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Orietta Da Rold provides a detailed analysis of the coming of paper to medieval England, and its influence on the literary and non-literary culture of the period. Looking beyond book production, Da Rold maps out the uses of paper and … Lire la suite →

Accès : ici Épistolaire politique IV : lettres et réseaux, dir. Laurent Vissière et Bruno Dumézil, Le Moyen Âge, t. 127, 2020/2. 236 p. Table des matières : Laurent Vissière, Bruno Dumézil – Lettres et réseaux au Moyen Âge. Épistolaire politique … Lire la suite →

The 23 chapters in this volume explore the material culture of sanctity in Latin Europe and the Mediterranean between c. 1000 and c. 1220, with a focus on the ways in which saints and relics were enshrined, celebrated, and displayed. … Lire la suite →

During the European Middle Ages, diagrams provided a critical tool of analysis in cosmological and theological debates. In addition to drawing relationships among diverse areas of human knowledge and experience, diagrams themselves generated such knowledge in the first place. In … Lire la suite →

Eric J. Goldberg traces the long history of early medieval hunting from the late Roman Empire to the death of the last Carolingian king, Louis V, in a hunting accident in 987. He focuses chiefly on elite men and the … Lire la suite →

In The Catechumenate in Late Antique Africa (4th-6th centuries) Matthieu Pignot explores how individuals became Christian in ancient North Africa. Before baptism, converts first became catechumens and spent a significant time of gradual integration into the community through rituals and … Lire la suite →

Le architetture di una città medievale costituivano un immobile palcoscenico dei rituali urbani, di qualsiasi tipo essi fossero, o ne diventavano invece parte integrante? Un’immagine della Madonna col Bambino portata in processione lungo le vie e le piazze di una … Lire la suite →

The essays collected here celebrate mark the distinguished career of Professor W. Mark Ormrod, reflecting the vibrancy and range of his scholarship on the structures, personalities and culture of ruling late medieval England. Encompassing political, administrative, Church and social history, … Lire la suite →

Cet ouvrage présente d’une façon toute nouvelle l’humaniste italien Francesco Robortello (1516- 1567), réputé pour avoir, le premier, commenté intégralement la Poétique d’Aristote. Les contributions insistent sur le pédagogue, éditeur, philologue et philosophe qu’il a été, ainsi que sur le … Lire la suite →

Latin books are among the most numerous surviving artifacts of the Late Antique, Mediaeval, and Renaissance periods in European history; written in a variety of formats and scripts, they preserve the literary, philosophical, scientific, and religious heritage of the West. … Lire la suite →