Author Archives: RMBLF

In premodernity, genealogy was of high societal importance, which is why genealogical knowledge was a central resource in struggles for rank and office. Numerous actors thus attempted to gain this knowledge and to present or reject it. This volume examines … Lire la suite →

The postal system of the Byzantine Empire, the cursus publicus or dromos, was a pony express-style system of routes and relays, capable of moving messages at up to 100 miles (160 km) per day. In this fascinating book, Jason Fossella … Lire la suite →

Par une analyse croisée des sources archéologiques, iconographiques et textuelles, il s’agit ici de comprendre les aspects techniques de fabrication des meubles ainsi que les spécificités de leur emploi et leur place dans les sociétés médiévales, à travers l’Europe occidentale … Lire la suite →

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 →