Author Archives: RMBLF

For centuries, premodern societies recorded and preserved much of their written cultures on parchment: the rendered skins of sheep, cows, goats, camels, deer, gazelles, and other creatures. These remains make up a significant portion of the era’s surviving historical record. … Lire la suite →

A wandering “Orpheus among the barbarians,” a lively flatterer of the powerful and an appreciator of good food and pleasant company: the sixth-century poet Venantius Fortunatus is known to us today for being all these things. Yet in the Middle … Lire la suite →

Per circa cinquant’anni, a partire dagli anni Ottanta del Duecento, Orvieto fu retta da governi di popolo e la sua storia politica è stata ritenuta un esempio dei successi e dell’involuzione di questo tipo di regimi: la salita al potere … Lire la suite →

Faking It! collects eleven chapters which explore the question of forgery from different disciplinary angles: literary historical and art historical contributions share space with discussions of jewels, architecture and coinage. The various case studies take as their focus developments in … Lire la suite →

The Salvation of Israel investigates Christianity’s eschatological Jew: the role and characteristics of the Jews at the end of days in the Christian imagination. It explores the depth of Christian ambivalence regarding these Jews, from Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, … Lire la suite →