Isabel Moreira
Biographic Data
| ID | 5368033 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Isabel Moreira |
| GIVEN NAMES | Isabel |
| FAMILY NAME | Moreira |
| SIGNATURE | MOREIRA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Utah |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5041-9553 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bathild of Francia
Slave, Merovingian queen, regent, and banished widow, Queen Balthild (d. 680) was a Catholic saint to the French, and murderer and “Jezebel” to the English. She was an important figure in her time. Yet, because of the remote time period, and the specialized nature of the sources, she is little known outside the field of Merovingian studies. This book (Balthild of Francia) seeks to remedy that obscurity through a cultural biography that explores t…
Balthild of Francia
Mother, Mutilator—and Murderer?
This chapter delves into the medieval legends that surrounded Balthild. From her characterization as a Jezebel in the Life of Wilfrid, to the legend of the hamstrung princes, and the romances of the late medieval period, Balthild emerged in these stories variously as a saint, a mutilator, and a murderer of bishops. The chapter analyses Eligius of Noyon’s prophecy about the birth of her son and Balthild’s actions at Eligius’ funeral as described b…
Regent, Reformer, and Rescuer of Slaves
Widowed young, Balthild became regent for her son and heir, Chlothar, and ruled together with the mayor of the palace, first Erchinoald, and then Ebroin. The chapter examines the political, religious, and social projects that she was connected to by her hagiographer. It examines contemporary sources that provide context on her prohibition of the slave trade in her kingdom. It discusses key church councils. It discusses Balthild’s relationship wit…
Trafficked Slave
When Balthild arrived on the shores of northern France sometime in the 640s, her situation was dire. She was part of a regular traffic of slaves across the English Channel, arriving in a shipment destined for sale. Chapter 2 discusses the conditions of female slaves traded in the seventh century and the relationship of Balthild and her owner, Erchinoald, mayor of the Neustrian palace. The chapter considers the context in which marriage of a slave…
Trophic Chain Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination in a Highly Productive Upwelling Area in Southeastern Brazil
Organochlorine pesticides (OCP) are legacy anthropogenic compounds known to persist for several years in the environment. The continuous use of some OCP, such as DDT, after restrictions in developing countries are cause of concern, due to their deleterious effects to marine life and humans. Studies assessing OCP contamination in coastal environments are still scarce in South America and there is a need to understand the impacts from trophic chain…
Social inequalities in mental and physical health derived from the Covid-19 pandemic in Spain beyond Sars-CoV-2 infection
Prevalence of health problems increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in all education groups, but the increase was higher in women and men with a high level of education, suggesting that its impact appeared later in this group. Further analysis on the role of governmental economic aid given to vulnerable people might shed light on this evolution
The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World
The Merovingian era is one of the best studied yet least known periods of European history. From the fifth to the eighth centuries, the inhabitants of Gaul (what now comprises France, southern Belgium, Luxembourg, Rhineland Germany and part of modern Switzerland), a mix of Gallo-Romans and Germanic arrivals under the political control of the Merovingian dynasty, sought to preserve, use, and reimagine the political, cultural, and religious power o…
Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World
Merovingian Gaul and the Mediterranean
This chapter assesses what ceramics can tell us about the interaction of Gaul with Mediterranean trade in the Merovingian period. Broken into three main chronological periods, the analysis suggests some of the possible developments that affected trade in African Red Slipware, amphorae, and associated artifacts. With precipitous drops in population and the abandonment circa 455 of the annona grain shipments, which also provided transport for ceram…
Bead and Garnet Trade Between the Merovingian, Mediterranean, and Indian Worlds
Written sources document the pursuit of trade between India and the Mediterranean world during the early Middle Ages. These traded goods, notably spices, perfume, and luxury fabrics, rarely leave material remains as a result of their perishable nature. Two types of archaeological finds dated from the fifth and sixth centuries have helped fill some of the gaps in the documentary sources. The first includes small beads of green-colored glass found …
