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b has been agreed as follows:
Article I - Purpose
The purpose of this Memorandum is the establishment of an European Scientific Coordinatioll Network, (hereinafte r re ferred to as the "Network'"), a non-i ncorporated means of cooperation, named "At the _Foundatious of the Modern European Slate: The Legacy of the Medieval Clergy" the purpose of w'hich is to provide support fo r the coord inat ion o f the sc ientific activit ies described In
Annex I hereto, incorporated by reference herein.
Article 2 - Com position
The Network is composed of lhe laboratories, institutes or teams listed above.
The activ ities to be coord inated by the Network shalt extend on ly to the scientific work in herent to the Network Theme orlhe laboratories, institutes or learnS.
All person ne l o f the said laboratories or institutes contributing to the Network activi ties shall remain assigned to the ir borne labomtory/institute and institution .
For in fonnalion purposes only, the lisl o f the staff of tbe signatory parti es to the Memorandum and of external interested partic ipants is attached to the present Memorandum.
The Parties sha ll not be entitl ed to act or Lo make lega lly binding declarations on behalf of any other Party. Nothing in this Memorandum shall be deemed to constitute ajo iJlt venture, agency, partnership, interest grouping or any other kind of forma l busi ness grouping or entity bel"\Yeen the Parties.
Article 3 - Resources
Each Party shall undertake to make available to the members of the Network affiliated to said Party the means it deems necessary to promote their activ ities within the framework or lhe regulations of the individual Parties and in particula r:
aJ The exchange o f information between Network members through the organization of conferences. seminars, colloquia, workshops, themat ic schools or work meetings on said Theme.
b/ Discussion o f the selling up and running, if necessary, of joint research projects on said Theme at a later stage,
cl Cooperation in terms of information and scienti fic documentation in particular through the exchange of publications and sc ientific reviews on th e Network Theme.
d/ Facil itate contacts and exchanges of researchers participati ng in the Nel"\,.,ork on sa id Theme.
Article 4 - Organization
The Coordinator and the Co-Coordinator of the Network who are idcmified in Annex 2 hereto are joint ly appointed by the Parties fo r a term of four (4) years.
The role of the Coordinator is to steer the Network activities and the Theme by apply ing tbe decisionoS of the Scientific Com mittee, and 10 transmit the infonnation submitted by the Parties to the Scientific Committee and Network members.
The Coordinator shall be ass isted by a Scientific Committee. The Scientific Comm ittee is composed of sitting representatives from member laboratories/insti tutes, appointed by the Party (or Part ies) to which the laboratory/insljtute is affi liated. The Scienri tic Committee selected is set forth in Annex 3.
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Scientific Commi ttee dec isions require the majori ty of the vOtes and need that at least three quarters (314) of its voting members are either present or represented.
The Scientific Committee sha ll meet at least once fl year and as often as needed at the initi ati ve of the Coordinator or of one third ( 1/3 ) of it's members. As necessary and with Ihe unani mous consent of ihe Sc ientific Comm ittee members, these meet ings may be held by videoconferencing. A][ minutes sba ll be distributed to the Parties.
Each Party sha ll transmit to the Coordi nator the names of the sc ientists partic ipat ing in the activit ies of the Network, for each member laboratory/i nstil1Jleltcam affi liated to said Party. The Coordinator shal l compile the list and transmit it to al l the members of the Network. T he Coordinator shall update the list whenever necessary.
T he Coordinator shall draw up an ann ual scientific and financi<J.1 report of the Network's activities which shaH be submitted to the Part ies.
Article 5 - Implementation of Network activities
The confe rences (aftcr consu ltation wit h the Network laboratories and insti tutes), seminars, col loqu ia, workshops, thematic schools or work meet ings on the Network Theme are organized under the sole respons ibility of the Party that takes the initiative 10 do so. Each Party shall fund the participation of each of its members in Network activities.
