L'Agenda des Médiévistes

Ormai da lungo tempo ci si interroga su quali siano i legami tra la memoria del passato, l’identità di un gruppo che ambisce a definirsi come popolo e le esigenze politiche delle sue élite. Questi tre elementi danno forma uno all’altro in un groviglio di relazioni che li rende uniti in una rete inestricabile: ricordare il passato e dare un’immagine di sé sono operazioni fortemente orientate dalle esigenze del presente e spesso strumentalizzate da chi vuole raggiungere e mantenere il potere.

In questo studio ci addentreremo nei processi che legano memoria, identità e politica attraverso il caso della dinastia normanna. I duchi, attraverso i loro storiografi, guidarono l’elaborazione di un’identità della gens strumentalizzando il passato, così da poter diventare i signori incontrastati della regione che avevano conquistato come violenti pirati pagani.

Marta Camellini, laureata in Lettere moderne e successivamente in Scienze storiche a Bologna, ha conseguito un dottorato di ricerca in Scienze storiche presso l’Università del Piemonte orientale. Attualmente lavora come docente nella scuola superiore e continua l’attività di ricerca in collaborazione con l’UPO.

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Informations pratiques :

Marta Camellini, L’identità normanna. Narrazione e politica tra X e XII secolo, Rome, Viella, 2024 ; 1 vol., 312 p. (I libri di Viella, 475). ISBN : 979-1-25469-533-3. Prix : € 34,00.

Source : Viella

What did the world look like for Jews living in medieval Europe? How did they perceive and make use of the elements of their daily life, from items on the street to religious iconography within holy spaces — in particular synagogues and at the exterior of churches — and profane elements from the home? And how did they experience the visual and material cultures of their non-Jewish neighbours?

These questions form the core of this volume, which explores pre-modern Jewish approaches to images and material objects from a variety of perspectives. From clothing to manuscripts, and from lighting devices to the understanding of the invisible, the chapters gathered together in this multifaceted volume combine analyses of images and artefacts together with in-depth analyses of texts to offer fresh insights into the visual cultures that informed the world of European Jews in the Middle Ages.

Elisheva Baumgarten is a social historian of the Jews of medieval northern Europe at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Elisabeth Hollender is a Professor of Jewish Studies at the Goethe University Frankfurt specializing in medieval Jewish religious culture.

Katrin Kogman-Appel is a Professor of Jewish Studies at the University of Münster with an expertise on medieval Jewish visual culture.

Ephraim Shoham-Steiner is a historian specializing in the History of Jews in Medieval Europe at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva

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Preface and Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Introduction
Elisheva Baumgarten, Elisabeth Hollender, Katrin Kogman-Appel, and Ephraim Shoham-Steiner

Part One: The Perception of the Visual, the Material, and the Tangible in Shared Public Spaces

1. The Writing on the Wall — A Mahzor, a Bimah, and a Privilege.
A Look at Social Processes in the 13^th-Century Jewish Community of Cologne
Ephraim Shoham-Steiner

2. Illuminations: Lights, Identities, and the Society of Spectacle in the Late Middle Ages
Eleazar Gutwirth

3. Materialization of Memoria
Memory and Remembrance of Benefactors in Building Inscriptions in Medieval Ashkenaz
Rainer Josef Barzen

4. Differing Perceptions of Church Garments and Worship Implements in the Writings and Thought of the Tosafists
Ephraim Kanarfogel

5. Not Black and White
Clothes and Difference in Medieval Ashkenaz
Elisheva Baumgarten

Part Two: Utilizing the Faculties of Visual Means

6. Jewish Chivalry in Late Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts
Sara Offenberg

7. The Handling of Diagrams in Medieval Scientific Manuscript Transmission
The Sefer ha-marʾim le-Eqlides and its First Proposition
Sabine Arndt

8. Non-Verbal Aspects of Astrolabe Knowledge (Fifteenth- to Eighteenth-Century Hebrew Manuscripts)
Josefina Rodríguez-Arribas

9. Artifacts that Desire
Medieval Perspectives
Kalman P. Bland (OBM)

10.The Agency of Images
The Temple Vessels in Hebrew Bibles from Roussillon (c. 1300)
Katrin Kogman-Appel