Ellen Muehlberger. Angels in Late Ancient Christianity
Journal Article Ellen Muehlberger. Angels in Late Ancient Christianity. Get access Ellen Muehlberger. Angels in Late Ancient Christianity. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. x, 279. $65.00. Isabel Moreira Isabel Moreira University of Utah [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 120, Issue 5, December 2015, Pages 1952–1953, https://doi.org/10.…
Social and health behavioural determinants of maternal child‐feeding patterns in preschool‐aged children
Parental child-feeding attitudes and practices may compromise the development of healthy eating habits and adequate weight status in children. This study aimed to identify maternal child-feeding patterns in preschool-aged children and to evaluate their association with maternal social and health behavioural characteristics. Trained interviewers evaluated 4724 dyads of mothers and their 4-5-year-old child from the Generation XXI cohort. Maternal c…
Heaven's Purge
This study explores the early history of purgatory as it developed from the first to the eighth centuries. Approaching the subject from a variety of angles, the book examines how ideas of post-mortem purgation as religious belief were forged from contested theology and eschatology, and how purgatory became the focus for such religious practices as prayer for the dead and the hope for intercession. Illuminating the various interests and influences…
Conversing with the Saints
The Bobbio Missal
Provisatrix optima
This paper examines the historical record of two relic petitions to the East initiated by Queen Radegund of Poitiers in the 560s, as portrayed in Gregory of Tours' contemporary account and in the early seventh-century Life of the queen composed by the nun Baudonivia. These two sources provide conflicting information. Baudonivia's description of the first expedition, to Jerusalem to acquire relics of St. Mamas of Caesarea, has traditionally posed …
Heaven's Purge
This study explores the early history of purgatory as it developed from the first to the eighth centuries. Approaching the subject from a variety of angles, the book examines how ideas of post-mortem purgation as religious belief were forged from contested theology and eschatology, and how purgatory became the focus for such religious practices as prayer for the dead and the hope for intercession. Illuminating the various interests and influences…
Bead and Garnet Trade Between the Merovingian, Mediterranean, and Indian Worlds
Written sources document the pursuit of trade between India and the Mediterranean world during the early Middle Ages. These traded goods, notably spices, perfume, and luxury fabrics, rarely leave material remains as a result of their perishable nature. Two types of archaeological finds dated from the fifth and sixth centuries have helped fill some of the gaps in the documentary sources. The first includes small beads of green-colored glass found …
Provisatrix optima
This paper examines the historical record of two relic petitions to the East initiated by Queen Radegund of Poitiers in the 560s, as portrayed in Gregory of Tours' contemporary account and in the early seventh-century Life of the queen composed by the nun Baudonivia. These two sources provide conflicting information. Baudonivia's description of the first expedition, to Jerusalem to acquire relics of St. Mamas of Caesarea, has traditionally posed …
The Bobbio Missal
Conversing with the Saints
Heaven's Purge
This study explores the early history of purgatory as it developed from the first to the eighth centuries. Approaching the subject from a variety of angles, the book examines how ideas of post-mortem purgation as religious belief were forged from contested theology and eschatology, and how purgatory became the focus for such religious practices as prayer for the dead and the hope for intercession. Illuminating the various interests and influences…
Social and health behavioural determinants of maternal child‐feeding patterns in preschool‐aged children
Parental child-feeding attitudes and practices may compromise the development of healthy eating habits and adequate weight status in children. This study aimed to identify maternal child-feeding patterns in preschool-aged children and to evaluate their association with maternal social and health behavioural characteristics. Trained interviewers evaluated 4724 dyads of mothers and their 4-5-year-old child from the Generation XXI cohort. Maternal c…
Ellen Muehlberger. Angels in Late Ancient Christianity
