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This volume offers the first comprehensive account of the monetary logic that guided the payment of wergild and blood money in early medieval conflict resolution. In the early middle ages, wergild played multiple roles: it was used to measure a … Lire la suite →

Around the middle of a career lasting over forty years, Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300–77) was afforded an outstanding opportunity to present his oeuvre in a book. The occasion arose in the late 1340s, when a special manuscript was commissioned, perhaps … Lire la suite →

Dans le processus d’émancipation de la langue vernaculaire face au latin, le XIVe siècle est généralement considéré comme le moment où le français achève d’imposer son statut de nouvel idiome de référence. Composés dans les années 1310, le Roman de … Lire la suite →

Bishops were powerful individuals who had considerable spiritual, economic, and political power. They were not just religious leaders; they were important men who served kings and lords as advisers and even diplomats. They also controlled large territories and had significant … Lire la suite →