Sceau médiéval: analyse d'une pratique culturelle
L'ouvrage porte sur l'usage du sceau en Occident, quand le signe devient le premier mode de preuve dans les régions de droit coutumier, au XIIè siècle, jusqu'à son déclin, au XVe. L'étude de l'usage suppose donc de s'intéresser aux techniques (matérielles et intellectuelles), au…
Vienna: the city and urban design -- Politics, economy, and sovereignty -- Social groups and communities -- Spaces of knowledge, arts, and performance. "This volume offers a comprehensive introduction to the major political, social, economic, and cultural developments in Vienna…
In the medieval world, geographical knowledge was influenced by religious ideas and beliefs. Whereas this point is well analysed for the Latin-Christian world, the religious character of the Arabic-Islamic geographic tradition has not yet been scrutinised in detail. This volume …
"This volume offers newly translated texts that exemplify the two most important traditions of Arthurian literature in the Middle Ages. These selections emphasize the connection between secular and religious understandings of chivalry that is the most distinctive quality of medi…
