Author Archives: RMBLF

Polyphony and the Modern asks one fundamental question: what does it mean to be modern in one’s own time? To answer that question, this volume focuses on polyphony as an index of modernity. In The Principle of Hope, Ernst Bloch showed that … Lire la suite →

« How do we approach the study of masculinity in the past? » Ruth Mazo Karras asks. Medieval documents that have come down to us tell a great deal about the things that men did, but not enough about what they did … Lire la suite →

Au Moyen Âge, l’épopée française a exporté son patrimoine formel et thématique au-delà de ses propres frontières, génériques et géographiques. Les études réunies dans ce volume explorent différentes modalités et trajectoires du réemploi de la matière épique dans l’espace roman … Lire la suite →

Mentre inizia a Carpentras (primavera 1314) il conclave per scegliere il successore di Clemente V, Dante scrive ai cardinali italiani. Come un nuovo Geremia, lamenta l’avvenuto abbandono di Roma e li implora di trovare un’intesa contro i guasconi e lottare … Lire la suite →

The Jacquerie of 1358 is one of the most famous and mysterious peasant uprisings of the Middle Ages. Beginning in a small village but eventually overrunning most of northern France, the Jacquerie rebels destroyed noble castles and killed dozens of … Lire la suite →