Medieval France

La généralisation des enquêtes judiciaires et la construction du pouvoir princier dans le duché de Bourgogne (xiie-xiiie siècles)

by Armando Torres Fauaz

Program Workshop: "Mirakel und Magie"

by Alexandra Kaar

La mort et les funérailles de Charles VI

by Simon Laporte

part les rivalités franco-anglaises trouvent en ce début du XVe siècle un nouvel élan et le Nord de la France se... more part les rivalités franco-anglaises trouvent en ce début du XVe siècle un nouvel élan et le Nord de la France se trouve en partie sous la domination anglaise (Normandie, Bassin parisien, Somme…). En outre l’année 1422 est marquée par la mort du roi d’Angleterre Henri V à Vincennes au mois de Mai. La signature du traité de Troyes par Charles VI en 1420 marque la victoire anglaise. Par son mariage avec Catherine de France, ce traité faisait en quelques sortes d’Henri V d’Angleterre l’héritier de la couronne de France. La mort prématuré d’Henri V allait influencer profondément le cours des funérailles de Charles VI. Henri V mort, ce fut son fils, Henri VI, qui monta sur le trône d’Angleterre. Étant à peine âgé de quelques mois son oncle, le duc de Bedford, prend la régence du royaume, après que le duc de Bourgogne l’ait refusée. Par ailleurs, les luttes intestines au sein du royaume de France contribuent-elles à accroître le morcellement du royaume et les clans Bourguignon et Armagnac s’affrontent dans de terribles luttes d’influences, l’un se retranchant du côté anglais, l’autre derrière le Dauphin Charles, divisant la France en deux.

Das Gutachten Ivos von Chartres zur Krönung Ludwigs VI.: Quellenstudium und Edition von Epistola 189

by Christof Rolker

Co-authored with Marcel Schawe; published in: Francia 34 (2007), S. 147–157. Available online (www.perspectivi.net).

Do We Know What We Think We Know?: Making Assumptions about Eleanor of Aquitaine

by R. C. DeAragon

Published in the journal Medieval Feminist Forum

A review (and critique) of the way Eleanor of Aquitaine has been treated in western civilization textbooks and by... more A review (and critique) of the way Eleanor of Aquitaine has been treated in western civilization textbooks and by scholars.

Database of 3rd Crusaders (Aug 2010 version)

by Dana Cushing

ACCOMPANIES SSCLE/ICHS PAPER "IDENTIFYING..." OF JULY 2010.

***DRAFT ONLY*** This spreadsheet correlates my research identifying approximately 1,000 Crusaders including 8... more ***DRAFT ONLY*** This spreadsheet correlates my research identifying approximately 1,000 Crusaders including 8 individuals from Luebeck who may have been among the first Teutonic Knights. This database is limited to the Third Crusade era (1187-1197 AD). Ultimately, I would like this database project to cover all of the Crusades and to have a permanent (university-based) internet home.

A more polished database is currently under construction -- it includes a "wiki" so that any researcher may add or edit information, a standardized ratings scale for source reliability, more in-depth "mouvance" information, and more bibliographical citations. Comments and suggestions for improvement are welcomed!

If you would like to help construct or host this database, please contact me!

Etude fonctionnelle d'outillages lithiques préhistoriques par l'analyse des micro-usures

by Hugues Plisson

PLISSON H. 1985. Etude fonctionnelle d'outillages lithiques préhistoriques par l'analyse des micro-usures : recherche méthodologique et archéologique. Thèse N.D. Paris: Université de Paris I, 1985, X + 357 p.

Violence et identité: regards sur la croisade

by gregory cattaneo

Ongoing publication dans les Cahiers de l'Institut de Recherche Stratégique de l'Ecole militaire (IRSEM), 2012

Depuis quelques décennies, l’étude de la violence alimente la recherche de nombreux médiévistes. Le sujet a été traité... more Depuis quelques décennies, l’étude de la violence alimente la recherche de nombreux médiévistes. Le sujet a été traité selon diverses approches, qu’il s’agisse d’une période ou d’une zone géographique, d’un type de sources ou d’un groupe social, d’un type de violence comme la vengeance ou la faide, d’une approche méthodologique comme l’anthropologie médiévale ou bien les études littéraires. Pourtant ces nombreuses recherches ont laissé de côté un aspect à la mode ces dernières années, notamment chez les auteurs américains et anglo-saxons, l’identité.
Il nous a semblé qu’un regard sur la croisade, paix entre les chrétiens et union sacrée contre l'Infidèle, illustre bien le paradigme violence et identité pour la période médiévale . Mais il reste à définir la violence en nous demandant si nos définitions contemporaines peuvent correspondre à la réalité des gens du Moyen Âge et des écrits que nous étudierons dans ce présent travail.
C’est en gardant cette remarque à l’esprit que nous avons sélectionné six courts récits issus de l’histoire des croisades, afin d’offrir un point de vue sur le paradigme violence et identité dans la société médiévale . Tout d’abord, nous nous pencherons sur le discours idéologique de la violence, en nous demandant comment la propagande de la guerre sainte est instrumentalisée par les élites religieuses et politiques des mondes chrétiens et musulmans. Ensuite, à partir de récits de confrontations violentes entre ces deux groupes nous dégagerons les éléments de la violence des croisades pour les contemporains et chercherons à comprendre la manière avec laquelle les discours de guerre sainte et de jihad sont appliqués. Enfin nous conclurons en essayant brièvement de comprendre la réutilisation contemporaine des croisades, à travers notamment les concepts d’orientalisme et d’occidentalisme.

