Category Archives: Publications

Devotio Moderna and the Medieval University explores the origins and intellectual legacy of the Devotio Moderna, a Christian movement born from Geert Grote’s transformative rejection of worldly learning, which went on to inspire key figures of the Reformation, including Erasmus, … Lire la suite →

Au service de plusieurs rois, Taillevent fut le premier des grands cuisiniers de l’histoire française. Sa longue carrière a traversé tout le XIVe siècle, marqué par la guerre de Cent Ans et la Peste noire. Sept décennies de cuisine pendant lesquelles … Lire la suite →

Forms of Suffering demonstrates how Geoffrey Chaucer transformed pity into a central ethical and aesthetic concern in English literature by tracing his reformulations of trans-European pity discourses for an English audience. In these reformulations, Chaucer brought to the fore the modes and … Lire la suite →

Le Roman de Brut par Wace conte dans un style épique et poétique l’histoire légendaire des rois de Bretagne, depuis les mythiques origines troyennes jusqu’à la domination anglo-saxonne, en passant par le célèbre roi Arthur. En voici une première traduction … Lire la suite →

Composed in the tumultuous decades following the reign of Charlemagne, the garden poem of Carolingian monk Walahfrid Strabo (c.809–849) has long charmed readers with its timeless descriptions of late-winter labors and its suggestions for the medicinal uses of various plants. … Lire la suite →

Medieval saints were thought to be able to provide miraculous cures for a wide variety of illnesses, and about one-tenth of their miracles involved the restoration of sanity to those who had lost their minds. Deprived of Sense and Intellect … Lire la suite →

Richard of Saint Victor (d. 1173) is widely recognized for his commentaries on the spiritual senses of Scripture and for his theological contributions to Trinitarian doctrine, the Christian life, and contemplation. This study highlights two additional and often overlooked dimensions … Lire la suite →

The end of the fourteenth century was a time of upheaval and contested authority among the traditional institutions of medieval Europe. In response to these conditions, a number of people began to claim their own authority, as prophets speaking the … Lire la suite →

Das Lehnswesen galt lange Zeit als zentrales Ordnungssystem, das das gesamte Mittelalter durchzog. Das daraus abgeleitete wissenschaftliche Modell – zugespitzt in der sogenannten Lehnspyramide – diente selbst dann noch zur Erklärung von Ereignissen, Strukturen und Prozessen, wenn belastbare Quellenbelege fehlten. … Lire la suite →

Ideology remains one of the most used yet rarely defined concepts in Byzantine and Medieval Serbian Studies. Focusing on the decades following the Crusaders’ conquest of Byzantine lands, this book bridges modern theory and interpretation of medieval texts to redefine … Lire la suite →