Mariage, littérature courtoise, et structure du désir au XIIème siècle by Cristina Álvares

“…Courtly songs and romances are thought of as attempts of building new models for the relationship between men and women and a new ethics of the sexual difference.In short I say that the variety of ethical and esthetical choices explored by medieval romances concerning the connexions between desire, marriage, and sublimation strongly challenges the thesis of  Denis de Rougemont about the adulterous tendency of Western love and the Manichaean background of fin’amors, arguing that the views on sexuality offered by Gratien corroborate the Incarnation-tinged love ethics of marital romances.…”
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Approches comparative et analytique des pratiques funéraires anciennes à Mbanza Kongo (Province du Zaïre, Angola) by Eloi Cyrille Tollo

“…The paper aims to compare burials dynamism and practices between ancient’s christian and public cemeteries in Mbanza Kongo as well as those in the Northern provinces of the Kongo Kingdom. This medieval African society at the forefront of cultural blending, has experienced various forms of resilience including in the field of burials.…”
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Le Hodna occidental entre régions méditerranéennes et plaines désertiques : organisation des terroirs, communautés rurales et productions agricoles au Moyen Âge by Mohamed Meouak

“…The aim of our contribution is based on two methodological points : to propose a critical reading of the Arabic sources and to give a precise picture of the soils in the western Hodna which is located between the maritim area of the Kabylie and the desert zones of the medieval central Maghreb. In a first time, we concentrate our efforts on the places of activities by the rural comunities for establishing a survey of the different settlement's structures. …”
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Éducation à la laïcité et enseignement laïque du fait religieux : enjeux d’une pédagogie du discernement by Anne Vézier

“…The analysis of a teaching situation on medieval religious pluralism raises questions about the conditions for questioning how values ​​are to be understood. …”
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Les jardins paysagers des seigneurs domaniaux de l’époque d’Edo et les manuels relatifs à la composition des jardins by Nicolas Fiévé

“…During the Heian period (794-1195) in Japan, at the time where the main characteristics of pleasure gardens were introduced, the landscape architect was a well-read aristocrat who enjoyed reproducing one of the country’s famous landscape in his own home garden. During the medieval period (1185-1573), the monks have an important role in the conception of gardens, and, like the nobles, they conceive the landscape compositions of their monasteries by themselves. …”
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Carol Ann Duffy’s Everyman (2015), A Contemporary Morality Play by Esma Seçen Hınıslıoğlu

“…This review examines today’s concept of morality in Carol Ann Duffy’s Everyman (2015), an adaptation of a medieval morality play of the same name, which provides striking examples from the consumerist and materialist lifestyles of modern people.…”
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Charles Sterling (1901-1991) et la pratique de l’exposition temporaire : itinéraire d’un catalographe privilégié du musée du Louvre by Marie Tchernia-Blanchard

“…Famous for his contribution to the rediscovery of medieval painting and for his work on seventeenth-century French painting, Charles Sterling (1901–1991) is also considered by critics as one of the greatest exhibition makers of the twentieth century and his name is still closely associated to some of the most eminent events organised by the French national museums between the 1930s and 1960s. …”
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Le rey Artus, texte occitan du xviiie siècle by Xavier Bach, Pierre-Joan Bernard

“…This text is an example of the legendary hunt of king Arthur, also called wild hunt or flying huntsman, with no explicit reference to medieval literature. It is one of the oldest known appearances of this popular belief in the Occitan speaking world. …”
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Sculpture, sculpteurs et ateliers (?) à Chambéry et alentour (vers 1480-v. 1530) by Laurence Riviere Ciavaldini

“…This paper is the critical account of some of the contributions of the thesis defended by Me S. Boisset-Boisset on medieval sculpture in Western Savoy, 1480-1530, at Grenoble Alpes University, in November 2015. …”
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Determining Appropriate Preservation Conditions for Historical Mixed-Media Objects: a Risk-Based Approach by Willemien Anaf, Marjolijn Debulpaep

“…Subsequently, its two application aspects are illustrated on the basis of a case study regarding the preventive conservation of a medieval Enclosed Garden.…”
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La sculpture de l’Antiquité tardive et du haut Moyen Âge en péninsule Ibérique, une révision nécessaire by Gisela Ripoll

“…Late Antique and Early Medieval sculpture in the Iberian Peninsula does not have a complete corpus, but a large number of dispersed studies that allow us to establish a state of the art. …”
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Amnesia and Oblivion in England’s Long Reformation by Alexandra Walsham

“…It considers official strategies for expunging the medieval religious past, through iconoclasm, sanctioned amnesia, and censorship, alongside attempts to counteract and combat this campaign of oblivion. …”
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A Handlist of Illustrated Early Solomonic Manuscripts in German Public Collections by Sophia Dege-Müller, Jacopo, Vitagrazia

“…The contribution was created within the framework of the AHRC-DFG project Demarginalizing medieval Africa: Images, texts, and identity in early Solomonic Ethiopia (1270–1527) so our data reflects the project’s research focus on visual matter. …”
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« Savez par qoy ay mis en rime de France… ? » Peut-on définir le style de Nicolas de Vérone ? by Chloé Lelong

“…In the fourteenth century, in northeastern Italy, Nicholas of Verona wrote three chansons de geste of different inspiration in Franco-Italian : Pharsalus, which rewrites two chapters of the medieval chronicle of the Fet des Romains in the form of an epic, Prise de Pamplune, which is a continuation of L’Entrée d’Espagne, and Passion, which is a compilation of the Gospels. …”
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Translating Merwin: Navigating Nature, Place, and the Apo Koinou by Helmbrecht Breinig

“…Taking his poem “Leviathan” as an opening example, it shows how Merwin’s highly innovative way of using medieval models can be transferred into German. The paper emphasizes the need for retaining the semantic and philosophical openness of Merwin’s poetry but also the importance of following the various thematic focuses and formal features of his later works, notably in The Shadow of Sirius. …”
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Les statues de lions des églises romanes, des gardiens de pierre entre espace profane et espace sacré by Sylvain Chardonnet

“…Statues of lions positioned at the gates are a common component of ancient and medieval shrines and may serve several functions. In the Massif Central territories, many lions with funerary purposes can be found, at first without any direct link with architectural structures. …”
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« Un néant follement attifé » : macabre et grotesque dans Mesure pour Mesure by Sophie Chiari

“…Thus, the play presents us with a whole series of frail and disquieting characters, and the medieval theme of the Dance of Death running throughout the tragicomedy reveals the vanity of their speeches and attitudes. …”
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Lizori: Segni e Dialoghi by Michela Meschini, Chiara Mommi

“…Focusing on Lizori, a medieval Umbrian burg located in the municipality of Campello sul Clitunno in the province of Perugia, the exhibition explores the possibilities of restoring and enhancing historical and cultural roots, reflecting on the deep bond that links architecture to the landscape and collective memory. …”
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Des voix joyeuses : dire le joi chez les troubadours du xie au xiiie siècle by Emma Coutier

“…In light of seminal works on the medieval voice as “the place of an absence, which, in it, becomes a presence” (P. …”
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An Investigation of a Printer’s Block (Manchester, John Rylands Library, 17252) by Emerson Storm Fillman Richards

“…Other scholars believe that it was made in the eighteenth century and it imitates the medieval iconography. Lacking more scientific investigations, the exact date of the woodblock cannot be established. …”
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