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When early medieval sources record the appointment of a new bishop, the authors occasionally provide extra information on the social, geographical, educational or ecclesiastical background of the appointee. These details were not randomly... more
An examination of the archaeological evidenc for a hill-top fortress constructed by King Aethelred the Unready in probably the late tenth century, and its historical context. Other forts / castles of the period are examined.
Liudprand of Cremona is one of the most interesting authors of the tenth century. He is well known for his description of the Byzantine court and also for his jokes in Antapodosis – a fi rst chronicle of Europe. Based on these tales, he... more
Doctoral dissertation defended in 2016 on bishops' interactions with religious communities in the Carolingian and post-Carolingian era.
"La présente étude s'inscrit dans le débat à propos d'une éventuelle " mutation féodale " autour de l'an mil. Il s'agit d'étudier l'aristocratie laïque durant les Xe et XIe siècles, en prêtant une égale attention aux ressorts matériels et... more
In 966, by the end of the reign of its third duke, Richard I, Normandy had overcome the crises that had beset it in the middle of the century. Much of this success came from the coherence of its ruling group, which expressed itself partly... more
This article reevaluates the monastic interventions of Bishop Gerard I of Cambrai-Arras (r. 1012-1051) through an analysis of his predecessors' gradual acquisition of secular power and a comparitive inquiry into the 'reforms' within the... more
From 925 onward, the archiepiscopal city of Reims became the stake of a prolonged and fierce struggle between the major dynasties that dominated the West-Frankish heartland. Until around 961, two claimants, each backed up by powerful... more
The political history of early medieval West Francia is often conceived of as the story of influential lineages. This article explores the territorial power and social status of the “house of Vermandois” in the ninth and tenth centuries,... more
Il presente lavoro è una versione ampliata ed aggiornata del contributo proposto in occasione di Usages et outils de la prosopographie au regard de l'histoire sociale et politique (VIIe-XVe siècles), atelier dottorale (programma... more
Улав Триггвасон вошёл в историю Киевской Руси после появления в дружине князя Владимира I. В Норвегии, куда Триггвасон вернулся и был избран королём в 995 г., современные историки рассматривают его как одного из правителей, заложивших... more
Dans cet article, je veux analyser l'image de Gérard dans son rôle d'avocat du droit canonique en comparant la présentation d'élections épiscopales dans " Les Gestes " à des dispositions spécifiques tirées de la Bible, de textes des Pères... more
This article discusses the state of the art on monastic reforms in the long tenth-century Frankish kingdoms and the analytic problems inherent to reform terminology. It argues that the emendatory undertone, the idea of renewal and the... more
""La ville du Puy constitue un cas de siège épiscopal jouissant de droits comtaux sur sa cité, ce qui à l’époque médiévale est assez rare au sud de la Loire. On partira de la lecture que les juristes de la fin du XIIIe et du début du... more
Richer of Rheims (fl. c.991 – 998) has traditionally had a poor reputation as a historian, being cast as an overly-imaginative and naïve imitator of ancient Roman historians who played fast and loose with the truth. His four books of... more
Dans le Liber miraculorum sancte Fidis (début du XIe siècle), Bernard d'Angers décrit le physique d'un clerc, dont il livre un portrait topique correspondant à un idéal de mesure et de proportion. Or, le même auteur célèbre la beauté d'un... more
Review of Review of Heinrich Fichtenau, Living in the Tenth Century: Mentalities and Social Orders, in History: Reviews of New Books, 20:2 (1992), pp. 84-5.
Despite their documentary reoccurrence, fires have received sparse attention in historiography. Above all those which devastated the urban spaces of Regnum Italicum between 880 and 1080. When they do not naturalize occurrences of this... more
Après avoir présenté l’histoire complexe et mouvementée de la transmission de la documentation pontificale au Puy, l’étude dégagera les grandes phases de l’évolution des relations du siège épiscopal ponot avec la papauté du Xe au XIIe... more
L’étude propose une reconstitution, des représentations graphiques et une analyse des réseaux aristocratiques auxquels participa la reine Emma (m. en 934), princesse robertienne qui épousa le bosonide de Bourgogne Raoul. Après avoir... more
Bishop Æthelwold of Winchester (d. 984) was a reformer of Anglo-Saxon monasticism, but he was also deeply concerned with the religion of ordinary English laypeople. Whether in his promulgation of the cult of saints, vast elaboration of... more
Liudprand of Cremona is among the most famous early medieval chroniclers. He learned Greek during his first stay in Constantinople in the late 940s and used it extensively in his various written works, in particular in his longest text:... more
Book review of the third volume of the series Quaderni di CALMA. The Clavis Gerbertiana, prepared by the Italian philologist Patrizia Stoppacci, offers a complete overview of Gerbert's intellectual output
Presented at conference: Symboliczne i realne podstawy tożsamości społecznej w średniowieczu (Warszawa, 27-29 I 2011).
To be published in 2015
To be published in 2015
Review of The Peace of God: Social Violence and Religious Response in France around the Year 1000, eds. Thomas Head and Richard Landes, in History: Reviews of New Books, 23:1 (1994), pp. 25-6.