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La Boheme Galante
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A Companion to the Abbey of Saint Victor in Paris
Bringing together the research of several eminent scholars, A Companion to the Abbey of Saint Victor in Paris seeks to provide a deep introduction to the significance, scope, and reach of the abbey’s influence in the twelfth century and beyond. Sixteen chapters introduce the history of the abbey from its beginnings through the reception of its major writings. Chapters are grouped in the areas of the life and ministry of Victorine canons, the abbey’s contributions to biblical exegesis, sacramental and theological teachings, and the Victorine understanding of Christian life and prayer. Such a thorough introduction to the Abbey of Saint Victor has never before been published. Contributors are: David Albertson, Rainer Berndt, Boyd Taylor Coolman, Marshall Crossnoe, Torsten K. Edstam, Christopher P. Evans, Margot E. Fassler, Hugh Feiss, Karin Ganss, Franklin T. Harkins, Donna R. Hawk-Reinhard, C. Stephen Jaeger, Juliet Mousseau, Dominique Poirel, Patrice Sicard, and Frans van Liere.
Via Appia
En descendant la Via Appia, cette route mythique qu’empruntaient les légionnaires romains, les éléphants d’Hannibal, les esclaves de Spartacus et les chars de Césars, Jacques de Saint Victor nous invite à un voyage peu commun. Outre le fait qu’il déteste la marche et ne se départit jamais d’un décapant sens de l’humour, l’auteur est l’un des plus fins connaisseurs de l’Italie. Au volant de sa vieille Fiat, il nous introduit dans l’Italie profonde. Loin des tours opérateurs, des exploits sportifs et de l’égotisme gratuit, c’est une plongée au cœur des mythes, au croisement des grandes cités antiques et de l’ultra-violence des mafias d’aujourd’hui. Suiv...
Victor Hugo
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The Builder
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Demystifying the Sacred
Demystifying the Sacred: Blasphemy and Violence from the French Revolution to Today offers a much-needed analysis of a subject that historians have largely ignored, yet that has considerable relevance for today’s world: the powerful connection that exists between offences against the sacred and different forms of violence. Drawing on cases from revolutionary France to the Russia of Vladimir Putin, the international authors probe the nature and agency of local blasphemy accusations, the historical and legal framework in which they were expressed and the violence, both physical and symbolic, accompanying them. In doing so, the volume reveals how cultures of blasphemy, and related acts of heresy, apostasy and sacrilege, were a companion to or acted as a trigger for physical action but also a form of how violence was experienced. More generally, it shows the importance of religious sensibilities in modern society and the violent potential contained in criticism or ridicule of the sacred and secular alike.
