Author Archives: RMBLF

Autour de Florian Mazel, les meilleurs spécialistes de la période médiévale nous offrent une ambitieuse synthèse qui propose, à la lumière des recherches les plus récentes, et en cheminant au fil d’une soixantaine de textes et d’une centaine d’images, un … Lire la suite →

Most medieval historians have explained the ‘civil wars’ in Scandinavia in the 12th and 13th centuries as internal conflicts within a predominantly national and implicitly state-centered politico-constitutional framework. This book argues that the conflicts during this period should be viewed … Lire la suite →

L’histoire des Églises autocéphales – gouvernées de manière indépendante sans autorité ecclésiastique supérieure, mais sans renoncer à la communion interecclésiale – est généralement exposée dans les termes de la controverse et construite à l’aune des revendications politico-identitaires contemporaines. En ce … Lire la suite →

The discovery of seven manuscript fragments of the Old French Suite Vulgate du Merlin in a set of early printed books in the Bristol Central Library hit global headlines in 2019. This book contains a comprehensive study and accompanying transliteration … Lire la suite →

From the Cloister to the State examines the French order of Fontevraud, one of the largest monastic networks under female leadership in medieval and early modern Europe. Founded in 1100 and comprised of both monks and nuns, the order had … Lire la suite →

By exploring the uniquely dense urban network of the Low Countries, Janna Coomans debunks the myth of medieval cities as apathetic towards filth and disease. Based on new archival research and adopting a bio-political and spatial-material approach, Coomans traces how … Lire la suite →