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L’ouvrage présente dix récits de tournois qui vont du XIIe au XIVe siècle et en offre la traduction en français moderne. Leur originalité tient au fait qu’ils ne se limitent pas à la description des assauts, mais qu’ils en énumèrent … Lire la suite →

This is a new history of the region known as Kyivan Rus’, a state in eastern and northern Europe from the late ninth to the mid-sixteenth century that encompassed a variety of polities and peoples, including Lithuanian, Polish, Ottoman and … Lire la suite →

Visual representations were deeply involved in medieval traditions related to the dissemination and teaching of philosophy and science. Consequently, they were not only examples of theological or philosophical interpretation, but rather brought together manifold intellectual activities, illuminating various perceptual, cognitive, … Lire la suite →

The impetus of religious reform between ca. 1380-1520, which expressed itself in a variety of Observant initiatives in many religious orders all over Europe, and also brought forth the Devotio moderna movement in the late medieval Low Countries, had considerable … Lire la suite →

Accès : ici An Introduction to Middle Welsh: A Learner’s Grammar of the Medieval Language and Reader presents a complete course in reading Middle Welsh. The course is intended both for those who are working with a teacher and for … Lire la suite →

Les mappae mundi existent dans un grand nombre de manuscrits, et beaucoup de travail doit être accompli avant que des généralisations certaines puissent être fondées sur elles », écrivait l’historien anglais Denys Hay en 1957. Cet ouvrage entend contribuer à … Lire la suite →

Il duomo di Santa Maria Assunta a Lucera costituisce la fucina di formazione di un nuovo linguaggio spaziale destinato ad avere fortuna in area adriatica verso nord. Volumi semplici dominati dal susseguirsi di archi acuti, una decorazione scarna affidata solo … Lire la suite →

Peter of Ireland (Petrus de Ybernia) was born sometime around the beginning of the thirteenth century in Ireland, probably of a Norman family. He probably left Ireland aged around age 15 to pursue his studies abroad. His interest in medical … Lire la suite →

The cult of saints is one of the most fascinating religious developments of Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages. Christians admired martyrs already in the second century, but for a long time they perceived them only as examples to … Lire la suite →

Die Sinne rücken in das Blickfeld der Mittelalterforschung und werfen kaum erforschte, hoch anregende Fragen auf. Im Fokus der dreizehn Aufsätze dieses Sammelbands steht die mittelalterliche Akustik. Die Autorinnen und Autoren erforschen zeitgenössische Haltungen zu Lärm und Schweigen; sie untersuchen … Lire la suite →