11.Visualizing the Invisible: Portrayals of Elijah the Prophet in Fifteenth-Century Ashkenazi Haggadot
Chana Shaham-Rosby

12.Visualizing Divine Communication in Medieval Jewish Art
Shulamit Laderman

Index

About the Authors

Informations pratiques :

Perception and Awareness: Artefacts and Imageries in Medieval European Jewish Cultures, éd. Katrin Kogman-Appel, Elisheva Baumgarten, Elisabeth Hollender, Ephraim Shoham-Steiner, Turnhout, Brepols, 2024 ; 1 vol., 360 p. (Medieval Identities: Socio-Cultural Spaces, 11). ISBN : 978-2-503-58394-5. Prix : € 105,00.

Source : Brepols

Lo stretto legame tra appartenenza civica e pratiche economiche, intese come rapporti di credibilità e fiducia, innerva le relazioni sociali e politiche del pieno Medioevo. Un quadro testimoniato dalla vicenda dei lombardi, gli uomini d’affari originari dell’Italia settentrionale attivi tra Duecento e Seicento nel mercato finanziario europeo. Reputati «viri providi et discreti», necessario sostegno di città e regni, o al contrario stigmatizzati come usurai e avvicinati agli stereotipi del credito ebraico, i lombardi sono caratterizzati sul lungo periodo da un’inclusione patteggiata, onerosa e a termine. È la conferma del nesso tra cittadinanza, credito e politica, fondato sulla valutazione dei comportamenti economici che orienta o definisce un ordine comunitario. Un itinerario che presenta permanenze e mutamenti e che può essere decodificato attraverso i lessici politici, teologici e creditizi che per secoli hanno modellato criteri e pratiche di inclusione ed esclusione sociale.

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Introduzione – I. Lombardi in Europa: una lettura storiografica -1. Un percorso tra intersezioni e cesure – 2. Storiografia locale e valutazioni di rango – 3. Prospettive della nuova medievistica: le scuole di Torino e di Trier – 4. Un punto di avvio: le fiere di Champagne – 5. L’avvicinamento all’attività creditizia – 6. Un’identità articolata – 7. «Viri providi et discreti» o usurai manifesti? – II. «Multam pecuniam (…) multa mala»: tra credito e politica – 1. Lombardi e altri operatori: convergenze e peculiarità – 2. Politica e finanza: un quadro conflittuale – 3. Pratiche, costi e linguaggi del credito: tensioni e sperimentazioni – III. Radicamento e marginalizzazione: Paesi Bassi, secoli XIV-XVII – 1. L’acme dell’attività lombarda – 2. Tra Inghilterra e continente – 3. Brabante e Fiandra: un laboratorio tra politica ed economia – 4. Etica economica e xenofobia – IV. Ai limiti della cittadinanza: lombardi come ebrei – 1. Ebrei e «cristiani giudaizzanti» – 2. Lombardi: uno status incerto – 3. Ebrei: «sicut cives» – 4. Esiti di una controversa appartenenza – V. Restituzione: i lessici della reintegrazione e della Cittadinanza – 1. «Bonum caritatis et societatis»: la ricostruzione di un ordine – 2. Usura e società – 3. Valutare per restituire: mercanti “probati” – 4. Teoria e pratica della restituzione – 5. Credito e contabilità tra appartenenza ed esclusione – 6. Paradigmi di una cittadinanza incerta – Conclusioni. Tra pratiche creditizie e stereotipi – Bibliografia – Indice dei nomi di persona e luogo.

Informations pratiques :

Ezio Claudio Pia, Uomini d’affari tra Italia ed Europa. Lombardi, credito e cittadinanza (secoli XIII-XVII), Rome, Centro italiano di studi sull’alto medioevo, 2024 ; 1 vol., VI–158 p. (Collectanea, 39). ISBN : 978-8-86809-409-6. Prix : € 22,00.

