Séminaire – Comprendre l’économie du village au Moyen Âge. Approche archéologiques

25 mars 2022, 14h-17h

Approche du système économique productif des établissements ruraux /// Le village de Courtisigny dans la plaine de Caen

Coord. : Cl. Hanusse (Unicaen, Craham)

Julie CHARMOILLAUX (SRA, Drac Auvergne – Rhône-Alpes, Ciham · UMR 5648), Sébastien GAIME (Inrap, Ciham · UMR 5648),
Approche du système économique productif des établissements ruraux du Moyen Âge à partir des traces matérielles. L’exemple de l’Auvergne

Claire HANUSSE (Unicaen, Craham), Le village de Courtisigny dans la plaine de Caen. Les modestes marqueurs archéologiques d’un espace économique

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Publication – Paul Williamson, « The Wyvern Collection. Medieval and Renaissance Enamels and Other Works of Art »

Works of art in enamel are among the most attractive, colourful and revealing objects of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Enamel was employed to embellish a broad array of objects, including reliquary caskets, crosses, book-covers, croziers, censers and pyxes for the church and a wide range of tableware for the secular market. The Wyvern Collection comprises many pieces of prime importance from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries.

Among the highlights in this volume are two extremely rare Romanesque enamels of c. 1160-70 from the Meuse Valley: the celebrated reliquary triptych probably originally belonging to the Bishop of Liège, and a beautiful phylactery (a reliquary designed to be suspended) with scenes from the story of the True Cross, said to have come from the famous abbey of Lobbes. Limoges enamels of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries are particularly well represented, the 65 pieces making up what is undoubtedly now the finest and most comprehensive collection in private hands. The later painted enamels of Limoges, from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, include remarkable examples of the work of the principal enamellers, most notably Pierre Reymond, and the spectacular horn of St Hubert, dated 1538 and signed by Léonard Limosin, which once belonged to Horace Walpole at Strawberry Hill.

The catalogue additionally includes other outstanding works of art such as an important Anglo-Carolingian chrismatory of the ninth century, a small group of enigmatic twelfth-century drinking-cups and sumptuous examples of German late medieval goldsmiths’ work. Stained and painted glass roundels, Italian Renaissance ceramics, luxurious textiles and tapestries, and German and Italian armour are also catalogued. An appendix presents several important pieces, recently acquired, which supplement those published in the first two volumes.

With more than 250 objects, all specially photographed, this is more than a handbook to an especially rich part of one of the greatest private collections. It is a detailed and authoritative guide to medieval and Renaissance enamels and other works of art, a stimulus to further research and a feast for the eyes.

Informations pratiques :

Paul Williamson, The Wyvern Collection. Medieval and Renaissance Enamels and Other Works of Art, Thams & Hudson, 2021. Prix : GBP 65.

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Séminaire – Dominikanerstudien

Universität zu Köln
Online
18.02.22

Der Workshop möchte Doktorand:innen die Möglichkeit bieten, ihre aktuellen Forschungsprojekte einem größeren Publikum zu präsentieren und zur Diskussion zu stellen.

Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Spätmittelalter, es kommen Themen nördlich und südlich der Alpen zur Sprache und es werden verschiedene methodische Ansätze, von den „gender studies“ bis zur „new philology“, vorgestellt.

Programme :

14:30 Uhr Begrüßung

14:45 Uhr : Simon Götz (Universität Konstanz) – Verwaltung als Reformmedium? – Die späte Reform eines Dominikanerinnenkonventes in Konstanz

15:35 Uhr Pause

15:50 Uhr : Adrian Kammerer (Universität zu Köln): Drittordensleute in dominikanischen Konventen

16:40 Uhr Pause

17:00 Uhr : Maria Chiara Levorato (Universität Würzburg): „Io Caterina scrivo a voi“: Zur Redekunst in den Briefen der mantellata Katharina von Siena

Kontakt

Bitte melden Sie sich per Mail an bei sekretariat-svh@uni-koeln.de, (Betreff: Workshop Dominikanerstudien), Sie erhalten zeitnah den Zoom-link

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Publication – Laurent Feller, « Richesse, terre et valeur dans l’occident médiéval. Économie politique et économie chrétienne »

