Category Archives: Publications

The period from the Mamlūk reconquest of Acre (1291) to the Ottoman siege of Constantinople (1453) witnessed the production of a substantial corpus of Middle English crusade romances. Marcel Elias places these romances in dialogue with multifarious European writings to … Lire la suite →

»Fürsten und Herren … können nichts erreichen, wenn sie kein Geld haben.« Kaum ein Satz bringt die Motivation und Berechtigung, sich mit »Fürsten und Finanzen im Mittelalter« zu befassen, so prägnant auf den Punkt wie diese Bemerkung Levolds von Northof … Lire la suite →

This book explores the rich and varied mystical writings by and about medieval – and a few early modern – women across Western Europe. Women had a profound and lasting impact on the development of medieval and early modern spiritual and … Lire la suite →

The Dominican Third Rule was approved in in 1405 and helped to integrate existing groups of laypeople (like Beguines) into the Order of Preachers. This volume is the first to fully examine the introduction of the Third Rule in the … Lire la suite →

L’oro dei santi. Percorsi della «Legenda aurea» in volgare, éd. Speranza Cerullo, Laura Ingallinella, Florence, SISMEL–Edizioni del Galluzzo, 2024 ; 1 vol., XXXII–462 p. (mediEVI, 41). ISBN : 978-88-9290-224-4. Prix : € 62,00. Table des matières : L. Leonardi – … Lire la suite →

To what extent does our knowledge of the past rely upon written sources? And what happens when these sources are destroyed? Focusing on the manuscripts of the Middle Ages, History in Flames explores cases in which large volumes of written … Lire la suite →

Cet ouvrage, conçu en partenariat avec l’APHG, propose des articles sur la question d’histoire médiévale au programme du Capes d’histoire-géographie 2025 et au programme de l’agrégation externe d’histoire 2025 : Église, société et pouvoir dans la chrétienté latine (910-1274). Les … Lire la suite →

Accès : ici Sous la plume d’Ammien Marcellin, l’éloge de Julien l’Apostat exalte en ces termes les facultés mnémoniques de l’empereur : « si l’absorption de certain breuvage avait eu le pouvoir d’augmenter la force de la mémoire, on aurait … Lire la suite →

King Alfred the Great (r. 871–899) remains a key figure in English literary history. Although his reputation as a scholar who was personally responsible for the translation of a number of Latin works is no longer secure, the figure of … Lire la suite →

This book provides a concise and incisive introduction to the Teutonic Knights, or Teutonic Order, the last of the great military orders established in the twelfth century. Evolving into a powerful religious institution, the Knights left a profound and enduring … Lire la suite →