Author Archives: RMBLF

Textile industries were one of the driving forces of the urbanisation process in medieval Northwest Europe, and nowhere was their impact so profound as in Flanders, where almost all larger and smaller cities were involved in manufacturing woollens from the … Lire la suite →

Les formes de violence exercées au Moyen Âge contre les femmes composent un catalogue impressionnant : graves sévices infligés au nom du droit du mari à « corriger » sa femme, du droit du père à assujettir et punir sa … Lire la suite →

For many, Martin Luther’s translation of the Bible into German has come to define the spirit of the Protestant Reformation. But there existed a host of devotional and mystical writings translated into the vernacular that had more profound impacts upon … Lire la suite →

À la croisée de la lecture et du commentaire bibliques, des mystères et des célébrations liturgiques, des traditions littéraires de la romanité classique, la poésie latine de l’antiquité chrétienne atteste, dans un temps de profondes mutations qui alterne les renaissances … Lire la suite →

Late medieval societies witnessed the emergence of a particular form of socio-legal practice and logic, focused on the law court and its legal process. In a context of legal pluralism, courts tried to carve out their own position by influencing … Lire la suite →