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En juillet 2013 s’est éteinte au Canada la dernière locutrice native de la langue live, une femme centenaire. C’est cette même langue que les premiers marchands venus des pays allemands durent entendre lorsqu’ils débarquèrent à l’embouchure de la Dvina, dans … Lire la suite →

Tyrans de Bretagne. « Une Province fertile en tyrans »: Figures d’empereurs et d’usurpateurs dans l’île de Bretagne depuis le IIe siècle », dossier réuni par Alban Gautier et Marc Rolland, numéro spécial de Grandes Figures historiques dans les lettres et … Lire la suite →

Ce volume réunit douze contributions de spécialistes issus de différentes disciplines qui ont pour dénominateur commun le fait de considérer l’objet-livre comme un véritable prisme, capable à la fois d’absorber et de réfracter le savoir aussi bien que de distinguer … Lire la suite →

The history of medieval learning has traditionally been studied as a vertical transmission of knowledge from a master to one or several disciples. Horizontal Learning in the High Middle Ages: Peer-to-Peer Knowledge Transfer in Religious Communities centres on the ways … Lire la suite →

The rise of the Capetian dynasty across the long thirteenth century, which rested in part on the family’s perceived sanctity, is a story most often told through the actions of male figures, from Louis IX’s metamorphosis into « Saint Louis » to … Lire la suite →

In his ‘Description of the Holy Land’, written in Latin around 1283, the Dominican Burchard explores the land in a series of itineraries starting from Acre in the north, and then from Jerusalem in the south. His particular concern is … Lire la suite →

he figure of a knight on horseback is the emblem of medieval chivalry. Much has been written on the ideology and practicalities of knighthood as portrayed in medieval romance, especially Arthurian romance, and it is surprising that so little attention … Lire la suite →

Accès : ici The prevalent image of the late Carolingian age is one of decline and fall. Charles III the Simple’s (893/898−923) rule, which has hardly received any scholarly attention since the late 19th century, is perceived to have been … Lire la suite →

Palaeographers and codicologists have gradually developed concepts and terms to analyse change in medieval and Renaissance scripts and manuscripts. Some of these endeavour to offer explanatory models, either for specific phenomena or for general trends. Others are essentially descriptive, typological … Lire la suite →

Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by concrete objectives: land, resources, power, reputation. Crusaders amassed possessions of all sorts, from castles to reliquaries. Campaigns required material funds and equipment, … Lire la suite →