Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo discutir aspectos da dinâmica política francesa no final do período medieval. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida através da análise de escritos produzidos durante a guerra civil entre armanhaques e borguinhões, na França, no começo do século XV. A partir da documentação, o Registro do Parlamento de Paris e o Journal d’un Bourgeois de Paris, foram identificados aspectos que caracterizam a dinâmica política do período: a utilização de propaganda, seus veículos de difusão e principais argumentos; a profunda instabilidade política e social e a importância da formação de alianças; e, que a relação de poder entre a nobreza e a população não estava baseada apenas na coerção, a legitimação era um elemento fundamental para a imposição do poder. / The objective of this study was to examine aspects of political dynamics in the late medieval period, such as use of the concept propaganda and its implications. The research was developed based on the analysis of writings produced during the civil war between Armagnacs and Burgundians in the early fifteenth century. From the documentation, the Paris Parliament Register and the Journal d'un Bourgeois de Paris, were identified aspects that characterize the dynamic period of the policy: the use of propaganda, dissemination vehicles and main arguments; the deep political and social instability and the importance of forming alliances; and that the power relationship between the nobility and the people was not based solely on coercion, legitimacy was a key element for the imposition of power.

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo discutir aspectos da dinâmica política francesa no final do período medieval. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida através da análise de escritos produzidos durante a guerra civil entre armanhaques e borguinhões, na França, no começo do século XV. A partir da documentação, o Registro do Parlamento de Paris e o Journal d’un Bourgeois de Paris, foram identificados aspectos que caracterizam a dinâmica política do período: a utilização de propaganda, seus veículos de difusão e principais argumentos; a profunda instabilidade política e social e a importância da formação de alianças; e, que a relação de poder entre a nobreza e a população não estava baseada apenas na coerção, a legitimação era um elemento fundamental para a imposição do poder. / The objective of this study was to examine aspects of political dynamics in the late medieval period, such as use of the concept propaganda and its implications. The research was developed based on the analysis of writings produced during the civil war between Armagnacs and Burgundians in the early fifteenth century. From the documentation, the Paris Parliament Register and the Journal d'un Bourgeois de Paris, were identified aspects that characterize the dynamic period of the policy: the use of propaganda, dissemination vehicles and main arguments; the deep political and social instability and the importance of forming alliances; and that the power relationship between the nobility and the people was not based solely on coercion, legitimacy was a key element for the imposition of power.

Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo discutir aspectos da dinâmica política francesa no final do período medieval. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida através da análise de escritos produzidos durante a guerra civil entre armanhaques e borguinhões, na França, no começo do século XV. A partir da documentação, o Registro do Parlamento de Paris e o Journal d’un Bourgeois de Paris, foram identificados aspectos que caracterizam a dinâmica política do período: a utilização de propaganda, seus veículos de difusão e principais argumentos; a profunda instabilidade política e social e a importância da formação de alianças; e, que a relação de poder entre a nobreza e a população não estava baseada apenas na coerção, a legitimação era um elemento fundamental para a imposição do poder. / The objective of this study was to examine aspects of political dynamics in the late medieval period, such as use of the concept propaganda and its implications. The research was developed based on the analysis of writings produced during the civil war between Armagnacs and Burgundians in the early fifteenth century. From the documentation, the Paris Parliament Register and the Journal d'un Bourgeois de Paris, were identified aspects that characterize the dynamic period of the policy: the use of propaganda, dissemination vehicles and main arguments; the deep political and social instability and the importance of forming alliances; and that the power relationship between the nobility and the people was not based solely on coercion, legitimacy was a key element for the imposition of power.

The thesis titled "Society and Church within the Territory of the Former Western Roman Empire in the 5th to 7th century AD" focuses on relations between the society and the church, specifically within territories which, at the given period, formed the Western Roman Empire (5th century AD) and its successor states (6th to 7th century AD). The given period was chosen as it marked a turning point in the relations between the state, or the society, and the church; the further development in Europe, not limited to religion, stems from this period. The 5th century represents a sort of a prologue to the dramatic and turbulent 6th century, while the 7th century is an afterpiece during which the details of the further direction and development of the Catholic Church were refined. The aim of my thesis was to confirm or disconfirm the hypotheses that Christianity (the church) did not accelerate the fall of the Western Roman Empire or that it did not significantly contribute to it, that it was not a bearer of progress as it did not improve the general conditions, and that the church had the character of any religion serving power and was not unique in any way at the time. Attention is paid initially to political and economic situation, which is followed by the study of the relationships between the church and the...