Quelles sont les conséquences de l’encastrement de l’économique dans le social ? Posée dès les années 1940 par Karl Polanyi à propos des sociétés qui se situent de l’autre côté du « grand partage », cette question est déterminante pour comprendre les conditions autant culturelles que matérielles du développement au sein de l’Occident médiéval. Sans renoncer à un certain nombre d’interrogations de l’économie politique, l’ouvrage de Laurent Feller intègre les méthodes et les résultats des sciences sociales afin de parvenir à une description du réel qui rend compte de l’action des hommes sur les choses et de ce que font les agents, dans la société chrétienne du Moyen Âge, lorsqu’ils produisent, échangent et consomment. Il s’intéresse notamment à l’attitude des élites à l’égard de la terre, à la fois outil de production et vecteur de prestige, aux instruments cognitifs des moines, des évêques et des aristocrates laïcs qui manipulent les richesses, aux modes d’évaluation et aux façons de solder les échanges.

Laurent Feller est professeur d’histoire du Moyen Âge à l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Spécialisé dans l’étude de l’économie et de la société rurale dans le haut Moyen Âge, il a dirigé ou co-dirigé de nombreux collectifs concernant les aspects sociaux et culturels de la vie économique. Il est co-auteur, avec A. Gramain et F. Weber, de La fortune de Karol. Marché de la terre et liens personnels dans les Abruzzes au haut Moyen Âge (2005) et a également publié une synthèse sur Paysans et Seigneurs au Moyen Âge (2007).

Table des matières :

Avant-propos : Une économie encastrée

Chapitre 1 : Entre croissance et crise : les arrière-plans de l’histoire de l’économie médiévale
Chapitre 2 : Les écritures de l’économie au Moyen Âge
Chapitre 3 : Richesse et pouvoir au haut Moyen Âge
Chapitre 4 : Entre villes et campagnes : accumulation, redistribution et échanges
Chapitre 5 : La richesse des moines
Chapitre 6 : Les aristocrates, les églises et la terre : l’exemple italien
Chapitre 7 : Acheter et vendre la terre : qu’est-ce que le marché foncier au Moyen Âge ?
Chapitre 8 : Mesurer la valeur des choses au Moyen Âge
Chapitre 9 : La formation des prix (IXe-XIIe siècles)
Chapitre 10 : Les moyens de paiement
Chapitre 11 : Croissance et développement : rythmes et mesure (IXe-XIIIe siècle)
Chapitre 12 : La rémunération du travail agricole (XIIe-XIVe siècle)

Conclusion
Sources et Bibliographie

Informations pratiques :

Laurent Feller, Richesse, terre et valeur dans l’occident médiéval. Économie politique et économie chrétienne, Turnhout, Brepols, 2021 (Collection d’études médiévales de Nice, 19). 347 p., 8 b/w tables, 170 x 240 mm, 2021 ISBN: 978-2-503-59812-3. Prix : 60 euros.

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Publication – Racha Kirakosian, « From the Material to the Mystical in Late Medieval Piety. The Vernacular Transmission of Gertrude of Helfta’s Visions »

The German mystic Gertrude the Great of Helfta (c.1256–1301) is a globally venerated saint who is still central to the Sacred Heart Devotion. Her visions were first recorded in Latin, and they inspired generations of readers in processes of creative rewriting. The vernacular copies of these redactions challenge the long-standing idea that translations do not bear the same literary or historical weight as the originals upon which they are based. In this study, Racha Kirakosian argues that manuscript transmission reveals how redactors serve as cultural agents. Examining the late medieval vernacular copies of Gertrude’s visions, she demonstrates how redactors recast textual materials, reflected changes in piety, and generated new forms of devotional practices. She also shows how these texts served as a bridge between material culture, in the form of textiles and book illumination, and mysticism. Kirakosian’s multi-faceted study is an important contribution to current debates on medieval manuscript culture, authorship, and translation as objects of study in their own right.

Racha Kirakosian is Professor of Medieval German at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg. She previously taught at Harvard University and the University of Oxford. A scholar of historical linguistics, medieval spirituality and church history, she is the author of Die Vita der Christina von Hane: Untersuchung und Edition (2017).

Table des matières :

  1. The Helfta scriptorium
  2. Redactions within a dynamic textuality
  3. Manuscript transmission history
  4. The book’s self-reflectivity
  5. The scriptorial heart
  6. Imaginary textiles
    Final remarks
    Bibliography
    Appendix
    Index.