Review of “Pierre Bauduin, Le monde franc et les Vikings (VIIIe-Xe siècle) [The Frankish world and the Vikings], Paris: Albin Michel, 2009. Pp. 460”.

by gregory cattaneo

Grégory Cattaneo, “Pierre Bauduin, Le monde franc et les Vikings (VIIIe-Xe siècle) [The Frankish world and the Vikings], Paris: Albin Michel, 2009. Pp. 460”, in Journal of Scandinavian Studies 83 (4) Winter 2011, 440-445.

For the last fifteen years, Pierre Bauduin has been producing fruitful research on various topics connected with... more For the last fifteen years, Pierre Bauduin has been producing fruitful research on various topics connected with Scandinavian and French medieval history, such as the ethno genesis and the territorial boundaries of early Normandy, the Scandinavian establishments in Western Europe, the integration of the Vikings in the Frankish kingdom, questions of ethnic identities, and a useful synthesis on the Vikings. This work has made him a respected and influential specialist of the Vikings in his country and some might see in his work a continuation of the work of the late Lucien Musset, well-known by our readers. Le Monde franc et les Vikings, VIIIe- Xe siècle represents both a good achievement of his previous research and a major revitalization of the studies of the relations between the Frankish world and the Scandinavian societies from the eighth to the tenth centuries. Indeed, writing in a post-war context, Lucien Musset and Louis Halphen addressed the "invasions" in terms of a capitulation to the enemy in a climate of defeatism. In this book it is the concept of accommodation that...

"Formulating Opposition to Seigneurial Warfare in the Parlement de Paris"

by Justine Firnhaber-Baker

published in La Formule au moyen âge, ed. Elise Louviot and Colette Stévanovitch (Brepols: Turnhout, 2012).

The Fonds d’Armagnac: Some Archival Resources for the History of Languedocian Women

by Justine Firnhaber-Baker

Published in Medieval Feminist Forum.  No. 39 (2005): 22-29.

‘Injurious to Our Lordship and Sovereignty’: Seigneurial War and Royal Power in Thirteenth- and Fourteenth-Century France

by Justine Firnhaber-Baker

published in Past & Present 208 (August 2010): 37-76.

“From God’s Peace to the King’s Order: Late Medieval Limitations on Non-Royal Warfare.”

by Justine Firnhaber-Baker

published in Essays in Medieval Studies.  Vol. 23 (2006): 19-30.

Alexis CORROCHANO, "Le secteur des enfants", in : Agnès BERGERET (Ed.), Saint-Martin-de-Castries (Hérault) de l’habitat rural à l’ensemble ecclésial (VIIIe-XVIIIe siècle), Lodève : Charte Lodévois-Larzac, 2008, p. 80-82 (Les Cahiers du Lodévois-Larzac, 30).

by Alexis Corrochano

'Le roi est mort; Vive la reine?'

by Elena (Ellie) Woodacre

Given at Histfest, University of Lancaster, May 2008

The death of Louis X in 1316 triggered a succession crisis that had a longterm effect on history of France and its... more The death of Louis X in 1316 triggered a succession crisis that had a longterm effect on history of France and its neighbours. The king left behind a pregnant wife and a young daughter, Jeanne. The subsequent death of her posthumous
brother left Jeanne as the only remaining offspring of the late king and yet her claim to the throne was denied, setting a precedent that effectively barred women from inheriting the French crown. The succession crisis of 1316 was
especially significant as it marked the first time that the Capetian dynasty was confronted with the possibility of a female on the throne of France. Despite common belief, at that time there was no citation of ‘Salic Law’ to specifically
prohibit her accession to the throne. There was ample precedent for women to succeed to fiefdoms and even kingdoms; Louis’ mother was Queen of Navarre
in her own right. Given that the succession of females to the throne of France was a valid possibility at that moment in time, this paper will focus on why Jeanne’s claim to the throne was denied, the ensuing succession crises of 1322
and 1328 and Jeanne’s eventual coronation as Queen of Navarre in 1329.

Le passage de la lecture oralisée à la lecture silencieuse: un mythe ?

by Hélène Haug

in Le Moyen français, 65 (2009), pp. 1-22.

Secrecy and the Social Construction of Heresy in Medieval Languedoc

by John Bilodeau

unpublished...so far....

Secrecy is a powerful tool in religious conflict. The careful manipulation of information is critical to the strategic... more Secrecy is a powerful tool in religious conflict. The careful manipulation of information is critical to the strategic success of a religious group in its attempt to gain recognition of its legitimacy and status in a community or region. This work uses the historical context of the encounter between the Church and the Good Men and Women of Languedoc in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries to analyze the use of secrecy the discourse of religious conflict. Reports from Languedoc describe communities who have left the institutions of the Church behind, and fallen into what the Church interprets as dangerous heresy. The “dangerous heresy” are the beliefs and practices of people who self-identify as “Good Christians”. The encounters between the representatives of the Church and the Good Christians begin with debate and argumentation and proceed into war and physical coercion. At the beginning of the thirteenth century, the allies of the Church assemble armies in order to extirpate the heresy from the lands around Toulouse. Following the Albigensian crusade, the Inquisition is founded to finish the work of reconciling the people of the region of Languedoc to the rest of Christendom. This thesis looks at the role played by secrecy in the conflict and its overall impact on the outcome.

'Lordship and Principality: Colonial Policy in Ireland and Aquitaine in the 1360s', Journal of British Studies, 47 (2008), 3-29.

by David Green

Forms of Lay Association with the Order of the Temple

by Jochen Schenk

published in Journal of Medieval History, 34:1 (2008), 70–103

Las polémicas historiográficas sobre el románico en la primera mitad del siglo XX. Parte I

by Web Claustro-com

Revista Románico, n. 12. Asociación Amigos del Románico (junio 2011). pp. 52-60