Category Archives: Publications

This volume of A Cultural History of Ideas examines the roughly thousand years, fromthe end of the Roman Empire to the cusp ofthe Reformation, which make up the MiddleAges. Each chapter investigates the ideas andpractices associated with a specific theme-knowledge, … Lire la suite →

Peter Abelard (1079-1142), famous for his unhappy love story with Heloise, which he wrote down in his autobiographical work Historia calamitatum, was among the most respected scholars of his time. Brilliant as a philosopher and theologian, he was one of … Lire la suite →

Au début des années 1470, Lyon accueille sa première presse. En l’espace de cinquante ans, l’imprimerie bouleverse les bibliothèques, la production et l’image du livre dans la ville. À quoi ressemble à cette époque l’objet livre, qu’il soit manuscrit ou … Lire la suite →

Le spedizioni italiane dei sovrani lussemburghesi – Enrico VII, Giovanni di Boemia e Carlo IV – sono state a lungo considerate parentesi episodiche prive di effetti duraturi degni di interesse. Tuttavia, il confronto tra i risultati delle recenti ricerche italiane … Lire la suite →

L’objectif de ce volume collectif est de questionner, à partir des sciences humaines et sociales, les circulations, réceptions et appropriations dont font aujourd’hui l’objet les savoirs, les imaginaires et les représentations relatifs à la période médiévale. Loin d’être absolument nouvelles, … Lire la suite →

The corpus of sermons and saints’ lives from early medieval England, in English and Latin, is the largest and most varied of its kind from a contemporary European perspective. In recent years this extraordinary body of literature has attracted increasing … Lire la suite →

L’histoire du corps est aujourd’hui un domaine privilégié de la recherche. Si elle est redevable à d’autres sciences sociales, en premier lieu l’anthropologie, l’ethnologie et la sociologie, elle a existé bienavant d’être identifiée en tant que telle et certaines manières … Lire la suite →

Constant Crisis focuses on the culmination of struggles in the medieval Norwegian kingdom to examine whether these conflicts underscored a breakdown of society and polity or whether they created an equilibrium among factions that in fact « served to contain violence. » … Lire la suite →

With the birth of the cult of the saints, their relics became valuables whose possession would guarantee prestige, protection, and spiritual benefits to a town, church, or monastery. For this reason—at first with the aim of preserving the bodies of … Lire la suite →

Profili del secolo XI (Spoleto, 4-10 aprile 2024), Spolète, Centro italiano di studi sull’alto medioevo, 2025 ; 2 vol., 1298 p. (Atti delle settimane di studio, 71). ISBN : 9788868094508. Prix : € 190,00. Table des matières : C. Wickham, … Lire la suite →