Dedicated to the study of the phenomenon of entails, a fundamental legal framework in the organization of European elites, since the Middle Ages and until the 19th century.

This workshop aims to bring together a group of internationally renowned specialists to discuss this practice and their profound effects. These here felt for generations, has confirmed in archives of central entities, such as the State and Church, and in private archives.

The meeting aims to stimulate the problematization around this theme, promoting innovative and comprehensive reflections, based on a fundamental theoretical framework. The approach to case studies, in order to allow rethinking this practice, will benefit the work being developed in the VINCULUM project.

Organized by the ERC grantee Maria de Lurdes Rosa, Randolph C. Head and Vanessa Wilkie, this international meeting takes place in USA, at the state of California, on March 19 and 20.

In addition to the VINCULUM project, this workshop has the support of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Center for Ideas and Society, Departments of History, of Hispanic Studies, and of Political Science (UCR), as well of The Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Gardens, and the Early Modern Studies Institute, University of Southern California, also with the participation of other ERC project, PerformArt, based at the École Française in Rome and CNRS, in Paris.

This event, which was due to run during March 19-20, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) outbreak.

Venue:
University of California, Riverside, round room INTS 1111
900 University Ave
Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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