Category Archives: Publications

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 →

This book focuses on Volga Bulgaria (10th to early 13th centuries), the only Muslim state in Eastern Europe before 1300. For several centuries, it operated as a bridge between the Christian West and the Muslim East. As such, it is … Lire la suite →

Nel Medioevo la vita era indissolubilmente legata alla natura, la cui percezione era però in continuo movimento. Piante, animali, corsi d’acqua: tutto l’ambiente era modificato dall’agire degli esseri umani, e a loro volta le trasformazioni della natura influenzavano la vita … Lire la suite →

Minted in Florence around November 1252, the florin became one of the leading gold currencies of the Middle Ages. Historians agree that its success was mainly due to the need for a stable means of payment in the networks of … Lire la suite →

Medievalism has been a common and hardly innocent practice in Eastern European political discourses ever since the dissolution of the USSR in the 1990s. To use but one example, both Russia and Ukraine have laid claims on such prominent historical … Lire la suite →

Dieser dritte und letzte Faszikel schließt nach mehr als 90 Jahren das Editionsprojekt der Briefe des Erzbischofs Hinkmar von Reims ab. Das Layout sowie die Brief- und Seitenzählung der Faszikel MGH Epp. 8,1 (1939) und 8,2 (2018) werden nahtlos fortgesetzt, … Lire la suite →