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nemus, nemoris (neut.) [/nɛˈmuːs/] — a glade, grove, wood, forest, tree, pasture

MHM II ties in with UNESCO heritage in Sintra

. The second edition of the Medieval Hunting Meeting (MHM) took place on 23 and 24 October. This edition was dedicated to the theme Setting up the Chase: Where and When? and hosted by the National Palace of Sintra, an icon of UNESCO’s listings in Portugal. Speakers and attendees were welcomed by the Chairman of […]

Art of Falconry in Central Portugal

Along with the Associação de Desenvolvimento do Carvalhal, a local organisation, FALCO team member Nunziatella Alessandrini coordinated The Art of Falconry, an event taking place on 18 October 2025 at the Quinta da Granja in Carvalhal do Bombarral, Central Portugal. The event included talks by Filipe Themudo Barata and falconer António Carapuço, who introduced the […]

II Medieval Hunting Meeting coming up this month

Preparations for the 2nd Medieval Hunting Meeting are well underway, the coming 23 and 24 October. Organised by NEMUS along with the Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM) at NOVA University Lisbon, this year the MHM enters into a partnership with Parques de Sintra, which has enabled the meeting to be held at the magnificent Sintra […]

NEMUS cavalcades to the Leeds IMC 2025

This July, NEMUS returned to Leeds for the International Medieval Congress 2025 (IMC 2025), to organise further interdisciplinary activities.This time, a series of three panels was held about the theme Warhorses, under the command of João Nisa and Afonso Soares de Sousa. The sessions were truly international, as they brought together nine speakers hailing from […]

Call for papers II Medieval Hunting Meeting

CALL FOR PAPERS II Medieval Hunting Meeting Setting up the Chase: Where and When? Palácio Nacional de Sintra, 23 and 24 October 2025 Following on the success of the first Medieval Hunting Meeting, organised by the Institute for Medieval Studies at NOVA University (IEM) and the Network for the Environment in Medieval Usages and Society […]

Medieval falconer records come to light

. FALCO researchers Diana Martins and Afonso Soares de Sousa have discovered no less than five documents, dating from the fourteenth and the early sixteenth centuries, relating to falconry. These help illuminate matters still relatively unknown, such as bird-catching, the social and economic standing of royal falconers, and their recompense by kings. All five documents […]

Synopsis: 1st Medieval Hunting Meeting

. The 1st Medieval Hunting Meeting, organised by NEMUS jointly with the Institute of Medieval Studies (IEM NOVA/FCSH), succeeded in fulfilling its primary purpose of promoting exchange and interdisciplinary debate around the history of the fascinating relationship between humans and canis. This journey through a shared past started with a journey some 8,000 years into […]

MHM on Human-Canis Relations

at NOVA University Lisbon, 18-19 July 2024 . … In the context of Medieval Europe, what we now classify as canis were divided into two broad groups: domestic and wild – in other words, dog and wolf. The dog (canis lupus familiaris) has almost always been man’s best friend, as a watchful guard, a faithful […]

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