Within the framework of the exchanges referred to in Sect ion d of Artic le J above, the relationship between the insti tution to which the researcher belongs and the host instilUtion sha ll be strictly bilatera l and their tenns and condi tions are not govemed by this Memorandum.
The Parties shall make mention of the financia l resources lhat they intend to allocate to thei r participation in Network act ivities for infonnation purposes in Annex 4.
If two or more Parties intend to carlY out research work jointly within the framework of the Network Theme, they shal.1 establish the tenns and condi tions of sa id (;ooperatioo in a separate agreement binding on the signatory Parties, particularly wi th regard to Intell ectual Propeny and the ownership of resu lts.
Article 6 - Duration
This Memorandum is entered into for a period of fou r (4) years as of I January 20 I O.
Any Party may withdraw from th is Memorandum by giving six (6) months advance not ice by registered letter with acknowledgment of rece ipt addressed to the other Parties.
Article 7 - Confidentiali ty
Each Pa.rty sha ll undertake to treat con fidentia lly and not to reveal to third parties any infonnation that has been previously designated as confidentia l by the originating Party withi n the framework of the coordination.
Article 8 - Software ami data bases
The Parties shaJl retain exclusive title to the software or databases that they developed prior to this Memorandum and/or fa lling outside its scope .
The Parties having jo intly contributed to software development shal l jo intly hold righ ts therein, as weU as in the extensions jointly obtained by the Parties, no maller whid1 Party was the initia l holder of the rights in the base software from wh ich such later extens ions were deri ved. "Extens ion" is intended to
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mean a piece of software allowing access to new func tions or perfonnances compared to the base software from which it is derived.
The Parties having contributed to their development are co-owners of the rights III databases deveJopedjointly, including both their structure and content.
The Parties shall enjoy the non-transferable right to use the joint software and data bases free of charge for purposes of meeting the Network needs. For the joint databases~ this usage ri ght applies to both the structure and content, and includes the right of extraction.
The aulhors' names of the joint software should be mentioned anytime they are communicated or distributed.
Af'"(icle 9 - Disputes
It is agreed that, in the event a problem arises from the interpretation or perfonnance of this Memorandum, or if the Parties identity new problems not covered by this Memorandum, tbe Parties sball enter into amicable negotiations to resolve the problems. [f it is necessary. the results of these negotiations could be the subject of amendments to this Memorandum.
If no amicable settlement is reached, the appellant shall request a settlement of the dispute before an arb itrary court, which shall rule in accordance with the rules of international law.
Article 10 - 'Copies
Draft in ten (10) copies. Each Party sigos one copy and returns it to eNRS. ems collates and archives these copies, and sends a certified copy of lhe signed Memorandum to each oC the Parties.
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ANNEX I I'RO.mCT DESClUI'T10N
Eac h laboratory/ institute participaTing in the Network is involved, at a national leve l (ill France, Portuga l. Ita ly. Hungary), in historical studies dealing with med ieval clerics studied intensively thanks to prosopographicaJ lools. for years l each member of the Network has tried, with other european teams, to reach a broaden historical landscapes in order to investigate the mobility of clerical el itcs in the Middle Ages.
