Category Archives: Publications

Schon seit langem stellt die eingehende Analyse von Handschriften kirchlichen und weltlichen Rechts einen Grundpfeiler der Erforschung des frühen Mittelalters dar. Die Handschriften dieser Epoche – insbesondere jene der Karolingerzeit – waren dabei allerdings nur selten expliziter Gegenstand von größeren … Lire la suite →

This special issue focuses on the financial behaviour of different participants in European medieval and early modern financial markets. It extends our knowledge of the financial strategies employed by households, merchants, charities, city governments and corporations by asking what investment … Lire la suite →

The relationship between rulers and their subjects is always channelled by emotion. This volume explores the specific tones this relationship took on in the Middle Ages, as well as their accordance with a concept of power based ultimately on agreement, … Lire la suite →

Exploring women’s stories of work, protest, and power in the medieval Low Countries The Middle Ages—a time often cast as a dark period when violence reigned and men dominated society. Women, as the deeply rooted cliché would have it, played … Lire la suite →

Introduction, Mathieu Marraud et Catherine Rideau-Kikuchi  Partie 1. Diffusion et circulation des normes Introduction, François Riviere et Arnaldo Sousa Melo« Draperie ou mercerie ? Normes et incorporation des serges et ratines dans les villes du nord de la France, XVIIe siècle », … Lire la suite →

John Clark’s groundbreaking work in medieval equestrian history has shaped and inspired generations of scholars, transforming our understanding of horses in the past. A pioneer of archaeological and historical research on the medieval horse, Clark’s influential 1995 work, The Medieval … Lire la suite →

Fabio Troncarelli examines the Late Antique Cassiodorian edition of the “Consolation of Philosophy” by Boethius in this new study consisting of five chapters. The first one offers a brief sketch of the lives of the two protagonists of the story. … Lire la suite →

La « bâtie », structure militaire particulière apparaissant dans les sources textuelles des principautés de Savoie et de Dauphiné dans les derniers siècles du Moyen Âge, est difficile à cerner malgré des caractéristiques juridiques et architecturales propres. Elle joue un rôle primordial dans … Lire la suite →

While there has been a great deal (comparatively) written about Rus as part of medieval Europe in the last twenty years, the popular perception of it remains a part of the so-called ‘Byzantine Commonwealth.’ This traditional framing discounts Russian ties … Lire la suite →

À la fin du Moyen Âge, le comté de Bourgogne est un espace profondément rural. Les paysans francs-comtois font pousser le blé et la vigne. Ils élèvent des bestiaux pour le lait, la viande, le cuir ou la laine. Ils … Lire la suite →