Author Archives: RMBLF

The focus of this volume is on ministry to the sick and dying in the later Middle Ages, especially providing them with the sacraments. Medieval writers linked illness to sin and its forgiveness. The priest, as physician of souls, was … Lire la suite →

Where are the limits of medieval art as a field of study? What happens when conventionally trained art historians disregard the chronological, geographical, or cultural parameters that both direct and protect their scholarship? Beginning with Thelma K. Thomas and Alicia … Lire la suite →

À l’origine de ce livre, l’ambition d’écrire la biographie de Bertrand Rocafort, marchand provençal au tournant des XIVe et XVe siècles, la volonté de retracer une vie ordinaire éclairée par un corpus documentaire extraordinaire. Alors que l’enquête commence, les interrogations se multiplient. Le … Lire la suite →

Utilizing a “crusading ethos,” from 772 to 804 AD, Charlemagne, King of the Franks, waged war against the continental Saxons to integrate them within the growing Frankish Empire and facilitate their conversion to Christianity. While substantial research has been produced … Lire la suite →

The High Middle Ages have been seen as an important point within the development of governmental and administrative bureaucracy, as well as a time in which there was frequent conflict. This volume addresses the methods by which violence was regulated … Lire la suite →

Het gebrek aan belangstelling voor de Middeleeuwen is zeker niet te wijten aan het intussen relatief bescheiden aantal vakspecialisten. Regelmatig worden congressen georganiseerd, waarvan de resultaten in omvangrijke boeken worden gepubliceerd. Ook aan publicaties in vaktijdschriften is geen gebrek. Meestal … Lire la suite →