I. Project Prosopography- in classical rhetoric, a fann meant to "ligure fonh" the exterior characteristics, the shape, and the deportment of a mlln or an ani ma l-has now become, in th e course of the twentieth century, a science devoted to the study of mass biographies. Whence the revo lution brought about, since the 1960s, by computeri zed databases. In this fie ld, the contribut ion of historians of the Middle Ages has been decisive, as is proven by the fi rst colloquium organized by the CNRS in the midd le of the 19805 at the in itiative of H61ene Millet (CNRS, LAMOP), which was entitled 'The In format ion Sc iences and Prosopography". Since then, prosopographical studies of notable members of the Church have been carried out in France and many other European countries, under the general ti tle of Fasri Ecclesiae. This research has demonstrated the important role that notable ecclesiastics played in the formation of national identities at the moment of the birth of the modem state-the 13 th· IS1h
centuries-and especially the ir role in the first administrative apparatuses of the various kingdoms. Yet at the same time, the fact that these mell belonged to the Church-a supranational organizatjon that gave birth to many different socio·political bodies- means that their legacy (wbether material or immaterial) implicated a common culture embracing a ll of Europe. This is true even though, starting at the end of the first miJIeonium, the Greek and Latin worlds evolved in rather different ways. It remains for medieval historians to profit from these prosopographical studies on a European-wide scale, in a framework of exchanges and conferences that will allow them better to appreciate and understand this cultural heritage with a view to discovering both its particular characteristics and its common problems. To best exploit thi s "scientific capital", they need. in particular, to do the fo llowing:
I) work in partnership with their colleagues in the vast fielrl of the soc ial scicnces-especia lly anthropology, sociology, and political science---to evaluate tJle prec ise nature of the legacy referred to above, and in particular to appreciate more fully and precisely the role of the c lergy and of the ecclesial institution as a whole in creating the framework for the various fomls of government of the European Middle Ages. rn what ways did hierarchy-the typica l organizat ional fonn of the Chu rch--come to serve as a model of secular social stratification? To what degree did the clerics of the Middle Ages invent the territorial categories (parishes, dioceses) that remain the foundations of contemporary terr jtorial frameworks. such as, for exanlple, the communes of France.
2) work wi th specialists in the arts and culture in order to make a "census" of the artifacts bequeathed by the med ieval clergy and which are now part of the national patrimony. These artifacts are not only architectural monuments (buildings and thei r contents, scu lptures, paintings, art works) but also manuscripts (whether illuminated or not) through which the major works of the mind (treatises in all the discip lines. literary and musical achievements, and so forth) have been left to Us. From this perspective, it is clear that the figure of the cleric·collector, with hi s libraries and curios ity cabinets, played a major role in creating the places that house the modem memory: museums.
3) join with infolmation scientists to throw open to the general public the historical databases that concern this heritage. It wi ll be necessary to be tech nica lly inventive, so that historica l knowledge may stimulate the management of the patrimony and produce fert ile soi l for critical reflection by contemporary thinkers.
'The programs and other systems produced independemly in all of th ese areas must be coord inated. The persons registered in the computerized data bases (some well known; the large majority re legated to the shadows) will allow us to understaJld key groups and to reconstitute their networks. These wi ll
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in tum give us a way 10 apprehend forms of soc iability, the key building blocks tor European historians of the latc-medieva l and pre-Illot.!em pcriod.
Given th is, the Eu ropean sc ientific coordination network will give its members the means to meelone another with the following goa ls: - to build bridges among the many large national prosopographies and, thereby, to escape the difficulties and limitations ofstrict!y national inquiries; - 10 discover the dimensions and contours of the medieval clerical legacy as it really was in their day: Christendom, i.e. the Christian community as a geographical entity, a supranationa l European structure; - to reflect on quest ions of method that network s of men of religion (whether O[ not stratified) pose to hi storians, sociologists and anthropologists and, on a macroscopic level, to reflect on what it mea nt for a soc iety of the Ancien Regi r(le to be structured on the "hierarchical " mode l that was origina lly the preserve of the clerie-s; - to prepare orher European-wide projects in common. An enterprise ulldertakcn within the framework of the Network is. of course, meant to be both a middle- and long-term process, fo r the documentation is abundant and the methodological prob lems thorny, This accords with the framework of the European call for proposals. Joint work for four years is needed before we can expect to have built a solid foundation for a future European-wide network. The present partners fonn only the prelude; we expecI that evennlal ly some teams from the UK and from Gennany will join the project.
o. Work plan Princip les: the prosopographical work on the clerics (Fasfi) will be done separately in each laboratorylinsti tule participating in the Network. The Network ·'At thc Foundations of the Modem European State: the Legacy of the Medieval Clergy" composed of specialists from Hungary, Portugal and France is established in order 10:
• learn about the cu ltural heritage of the medieval clergy • understand by whom and how it was created • eva luate its modem legacy • set up a system of historica l infonnation abou t it
Th us, the work to be done will pair quantitat ive materials (the prosopographics l studies) with a series of qual itat ive hi storical explorations. Part of th is enterprise is to .r,;hare all the methodological problems encountered in the course oftbe different national inqUiries.
