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Sixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Grand cities and luxurious villas were deserted and left to crumble, and civil society collapsed into chaos. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders … Lire la suite →

Jacques de Lalaing (c.1421-53) was undoubtedly the most famous knight at the court of the Burgundian duke, Philip the Good, one who was celebrated in his own lifetime for the dazzling feats of arms that he performed in jousts across … Lire la suite →

Recentemente inclusa dall’ UNESCO nell’ area del Patrimonio Mondiale di Firenze, la Basilica di San Miniato al Monte è sede della comunità benedettina olivetana. A dieci secoli dalla sua fondazione, quindici studiosi coordinati dall’Accademia delle Arti del Disegno sondano la … Lire la suite →

Karl der Kahle († 877) zählt zu den bedeutendsten karolingischen Herrschern. Die in seinem Auftrag ergangenen Schreiben erlauben einen profunden Einblick in politische und administrative Aufgaben des westfränkischen Königs und Kaisers. Neben der Agenda spiegeln die Briefe das breite Themenspektrum … Lire la suite →

There is ample evidence, from the earliest periods onwards, that mankind has sought to measure and organize temporal movement by means of intellectual theories about historical sequences and the contours of peoples’ lives, as well as by practical literary instruments … Lire la suite →

The articles in this volume explore the ways in which different types of religious community organised their economy and controlled their finances. These topics were acknowledged already by Cassian and they are mentioned in the rule of St. Benedict. Attitudes … Lire la suite →

La surdité au Moyen Âge est marquée par l’absence d’une étude d’ampleur, ce qui facilite la diffusion de stéréotypes dépeignant des sourds stigmatisés et des sociétés intolérantes. L’objectif de cet ouvrage est de répondre à cette carence, de déconstruire les … Lire la suite →

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 →