René Hernández Vera

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My research draws on the interdisciplinary study of late medieval and early modern literacy, with emphasis on Latin and Romance manuscripts. Some of my main topics of interest are the manuscript miscellanies used and produced by late medieval religious, the authorial agency of textual compilers, the development of literary strategies within late medieval and early modern interpretive communities, and the impact of medieval women's readership and literacy. I am member of the Textual Scholarship Research Group  of the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics (NorS) of the University of Copenhagen.

Current research

After publishing my book Franciscan Books and their Readers: Friars and Manuscripts in Late Medieval Italy, I am exploring the practices of reading of the interpretive community that produced Copenhagen, Arnamagnæan Institute, MS AM 377 fol., the Libro de los Epítomes, as part of the project The Book of Books: Hernando Colón’s Libro de los Epítomes.

Selected publications

1. Franciscan Books and their Readers: Friars and Manuscripts in Late Medieval Italy

   Hernández Vera, René, 2022, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 240 p.

   Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review

2. Franciscan Observant Miscellanies and Ownership of Books: The Paduan Case

   Hernández Vera, René, 2020, In: Il Santo. Rivista francescana di storia dottrina arte. 60, 1-2, p. 177-193

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

3. Acercamiento a las prácticas lectoras y escritoras en la América Hispánica de los siglos XVI a XVIII

   Hernández Vera, René & Vásquez García, C. A., 2020, In: Kénosis. 8, 15, p. 20-31

   Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

4. From Chained Books to Portable Collections: Franciscan Libraries in Padua during the Fifteenth Century

   Hernández Vera, René, 2020, Monastic Libraries in East Central and Eastern Europe between the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment: Proceedings of the International Conference, 7-9 December 2020 at the University of Hradec Králové. Zouhar, J. (ed.). Brno: Moravská zemská knihovna – Diözesanarchiv St Pölten, p. 71-109 (Monastica Historica, Vol. 5).

   Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Article in proceedings › Research › peer-review