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Né du chaos européen du début du Moyen Âge, le chevalier monté et en armure a révolutionné la guerre et est très vite devenu une figure mythique dans l’histoire.Des conquérants normands de l’Angleterre aux croisés de la Terre sainte, du … Lire la suite →

De Jean Philopon, nous savons peu de choses, mais ses œuvres volumineuses soulèvent de nombreuses questions. De quelle nature furent sa vie, ses convictions et sa place dans l’École d’Alexandrie ? Comment composa-t-il ses commentaires et ses traités polémiques ? Dans quel … Lire la suite →

In medieval Italy the practice of revenge as criminal justice was still popular amongst members of all social classes, yet crime also was increasingly perceived as a public matter that needed to be dealt with by the government rather than … Lire la suite →

Durant de longues années, la sculpture mariale des Pyrénées-Orientales a été étudiée à l’aune d’une historiographie plus descriptive qu’analytique. La majorité des ouvrages s’intéresse aux sculptures du point de vue iconique et à leur appropriation. La désignation de quelques Vierges … Lire la suite →

Our current ecological crises compel us not only to understand how contemporary media shapes our conceptions of human relationships with the environment, but also to examine the historical genealogies of such perspectives. Written during the onset of the Little Ice … Lire la suite →

The latest issue of Medivalista about Military Orders, coordinated by Luís Filipe Oliveira and Gregory Leighton, has been published and is now available on the journal’s website. Articles ‘From the East to the West: The Military Orders Thematic Dossier – … Lire la suite →

Im Mittelalter rechtfertigten die Benediktinerabteien ihre Existenz durch ihre Isolation von der Welt. Um zu überleben, mussten die Abteien der umgebenden Bevölkerung Waren oder Dienstleistungen abgewinnen (Oblaten, Nahrung, Schutz…) und dafür andere zur Verfügung stellen (politische Unterstützung, Gastfreundschaft…). Mittelalterliche Klöster … Lire la suite →

This book examines the place of physical bodies, a major topic of natural philosophy that has occupied philosophers since antiquity. Aristotle’s conceptions of place (topos) and the void (kenon), as expounded in the Physics, were systematically repudiated by John Philoponus … Lire la suite →

Late medieval books served as treasure chests for all kinds of religious keepsakes, notably small metal badges. Devotees sewed these religious badges and pilgrimage souvenirs to the parchment of their treasured devotional books and manuscript illuminators depicted silver en gilt … Lire la suite →

I saggi pubblicati in questo volume affrontano due momenti fondamentali della storia della scrittura latina in Italia: definizione e diffusione della nuova scrittura libraria che ha dominato l’Occidente fra XIII e XVI secolo, cioè la littera textualis; caratteri e varietà della … Lire la suite →