Origin and development of agent nouns in -ino by Franz Rainer

“…In the present paper, I defend the hypothesis that the denominal pattern arose in the context of the administration of Medieval cities by reanalyzing original diminutives. …”
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Pratique de l’équitation au Moyen Âge d’après les textes littéraires by Pascale Bourgain

“…In the course of tales, holymen’s lives, sermons, epics, letters, medieval authors let us catch a glimpse on the ways of making use of horses in everyday life : horsemen’s social prestige, economic restraints, problems of maintenance and pasture, training, dangers. …”
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Alimentation d’une population historique by Estelle Herrscher

“…Isotope data indicates that weaning began between 2.6 and 3.3 years for the children in the medieval Saint-Laurent population. The application of this strategy for children aged between 5-11 years of age has indicated another phenomenon, an enrichment in nitrogen-15 at the time of death, most likely due to an unidentified source of stress.The above data support evidence for economic, political and environmental changes occurring at the end of the medieval period in the Saint-Laurent population. …”
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La herencia escotista en la Filosofía política moderna* by Ignacio Miralbell

“…Se busca mostrar la fuerte herencia voluntarista tardo-medieval de origen escotista en la filosofía política moderna, sobre todo en Bodino, Maquiavelo y Hobbes, pero también en Locke, Rousseau y Kant. …”
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Mor a lékařská literatura pozdního středověku by David Tomíček

“… This paper deals with the question of contagiousness an communicability of plague in the treatises of late medieval physicians and leads to conclusions that beside the generally accepted miasmatic theory (i.e. plague si communicated by aer) two other conceptions were important. …”
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Taking the Evolution of the Standards of Proof for a Criminal Conviction Seriously by Jacopo Della Torre

“…The first part focuses on the attempt of medieval and early modern Roman-canon systems to clarify this type of rule through a network of legal proofs. …”
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Communautés rurales et pouvoirs urbains au Maghreb central (vii-xive siècle) by Allaoua Amara

“…The central Maghreb was considered by the Arab historiography of the medieval Age as the territory of the rural Berber communities and often bound to the revolts against the Arab rulers of Kairouan. …”
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La pédagogie dans les facultés médiévales. Parcours historiographique by Patrice Foissac

“…What is presented here is the most important aspects of such debates and innovations, focusing mainly on medieval faculties between the 13th and the 15th centuries. …”
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The non-destructive research into the deserted village of Jovka with the Church of St. Thomas in Nová Ves nad Žitavou by Zuzana Borzová, Peter Bisták, Tibor Lieskovský, Dominik Repka, Marek Budaj, Ľuboš Trubíni, Ján Šťubňa

“…This article presents new information on the medieval village of Jovka, known from written sources dated to the 13th–18th centuries. …”
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La aristocracia altomedieval: legados historiográficos y tendencias de investigación by Mariel Pérez

“…This review will show that although the historiographical tradition inaugurated by Marc Bloch and Georges Duby actually inherited the topics and schemes from their predecessors –which led them to go deeply into the study of classical questions such as the transformations of its family structures–, in the last decades a number of new problems on medieval aristocracy emerged, as well as new frameworks of interpretation and methodological tools that are renewing and revitalizing these studies.…”
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Richard Fox of St Albans by Anna Probert

“…In doing so it shows the important connections that Fox had, both to medieval book culture and to influential people including Abbot John Whethamstede and translator Eleanor Hull, which may have contributed to his Chronicle.…”
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Flaubert et l’image légendaire / légendée by Sabine Narr

“…Rereading these two texts illustrates how a creative reception of the medieval form operates, a reception which greatly takes into account the new optical machines emerging in the 19th century.…”
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L’imitation des tissus précieux sur quelques sculptures valdôtaines, entre XVe et XVIe siècle by Alessandra Vallet

“…In the Aosta Valley, research on applied brocade, especially on late medieval polychrome sculptures, is still at an early stage. …”
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Études des peintures murales médiévales soudanaises de 1963 à nos jours – Essai d’historiographie by Magdalena M. Wozniak

“…Doubtlessly, the paternity of the discovery and the presence of the frescoes in the Polish capital were preponderant factors in the specialization of Polish researchers in the archaeology of medieval Nubia. This study presents an overview of Nubian art historiography, with a focus on the different approaches adopted by researchers to apprehend these paintings.…”
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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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A presúria de “Uilla Coua” e as origens do Mosteiro de Lorvão by Manuel Luís Real

“…Both the Asturian type of the east end of the high-medieval basilica, discovered in 1984, and the style of the only surviving sculptural frieze, reminiscent of the art found in the diocese of Coimbra during the 9th century and early 10th century, contribute to support this proposal.…”
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La violence seigneuriale à la fin du Moyen Âge, vue par les représentations pédagogiques en France by Pierre Prétou

“…The use of pictures to teach the medieval seigniory in France turns the lessons of history into a weird morale teaching. …”
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„Vy zly a nespravedlivy lvde Bardiowci.“ Mesto Bardejov v boji proti zbojníkom v 15. storočí by Mária Fedorčáková

“…The particular examples of the activities of brigand groups related to Bardejov are put into the context of so far published findings about the medieval history of the town. …”
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The challenges of preserving and managing sulphur-containing plaster casts by Nand Cremers

“…This article discusses the significance of certain replicas in museums, focusing on medieval seal impressions from the ‘Hallepoort’ collection at the Royal Military Museum in Brussels, Belgium. …”
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Témoignage d’un lecteur de la revue depuis 1977 by Thierry Courtin

“…I have therefore chosen a few major themes, ranging from medieval studies to poetry, art, philosophy, etc. and highlight their erudition, relevance and interest for a Germanist or a Germanophile of today.…”
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