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The Musical Sounds of Medieval French Cities
Based upon newly uncovered archival evidence, this book establishes urban musical traditions of over twenty cities in late medieval France.
Templar Families
This study explores the relationship between the Order of the Temple and the network of landowning families that supported it.
Arts of the Medieval Cathedrals
The touchstones of Gothic monumental art in France - the abbey church of Saint-Denis and the cathedrals of Chartres, Reims, and Bourges - form the core of this collection dedicated to the memory of Anne Prache. The essays reflect the impact of Prache’s career, both as a scholar of wide-ranging interests and as a builder of bridges between the French and American academic communities. Thus the authors include scholars in France and the United States, both academics and museum professionals, while the thematic matrix of the book, divided into architecture, stained glass, and sculpture, reflects the multiple media explored by Prache during her long career. The essays employ a varied range of ...
Le roman de Perceforest
Immense composition anonyme en prose, le roman de Perceforest est une des plus belles reussites litteraires de la fin du Moyen Age. En une grandiose fresque divisee en six parties, il evoque les aventures des lointains ancetres dArthur et des chevaliers de la Table Ronde. Dans ce volume, limagination exuberante du romancier ne connait pas de relache. Perceforest sombre dans une longue prostration et Gadiffer est rendu infirme pour le reste de ses jours. Zephir, le lutin malicieux, se divertit aux depens dEstonne. Il le fait assister a une etonnante scene de sabbat dont les protagonistes sont de vieilles sorcieres barbues. Peleon, le chevalier malheureux prive de raison, retrouve enfin son amie Dache et Lyonnel multiplie les exploits pour se rendre digne de lamour de Blanche. Apres la publication de la Quatrieme partie et de la Troisieme partie, Gilles Roussineau poursuit ledition de loeuvre. Le texte est assorti dun important choix de variantes, de nombreuses notes et dun glossaire developpe.
The Templars and their Sources
Even 700 years after the suppression of the Order of the Temple and the execution of the last grandmaster, Jacques de Molay, there is no shortage of publications on this influential military order. Yet unlike other medieval institutions the Templars are subject to speculative fiction and popular myth which threaten to swamp the fruits of scholarly endeavour. Fortunately, recent years have produced a thriving academic scholarship which is challenging these myths. More and more sources are currently being edited, particularly those for the trial of the Templars (1307–1312). Others are still awaiting indepth study, among them, surprisingly, the greater part of the charters that cover more tha...
New Approaches to the Archive in the Middle Ages
This volume brings together scholars of history, manuscript studies, and art and architectural history to examine in conversation the varieties of medieval archival acts, the heterogeneity of collections, and the motivations of collectors. It is united by the historically flexible concept of the archive, and contributors examine material from Seville to Prague, from the early Christian period through the Reformation. Premodern collections and archival practices are increasingly becoming the subject of academic inquiry. Chapter authors investigate how institutional, communal, and familial identity accrued to material culture, including illuminated manuscripts, ecclesiastic vestments, ancient ...
Crusaders and Crusading in the Twelfth Century
Crusading in the twelfth century was less a series of discrete events than a manifestation of an endemic phenomenon that touched almost every aspect of life at that time. The defense of Christendom and the recovery of the Holy Land were widely-shared objectives. Thousands of men, and not a few women, participated in the crusades, including not only those who took the cross but many others who shared the costs and losses, as well as the triumphs of the crusaders. This volume contains not a narrative account of the crusades in the twelfth century, but a group of studies illustrating many aspects of crusading that are often passed over in narrative histories, including the courses and historiog...
The Lettered Knight
An encounter between a warring knight and the world of learning could seem a paradox. It is nonetheless related with the Twelfth-Century Renaissance, an essential intellectual movement for western history. Knights not only fought in battles, but also moved in sophisticated courts. Knights were interested in Latin classics, and reading and writing poetry. Supportive of ?jongleurs? and minstrels, they enjoyed literary conversations with clerics who would attempt to reform their behaviour, which was often brutal. These lettered warriors, while improving their culture, learned to repress their own violence and were initiated to courtesy: selective language, measured gestures, elegance in dress, ...
History of Technology Volume 7
The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition to dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, History of Technology also explores the relations of technology to other aspects of life -- social, cultural and economic -- and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