Journal Article Ellen Muehlberger. Angels in Late Ancient Christianity. Get access Ellen Muehlberger. Angels in Late Ancient Christianity. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Pp. x, 279. $65.00. Isabel Moreira Isabel Moreira University of Utah [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 120, Issue 5, December 2015, Pages 1952–1953, https://doi.org/10.…
The Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World
The Merovingian era is one of the best studied yet least known periods of European history. From the fifth to the eighth centuries, the inhabitants of Gaul (what now comprises France, southern Belgium, Luxembourg, Rhineland Germany and part of modern Switzerland), a mix of Gallo-Romans and Germanic arrivals under the political control of the Merovingian dynasty, sought to preserve, use, and reimagine the political, cultural, and religious power o…
Oxford Handbook of the Merovingian World
Merovingian Gaul and the Mediterranean
This chapter assesses what ceramics can tell us about the interaction of Gaul with Mediterranean trade in the Merovingian period. Broken into three main chronological periods, the analysis suggests some of the possible developments that affected trade in African Red Slipware, amphorae, and associated artifacts. With precipitous drops in population and the abandonment circa 455 of the annona grain shipments, which also provided transport for ceram…
Bead and Garnet Trade Between the Merovingian, Mediterranean, and Indian Worlds
Written sources document the pursuit of trade between India and the Mediterranean world during the early Middle Ages. These traded goods, notably spices, perfume, and luxury fabrics, rarely leave material remains as a result of their perishable nature. Two types of archaeological finds dated from the fifth and sixth centuries have helped fill some of the gaps in the documentary sources. The first includes small beads of green-colored glass found …
Trophic Chain Organochlorine Pesticide Contamination in a Highly Productive Upwelling Area in Southeastern Brazil
Organochlorine pesticides (OCP) are legacy anthropogenic compounds known to persist for several years in the environment. The continuous use of some OCP, such as DDT, after restrictions in developing countries are cause of concern, due to their deleterious effects to marine life and humans. Studies assessing OCP contamination in coastal environments are still scarce in South America and there is a need to understand the impacts from trophic chain…
Social inequalities in mental and physical health derived from the Covid-19 pandemic in Spain beyond Sars-CoV-2 infection
Prevalence of health problems increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in all education groups, but the increase was higher in women and men with a high level of education, suggesting that its impact appeared later in this group. Further analysis on the role of governmental economic aid given to vulnerable people might shed light on this evolution
Bathild of Francia
Slave, Merovingian queen, regent, and banished widow, Queen Balthild (d. 680) was a Catholic saint to the French, and murderer and “Jezebel” to the English. She was an important figure in her time. Yet, because of the remote time period, and the specialized nature of the sources, she is little known outside the field of Merovingian studies. This book (Balthild of Francia) seeks to remedy that obscurity through a cultural biography that explores t…
Balthild of Francia
Mother, Mutilator—and Murderer?
This chapter delves into the medieval legends that surrounded Balthild. From her characterization as a Jezebel in the Life of Wilfrid, to the legend of the hamstrung princes, and the romances of the late medieval period, Balthild emerged in these stories variously as a saint, a mutilator, and a murderer of bishops. The chapter analyses Eligius of Noyon’s prophecy about the birth of her son and Balthild’s actions at Eligius’ funeral as described b…
Regent, Reformer, and Rescuer of Slaves
Widowed young, Balthild became regent for her son and heir, Chlothar, and ruled together with the mayor of the palace, first Erchinoald, and then Ebroin. The chapter examines the political, religious, and social projects that she was connected to by her hagiographer. It examines contemporary sources that provide context on her prohibition of the slave trade in her kingdom. It discusses key church councils. It discusses Balthild’s relationship wit…
Trafficked Slave
When Balthild arrived on the shores of northern France sometime in the 640s, her situation was dire. She was part of a regular traffic of slaves across the English Channel, arriving in a shipment destined for sale. Chapter 2 discusses the conditions of female slaves traded in the seventh century and the relationship of Balthild and her owner, Erchinoald, mayor of the Neustrian palace. The chapter considers the context in which marriage of a slave…
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