Informations pratiques :

Racha Kirakosian, From the Material to the Mystical in Late Medieval Piety. The Vernacular Transmission of Gertrude of Helfta’s Visions, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2021. 350 p. 26 x 18 cm. ISBN : 9781108841238. Prix : GBP 75.

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Appel à contribution – From Global to Local : Conques as a Crossroads (9th–13th c.)

(New York, CUNY Graduate Center, 11-15 juillet 2022

Organizers | Ivan Foletti, Cynthia Hahn, Kristen Racaniello, Cécile Voyer

This workshop will explore the expanded cultural context within which Conques became a major crossroads of premodern Europe. As one of the fundamental stops on the road to Compostela, Conques flourished during the 11th and 12th centuries and has maintained an important role for the region and for European culture ever since.

Primarily, this workshop attempts to frame the “Conques phenomenon” within a broad cultural horizon, with a focus on the constitutive elements that can be observed in Conques itself. Aspects of study might range from female saint’ cults within the Carolingian and Ottonian world to the analysis of the sacred staging. Above all, we wish to focus on the immaterial, performative environments at the intersection of bodies, practices, and community identity with a special focus on memory (e.g., music, liturgy, political and ideological environment, as well as inherited and shared historical temporality).

An analysis of the architecture will be central. The building and its community bounds were triply reinforced in their interrelation with the works they contain, in the ideological and aesthetic expressions of religious and cultural practices, and via referenced traditions and authorities.

Also relevant are many other and varied questions such as a consideration of networks of socio-economic exchange in 9th to 13th century Europe; the study of the cult, circulation, and commodification of relics; analysis of the experience of premodern pilgrimages, and study of the visual cultures which constituted the common language for a nascent Europe.

Inter- and transdisciplinary papers are particularly welcome, as well as papers that compare or unite Conques with other major sites of premodern art and culture. We aim to bring together scholars from different fields of studies, including, but not limited to art history, history, anthropology, archaeology, music history, religious studies, as well as philology.

The conference is financed by the MSCA-Rise Horizon 2020 project scheme of the European Union, and will provide partial or complete funding of travel expenses as well as full accommodation.

Paper proposals of no more than one pages, accompanied by a short cv, shall be submitted until January 15th.

Acceptance notification will be sent by January 31st

Submission | Abstracts should be sent to:

Ivan Foletti (foletti@phil.muni.cz)

or Kristen Racaniello (kristen.racaniello@gmail.com)

This workshop is organized as a part of the project Conques in the Global World. Transferring Knowledge: From Material to Immaterial Heritage (H2020_ MSCA-RISE 101007770).

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Publication – « Les Chroniques et l’histoire universelle. France et Italie (XIIIe-XIVe siècles) », dir. Fanny Maillet et Francesco Montorsi

Ce recueil porte sur les chroniques universelles en langues vernaculaires italienne et française aux XIIIe et XIVe siècles. En étudiant des écrits encore trop méconnus, le volume vise à mieux éclairer certaines dynamiques de l’historiographie des derniers siècles du Moyen Âge.

Table des matières : ici

Informations pratiques :

Les Chroniques et l’histoire universelle. France et Italie (XIIIe-XIVe siècles), dir. Fanny Maillet et Francesco Montorsi, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2021 (Rencontres, n° 537 / Civilisation médiévale, n° 46). 319 p. ISBN : 978-2-406-11907-4. Prix : 32 euros.

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Offre d’emploi – Assistant Professor in Medieval History (tenure track): Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

The Department of Art & Culture, History, and Antiquity of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Medieval History. Starting date is  1 April 2022. As a member of the Cultural and Religious History Group, the successful applicant will play a central role in teaching our courses on European Medieval History. 30% of working time will be available for research. VU historians are actively involved in the CLUE+ Research Institute for Culture, Cognition, History, and Heritage, the HDC Centre for Religious History, and in national and international research networks and schools.

