to the practical questions regarding temperament

Discovering the city of Bruges through the lens of its Triennial is the starting point to research the potential for contemporary art to influence one’s way of experiencing the city. Taking the case study of a still not so renowned large-scale event like the Bruges Triennial, this thesis investigates the background of this recurring event, how it started, the evolution of its curatorial process and its socio-political challenges being set, every three years, in the context of a Unesco-protected site. After providing the historical background of the city of Bruges, it evidences the ways in which the Bruges Triennial gradually adopted a flâneuristic approach to curating art and in turn encourages flânerie. This sensible way of progressing in the city, mostly via walking and based on the bodily experience, is allowing the refining of a curatorial practice concerned with generating a sensorial reading of the city and results in a curatorial experiment entitled La Dérive.