Cimitirele medievale de la Buftea–La Cârna/Mănești. O interpretare pe baza monedelor depuse în morminte by Morintz, A., Coman, M.

“…The present paper aims to provide an interpretation of the dynamics of the largest medieval funerary complex known so far in Wallachia (the site of Buftea – La Cârna/Mănești, generically dated between the 14 th and 17 th centuries), using the coins associated to the burials as a documentary basis. …”

Le Bestiaire d’amour de Gustave Flaubert (1) by Loïc Windels

“…It is as if Flaubert did with Medieval legends what Freud would do a little later with Greek mythology. …”
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The necropolises of “Cherna–Sihleanu” type: are they biritual and what in fact does biritualism mean? by Vladimir Staykov

“… The paper reviews a group of five Early Medieval necropolises on the territories of modern-day Northeast Bulgaria and Southeast Romania, which demonstrate some intriguing features. …”
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A historical overview of the Wärğəḥ Muslim community in the Christian highland of Šäwa by Deresse Ayenachew

“…Linguistically, they speak Oromo and also Amharic. Fragmentary medieval Ethiopian historical sources describe the Wärğəḥ as inhabitants of the lowlands of south-east Šäwa. …”
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Echanges et transformations de l’Annonciation : D’un groupe statuaire en marbre (Toulouse, Musée des Augustins,XIIe siècle) à un bas-relief en bronze d’Igor Mitoraj (Rome, Santa Ma... by Sandra Gorgievski

“…Yet the functions of the medieval cult objects have evolved into dissimilar patterns, transformed by the modern gaze into mere aesthetic objects of contemplation in a museum. …”
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La valeur du corps saint d’après les Vitae des mulieres religiosas des Pays-Bas méridionaux du xiiie siècle by Anne-Laure Méril-Bellini delle Stelle

“…Far from the usual clichés about Christianity in the medieval West, hagiographic literature attests to the value of the body, including that of women, at least if they were holy. …”
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Peirce’s more-than-human philosophy, its precursors, and its heirs by Nöth Winfried, Santaella Lucia

“…Peirce’s semiotic philosophy, contextualizes it within the history of ideas (Aristotle, the Medievals, Montaigne, Descartes) and examines its syntony with and differences from 21st century trends of cultural and philosophical studies (posthumanism, nonhuman studies, Object-Oriented-Ontology, and the more-than-human paradigm).…”
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The spirituality of Andrei Rublev's Icon of the Holy Trinity by J. Reimer

“… This article focuses on the work of Rublev who is considered to be the greatest medieval Russian Orthodox painter of icons and frescoes and whose work has influenced generations of Russian artists, theologians, writers and philosophers. …”
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Ultimele cuvinte… by Dan Sluşanschi, Lucia Toader

“…The last inteview (January 2008, Radio Trinitas) with professor Dan Sluşanschi (1943–2008), a remarkable translator from Medieval Greek and Latin revealed some unknown aspects of translating. …”
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« Que fait l’empereur ? … Il accouche ». Notes sur Néron, Sporus et le trouble dans le genre by Yves Perrin

“…This article analyses the famous cases of Nero and Sporus in an attempt to identify how these two men who experience the female body lived their gendered experiences in their bodies and in their imagination and how imperial and then alto-medieval societies represented them. This article highlights the epistemological difficulties that historians encounter when they try to approach ancient societies using terms and concepts unknown to these societies.…”
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Abaciológio do mosteiro de S. Vicente de Vacariça (séc. XI) by Mário de Gouveia

“…Vicente de Vacariça durante o século XI, a partir da análise dos títulos diplomáticos reunidos no cartulário medieval da Sé de Coimbra conhecido pela designação de Livro preto. …”
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Ordre, durée et fréquence : la narratologie genettienne à la rescousse des récits brefs ? by Nicolas Garnier

“…The notion of « short narrative » is a real problem for medievalists, because it is at the crossroads of two issues: defining what narrative brevity is, and knowing if there is a « brief genre » for medieval literature. Gérard Genette’s works, mainly those related to narratology in Narrative Discourse, could then provide help. …”
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“For mine is the bitter, the ale and the lager”: Parodic prayer and the spirituality of humour by A. Houck

“…This article reviews that history, showing that medieval parodic prayers arose from within the Church and often expressed ethical concerns through satire. …”
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Genesis of feudalism in Western Europe and its influence to the globai process of history: The conceptions of L. Vasilyev and E. Gudavičius by Nerijus Babinskas

“…Private property enabled the development of market relations when civilization and technologies were restored.   Medieval cities and burghers undermined feudalism and were the first sprouts of the capitalist structure. …”
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Le pouvoir laïque est-il profane ? Classement distinctif et spiritualisation seigneuriale en Haute-Allemagne à la fin du Moyen Âge by Joseph Morsel, Camille Noûs

“…The burial of the dead in churches is a practice specific to medieval society, unthinkable in ancient Rome and forbidden in contemporary society. …”
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Description and Explanation of Earthquake in Muslim Thought: A Critical Review on the Book Kashf Al-Salsala ‘An Wasf al-Zalzala by Mir Hamid Hashemi Lashenlo, Arash Mousavi

“…The Suyūti chronological list of earthquakes that occurred in the post-Islamic period contains data on the number and severity of earthquakes and their human, social, and natural consequences, which can be used to study the social history of Medieval Muslims.…”
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La nuit mamelouke.Contribution à l’histoire du quotidien au Caire et à Damas à la fin du Moyen Âge by Mathieu Eychenne

“…Historians of medieval Islamic society have not paid the same attention to night activities as a topic for social history, as have specialists of the medieval west. …”
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A wall painting from the domus of Palazzo Govone-Caratti at Alba Pompeia (Italy) by Greta Acuto

“…The thesis project concerned the conservation of a roman fragmentary mural painting, found during the archaeological excavation held in the court of the medieval Palazzo Govone-Caratti at Alba in 2008. The aim of the project was the study of the items from a historical, artistic and scientific point of view with an interdisciplinary approach. …”
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Entre la thérapie et le péché : enquêtes parallèles sur l’expression de la joie (Bernart de Ventadorn et le Roman d’Énéas) by Valeria Russo

“…At the beginning of vernacular literatures in medieval Europe, courtly love in gallo-roman traditions appears as fixed within a discursive system in which the expression of joy is one of the main vectors. …”
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Pre-Modern Bosom Serpents and Hippocrates' <i>Epidemiae</i> 5: 86: A Comparative and Contextual Folklore Approach by Davide Ermacora

“…This paper aims: 1) to throw light on this ancient passage through a comparative folkloric analysis and through a philological-contextual study, with reference to modern and contemporary interpretations; and 2) to offer an examination of previous scholarly enquiries on the fantastic intrusion of animals into the human body. In medieval and post-medieval folklore and medicine, sleeping out in the field was dangerous: snakes and similar animals could, it was believed, crawl into the sleeper’s body through the ears, eyes, mouth, nostrils, anus and vagina. …”
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