Your duties

  • teaching and developing several courses, in particular the basic introductions to European Medieval History for first-year students within the bachelor programmes Geschiedenis (Dutch) and History & International Studies (English), as well as in our MA programmes
  • contributions to other courses in our History programmes and possibly also in the joint VU-UvA Humanities programme at Amsterdam University College (AUC)
  • supervision and co-evaluation of bachelor’s and master’s theses
  • initiating and performing outstanding research leading to new publications
  • preparing or participating in the writing of grant applications
  • administrative or management tasks, including an active role in recruiting new students

Requirements

  • a PhD degree in Medieval History
  • a proven track record of independent research in Medieval History, with a broad view of political, social, cultural, religious, and intellectual history, including the role of the Middle Ages in later periods of history and historiography, as demonstrated by publications and presentations; a domain expertise which is integrated in long-term historical and multi-disciplinary approaches
  • teaching experience in European Medieval History (as evidenced by a list of courses taught and by excellent teaching evaluations) as well as a teaching qualification (BKO/UTQ or similar), or a willingness to obtain such qualification within the first two years of appointment
  • the ability to communicate and teach in English (CEFR C1 level for reading, listening, writing, speaking)
  • the ability to communicate and teach in Dutch or willingness to learn Dutch within two years (CEFR C1 level for reading, listening, writing, speaking)
  • competence in the use of computational research methods, in addition to traditional scholarship, and willingness to further develop skills in digital history, will be considered a great advantage

What are we offering?

We offer a tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor initially for the duration of 5 years, starting at 1 April 2022. Tenure can be achieved if the faculty criteria for Assistant Professor are fulfilled. For the duration of the tenure track, performance will be evaluated in terms of teaching, publication record, attempts to acquire research funding either individually or in consortia, academic service and valorisation. After a successful evaluation, permanent employment will be granted.

On full-time basis the remuneration amounts to a minimum gross monthly salary of € 3,807 (scale 11) and a maximum € 5,211 (scale 11), depending on your education and experience. The job profile is based on the university job ranking system and is vacant for 0.7 FTE.

Additionally, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers excellent fringe benefits and various schemes and regulations to promote a good work/life balance, such as:

  • a maximum of 41 days of annual leave based on full-time employment
  • 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus
  • solid pension scheme (ABP)
  • child daycare facilities available on campus
  • optional model for designing a personalized benefits package

About Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

The ambition of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is clear: to contribute to a better world through outstanding education and ground-breaking research. We strive to be a university where personal development and commitment to society play a leading role. A university where people from different disciplines and backgrounds collaborate to achieve innovations and to generate new knowledge. Our teaching and research encompass the entire spectrum of academic endeavor – from the humanities, the social sciences and the natural sciences through to the life sciences and the medical sciences.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is home to more than 26,000 students. We employ over 4,600 individuals. The VU campus is easily accessible and located in the heart of Amsterdam’s Zuidas district, a truly inspiring environment for teaching and research.

Diversity
We are an inclusive university community. Diversity is one of our most important values. We believe that engaging in international activities and welcoming students and staff from a wide variety of backgrounds enhances the quality of our education and research. We are always looking for people who can enrich our world with their own unique perspectives and experiences.

Faculty of Humanities
The Faculty of Humanities links a number of fields of study: Language, Literature and Communication, Art & Culture, History, Antiquities and Philosophy. Our teaching and research focus on current societal and scientific themes: from artificial intelligence to visual culture, from urbanization to the history of slavery, from ‘fake news’ in journalism to communication in organizations. We strive to ensure small group sizes. Innovative education and interdisciplinary research are our hallmarks.

Working at the Faculty of Humanities means making a real contribution to the quality of leading education and research in an inspiring and personal work and study climate. We employ more than 250 staff members, and we are home to around 1,300 students.

Medieval History at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Medieval History at VU is the responsibility of the Cultural and Religious History Group, which is part of the History cluster in the Faculty of Humanities’ Department of Art & Culture, History, and Antiquity. By combining various fields, source types and methods, our group works to develop new insights into historical processes, ideas, and practices. Some members choose in-depth research, whilst others go for a long-term perspective, examining the shaping of canons and the history of knowledge and science. We aim to problematize traditional breakpoints, for instance between the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, or between religion and science, politics and emotions, economy and culture. Long-term research of cultural history also challenges us to develop and employ innovative digital research methods.

Application

Are you interested in this position? Please apply via the application button and upload your curriculum vitae and cover letter until January 19, 2022.

Interviews will take place on 1 February via a Zoom session.

Applications received by e-mail will not be processed.

Vacancy questions
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, you may contact:
Name: Professor Fred van Lieburg
Position: Professor of Religious History and Director of HDC Centre for Religious History
E-mail: f.a.van.lieburg@vu.nl

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Appel à contribution – Mobiliser son réseau ou sa parentèle pour obtenir justice : les jeux de pouvoir dans les pratiques judiciaires au Moyen Âge et à l’époque moderne en France et en Europe

Journée d’étude, Université Bordeaux Montaigne, jeudi 10 novembre 2022.