Source : CISAM

Si la fondation de la Sainte-Chapelle de Paris par Louis IX pour accueillir la couronne d’épines au milieu du XIII^e siècle est bien connue et si l’on sait qu’à l’imitation du saint roi, plusieurs princes de France fondèrent des chapelles dites « saintes » entre la fin du Moyen Âge et le début de la Renaissance, l’histoire longue et complexe de ces chapelles est encore mal connue et mal comprise. Il ne s’agit pas de nier la possibilité de construire un idéal-type de « la » Sainte-Chapelle, mais plutôt de s’interroger sur l’écart entre ce que les documents du passé appellent « Sainte-Chapelle », sans préjuger d’un sens stable et univoque à travers le temps, et ce que les périodes postérieures et la recherche actuelle peuvent désigner sous ce nom. Une Sainte-Chapelle, des Saintes-Chapelles ? Ces contributions cherchent à répondre à cette question en s’interrogeant sur la définition de la notion, sa circulation, ses transformations dans le temps et dans l’espace. En comparant les différentes « Saintes-Chapelles », ce volume veut défendre l’idée que les Saintes-Chapelles sont des objets historiques particulièrement révélateurs parce qu’elles ont été des rouages discrets mais fondamentaux : leur statut hybride, entre cour et Église, de même que leur histoire longue, de la couronne d’épines à la Révolution, en font un observatoire idéal pour mieux comprendre et expliquer les évolutions à l’œuvre dans l’exercice du pouvoir et la célébration de Dieu par la monarchie capétienne entre le Moyen Âge et les Lumières.

Étienne Anheim est historien. Il est directeur des Éditions et directeur d’études à l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris), où il enseigne la sociologie historique de la culture en Europe du XII^e au XVI^e siècle.

David Fiala est maître de conférences en musicologie au Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance (Université de Tours/CNRS). Ses travaux portent sur la musique, les musiciens et les institutions musicales de la fin du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance, ainsi que les humanités numériques.

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Étienne Anheim et David Fiala,“Introduction” : “A la recherche des Saintes-Chapelles”.

Elizabeth A.R. Brown, “La Sainte-Chapelle de Paris, ses appelations et son renom aux XIIIe et XIVe siècles”.
Anne Massoni, “Les Saintes-Chapelles, des chapitres collégiaux comme les autres ?”.
Murielle Gaude-Ferragu, “Les cérémonies extraordinaires à la Sainte-Chapelle de Paris (XIVe-XVe s.)”.
Christophe Boucheron, “Jean Mortis et le ‘Cartulaire de la Sainte-Chapelle de Paris’ de 1457”.
Meredith Cohen, “What Saint Louis Saw. The Sainte-Chapelle and the Palais de la Cité in the Thirteenth-Century”.
Étienne Hamon, “La montée de la Sainte-Chapelle de Paris : fonctions, symboles et formes”.
Étienne Anheim, “La maîtrise d’enfants de la Sainte-Chapelle de Paris (XIIIe-XVIIIe s.). Institution et discipline entre la cour et l’Eglise”.
Xavier Bisaro, “Le vitrail et l’image : la Sainte-Chapelle de Paris dans les sources cérémonielles du XVIIe siècle”.
Dany Sandron, “Notre-Dame et la Sainte-Chapelle au XIIIe siècle”.
Paul Binski, “Perspectives anglaises sur la Sainte-Chapelle”.
Jean-Bernard de Vaivre et Laurent Vissière, “Dévotions aristocratiques à la Sainte-Chapelle de Dijon”.
Olivier Mattéoni, “Géographie sacrale et Saintes-Chapelles dans les territoires des Bourbons à la fin du Moyen Âge”.
Jean-Vincent Jourd’heuil, “La fondation de la Sainte-Chapelle de Bourges (1392-1405) : une fondation princière durant le Grand Schisme”.
Yves Pauwels, “Le porche de la Sainte-Chapelle de Champigny-sur-Veude : un manifeste de modernité architecturale”.
Julien Noblet, “La Sainte-Chapelle de Chambéry et le projet d’Amédée VIII : nouvelles observations archéologiques”.
Laura Gaffuri et Paolo Cozzo, “De Chambéry à Turin. La Sainte-Chapelle et la Chapelle Royale de la Cour de Savoie (XVe-XVIIIe s.).
Bernard Dompnier, “Les calendriers festifs des Saintes-Chapelles aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles”.

Étienne Anheim et David Fiala,“Conclusion” : “Les Saintes-Chapelles, des institutions imaginaires”.

Informations pratiques :

Les Saintes-Chapelles du XIIIe au XVIIIe siècle, éd. Étienne Anheim, David Fiala, Turnhout, Brepols, 2024 ; 1 vol., 294 p. (Études Renaissantes, 39). ISBN : 978-2-503-60536-4. Prix : € 95,00.