Program: • In 2010 there wi ll be a plenary meeting launching the Network. Its main objectives will be:
- to estab lish contacts wit h fellow researchers in anthropology, sociology, political soience, archeology, art and cultura l history, with a view to creating an '· infonnation hu b" to coordinate the resources on the Internet;
- to establ ish re lations with other European organizations in the UK, Gennany, and Croat ia;
- to define the d irections of research of the prosopographers, whose goals will be (I ) to bring to light the great figures (legates, cardinals, saints, humanists, and so on); (2) to thereby identify the makers of a doub le-sided culture, one both national and un iversal;
• [n 20 11 , and 2012: there will be a series of thematic meetings (the details of which will be determined during the plenary meeting of 20 I 0);
• In 2013 there wil l be a plenary meeting to propose conclusions and syntheses.
ill. Significance The establishment of a multidisciplinary structure promises to respond in the vel)' best way to the call for projects from the European Commission. especia lly those that ask historians to offer explanations for the phenomena of present-day soc iery or to estab li sh programs for national patrimon ies. The theme at the hean of this inquiry outli ned above - the network of ecclesiastical groups in the genes is of European modemity - is an important way 10 get at some o f what is at stake tor a Europe in search of its historica l roots.
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ANNEX 3 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE OF THE NETWORK AS OF JANUARY 1,2010
- Dominique logna-Prat, Labo ratoire de mCd icvistique occidentale de Paris (LAMOP) - UMR 8589 (CNRS and Un iversite Paris I), d .iogna-pml@ wflnauoo, fr
- Fabrice Del ivre, Labomto ire de med iev istique occ identa le de Paris (LAMOP) - UMR8589 (CN RS and Universi te Paris I), fabri c!: [email protected]
- Sylvie Calabrerto. Laboratoirc d ' inlo rmatiquc en images e t systcmes UMR5205 (CNRS, INSA Lyon, CentTa l. Lyon, UCBL and sy J v it: .ca In [email protected]. fr
d' infonnation (URJS) -Uni vers ite Lyon 2),
- Hennin ia Vi tar, Uni versidade de EvoralC LDEHUS and Universidade Cal6 lica/CEHR ( Lisbon), hvv; lartq)hotma it.com
- Giorgio Chitollini, Universita di Milano, Faco lta' d i Lencre e Filosofia, Dipanimento di Scicnze dc lla Sto ria e della Documen tazionc Storica, iOI'!!io.chiltolin i a unimi .it
- OergeJy Kiss, Univers ity of Pecs, Institut of History, [email protected]
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Mcmbcrs of Ce ntro intc nlicip lin :lr lie his to ria, cultu .. as c sodedlldcs (C l 0 EH US), UE, I)o rlu ga l
Name: l-Icrmi nia Vilul' Tit le: Professor
MC llIb(' rs of Oiparlimclllo di Scicllze d ella Stnr ia e dc ll3 DoculI1entaziolle Sto r ic:1 , UN IMI , It aly
Name: Giorgio Chinolini Title: Professor
Name: I: lisabetta Canobbio T it le: Research Engineer
Name; C hristina Belloni Title: Research Engi neer
Me mbers of J) cp<lrITllCnl o f Medieval and Ea rl y Modern Hi story, UP, Hung:lrY
Name: Gergely Kiss Title: Professor
Name: Tam3!> Fedcles Title: Lecturer
Name: Litszl6 Koszta Title: Lecturer
Name: KristM Ilona T it le: Associate Professor
Name: 1'61 Peler Title: PhD Sludent