Les études historiques sur les pratiques judiciaires ont mis en évidence, à contre-pied de la vision d’une institution judiciaire implacable, la relative autonomie des justiciables, capables d’élaborer des stratégies judiciaires. Sous l’Ancien Régime, les choix effectués par les justiciables – tous groupes sociaux confondus – prouvent leur capacité à adapter leurs stratégies en fonction des normes juridiques, et révèlent une certaine appropriation de la culture judiciaire. Cependant, les stratégies judiciaires ont principalement été interrogées, jusqu’à présent, du point de vue des normes et des représentations culturelles, tandis que l’influence des sociabilités sur les choix des justiciables n’a guère donné lieu à des études globales ou approfondies.

Cette journée d’étude vise à analyser les stratégies de mobilisation d’un réseau ou d’une parentèle pour obtenir justice au Moyen Âge et à l’époque moderne. Elle a pour ambition de mettre en lumière, si possible, les jeux de pouvoir dans les pratiques judiciaires, à partir de sources révélant la capacité des acteurs de la scène judiciaire – magistrats comme justiciables – d’utiliser leurs relations sociales pour influencer ou interférer dans les procédures.

Afin de comprendre l’influence et le rôle de la parentèle et des sociabilités dans les stratégies judiciaires, on pourra s’intéresser aussi bien aux réseaux de ceux qui détenaient le pouvoir judiciaire qu’aux réseaux des justiciables, qu’il s’agisse d’individus ou d’associations de personnes, telles que les communautés religieuses, les collèges, les corporations. On veillera à se concentrer sur l’emprise judiciaire de ces réseaux à l’occasion d’un ou plusieurs procès, en prenant soin d’analyser leurs interférences sur la procédure. On cherchera à savoir si celles-ci opéraient de manière informelle, ou directement dans la rédaction des pièces de procédure, des jugements, arrêts, sentences ou décisions d’arbitrage.

Vous trouverez ici l’appel à communication

Modalités pratiques

Les propositions de communication (max. 300 mots), accompagnées d’une courte bio-bibliographie, sont à envoyer avant le 1er mars 2022 à l’adresse suivante : aude_loriaud@hotmail.com

Organisateurs

Martine Charageat, maître de conférences en Histoire médiévale, Ausonius, Université Bordeaux Montaigne (martine.charageat@u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr)

Aude Loriaud, docteure en Histoire moderne, CEMMC, Université Bordeaux Montaigne (aude_loriaud@hotmail.com)

Éric Suire, maître de conférences habilité à diriger des recherches en Histoire moderne, CEMMC, Université Bordeaux Montaigne (eric.suire@u-bordeaux-montaigne.fr)

Comité scientifique

BEAULANDE-BARRAUD Véronique, Professeur d’Histoire médiévale à l’Université Grenoble Alpes

GARNOT Benoît, Professeur d’Histoire moderne à l’Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté

LE MAO Caroline, Maîtresse de conférences habilitée à diriger des recherches en Histoire moderne, Université Bordeaux Montaigne

Source : CEMMC

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Colloque – Power, Patronage, and Production: Book Arts from Central Europe (ca. 800–1500) in American Collections

Princeton University Department of Art & Archaeology Conference ∙ January 13–15, 2022
https://bookarts.princeton.edu/

From October 15, 2021–January 23, 2022, the Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum in New York is hosting an exhibition ten years in the making: Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, 800–1500. The exhibition presents material that has never before been gathered together, treating topics including visual rhetorics of power in book media, the production and patronage of manuscripts, the relationship between vernacular and classical languages, and the position of imperial cities in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The Princeton conference, Power, Patronage, and Production: Book Arts from Central Europe (ca. 800–1500) in American Collections, expands the purview of the exhibition. The papers encompass material written in Czech, German, Hebrew, and Latin, made for both religious and non-religious contexts in the ninth, twelfth, and fifteenth centuries. Most of the focal material is very little published; some papers present new looks at superstar examples based on cutting-edge findings. Themes include the networked relationships among centers of production, the representation of male and female patrons, early print culture, and the role of books in key developments for liturgy, private devotion, chronicle writing, and the law.

Organizers: Jeffrey Hamburger, Harvard University; Beatrice Kitzinger, Princeton University; Joshua O’Driscoll, Morgan Library & Museum; and Pamela Patton, Princeton University.

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