Source : Brepols

This volume is a unique publication as it examines the Marxist attitudes in East Central European historiography and archaeology for the first time, with an emphasis on the co-existence of Marxist and other methodologies between the 1950s and 1970s in the local historiographies in question. Its approach is to distinguish between pseudo-Marxism as an ideological tool on the one hand, and Marxism in the form of historical materialism as a way to interpret the medieval world on the other.

Contributors are: Florin Curta, Piotr Guzowski, Adam Hudek, Tereza Johanidesová, Jitka Komendová, Jiří Macháček, Andrzej Marzec, Martin Nodl, Attila Pók, David Radek, Tadeusz Paweł Rutkowski, Iurie Stamati, Rafał Stobiecki, Gábor Thoroczkay, Przemysław Wiszewski, Piotr Węcowski, Martin Wihoda, and Dušan Zupka.

Martin Nodl, Ph.D. (2011), is a research associate professor at the Centre for Medieval Studies Academy of Sciences CR, Prague. He is the author of six monographs, including Das Kuttenberger Dekret von 1409 (2017), Średniowiecze w nas (2020), and Praha 15. století. Konfliktní společenství (2023).

Piotr Węcowski, Ph.D. (2004), is a professor at the University of Warsaw. He has published three monographs and many articles on medieval history and history of historiography, including The Origins of Poland in the Historical Memory of the Late Middle Ages (Cracow 2014).

Dušan Zupka, Ph.D. (2009), is an associate professor at Comenius University in Bratislava. He has published monographs, journal articles and edited volumes on power, ritual and war in medieval East Central Europe, including Rulership in Medieval East Central Europe (Brill, 2021).

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Informations pratiques :

Marxism and Medieval Studies. Marxist Historiography in East Central Europe, éd. Martin Nodl , Piotr Węcowski, Dušan Zupka, Leyde–Boston, Brill, 2024 ; 1 vol., XIV–392 p. (East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 450-1450, 93). ISBN : 978-90-04-68918-3. Prix : € 147,00.

Source : Brill

Introduces the basic patterns, ideas and gestures that governed the system of social relations and the construction of social profiles and roles of Byzantine society

• Identifies the main traits of Late Byzantine society and the ideas of the Byzantines about their social system, the social values and the organisation of their society.
• Explores the use of modern sociological and anthropological theories in order to better understand Byzantine society.
• Provides thorough and up-to-date analysis of the different social groups in the Late Byzantine society (character, composition, relation to the economic, political and ideological resources).
• Emphasises the networks of patron-client relations and their effect on the structures of Byzantine society.
• Offers a new explanation of the collapse of Byzantine society and the state in the face of external threats.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the social structure of Late Byzantine society (mid 13th – mid 15th c.), including the norms and ideas that governed social relations, and the Byzantine perceptions of their society. It includes an analysis of all social groups, the social networks and the patron-client relations proliferating in this period, and the distribution of social and political power between the different social groups and the state. The deficiencies inherent in Byzantine society are recognised as one of the main factors behind the fragmentation and the collapse of the Byzantine empire.

Informations pratiques :

Christos Malatras, Social Stratification in Late Byzantium, Édimbourg, Edinburgh University Press, 2024 ; 1 vol., 608 p. (Edinburgh Byzantine Studies). ISBN : 978-1-47446-088-0. Prix : USD 165,00.

Source : Edinburgh University Press

Gazette du livre médiéval, t. 67 (2024). ISSN : 0753-5015. Prix : € 30,00.

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• Mesurer la production livresque, un enjeu majeur de la cultumétrie (E. Ornato)
• I codici della pantegni tra tradizione e innovazione (A Gili)
• L’antica biblioteca di San Paolo in Monte a Bologna: ricerche preliminari sul fondo manoscritto (M Tursi)
• Quelques remarques sur la constitution des bibliothèques au Maroc et leurs traditions manuscrites (I Benyahia)

Notes et discussions

Conserver, restaurer et documenter les fragments médiévaux : le cas des Archives nationales [L. Moruzzis et I. Scappazzoni]

Chronique

Travaux en cours. — Vient de paraître. — In memoriam. — Abstracts – résumés.

Nota bene — Prix Denis Muzerelle

Source : IRHT