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The long medieval period, which extends in the West almost a thousand years has gradually expanded knowledge in the medical field, with contrasting phases of growth and stagnation. Countless ...

The medieval city of Provins organizes the National Prize of the medieval book, the "Price Provins medieval." The jury, chaired by Emmanuel Leroy Ladurie, awarded the 2011 prize to Philip Bernardi for his ...

Object of desire, including politics, Joan of Arc is a figure in the history of France, which never ceases to fascinate. Much has been written about her, the most serious to the most ...

Holy City of three great monotheistic religions, pilgrimage and crusade, and now political issue as much as religious, Jerusalem has never ceased to fascinate, including those who do ...

Here's an intriguing title smelling anachronism but that hides a very nice overview on a subject little known and treated: The secret services in the Middle Ages. And an intrinsic interest ...

The Middle Ages is often seen as a time when public debate and criticism does not exist, run over by a power representation. Private and public sphere are not separated. That is the conclusion ...

Between history and myth, Joan of Arc is a key figure in the history of France, although its role in the events of the Hundred Years War was ultimately secondary, at least from ...

At a time when the "gourmet meal of the French" just Intangible Heritage of Unesco, and referring to the principle of Pharaoh Kheti four thousand years ago "is a quiet crowd ...

Sleeper hit of the fall of 2011 on Canal +, the Borgia series, co-produced by the French channel and created by Tom Fontana, sees its competitor, The Borgias (Neil Jordan), land on the GST ...

Character who gave his name to the legends (or cycle) Arthurian, whose success has been immense since the Middle Ages, King Arthur breaststroke many myths, the first being himself. King-Knight, ...

Fundamental character of Christianity in the Middle Ages, Bernard of Clairvaux was involved in all important affairs of his time, as the rivalry between Cluny and Citeaux or the Second Crusade. Clerc, ...

The magazine devoted to medieval history and medieval images, taking advantage of its new formula to return to a classic course on the Crusades, but treated much more convincing than ...

The question of the board and officers is central in modern times. It is linked to the progress of the monarchical state, but causes profound changes in French society from the ...

The medieval Spain, whether that of Al Andalus and the Christian kingdoms, is considered the preferred (with Sicily) the transmission of Greek knowledge to the Latin West. The controversy ...

Renaissance is often seen as the moment when Europe entered the period known of modern times, after a bleak medieval. This leads to some historiographical clichés, certainly more ...

Prince atypical Hundred Years War, half way between France and England, Gaston Phoebus (1331-1391) was a warrior, political and philanthropist, author of the famous Book of Hunting, and particularly determined to ...

Central figure in Celtic mythology and folklore, Merlin is a protean hero whose character was the subject of an intense and prolific literature of the Middle Ages to the present. Became the father "...

Turbulent son of the victor of the Hundred Years War (Charles VII), King Louis XI of France has the reputation of a sovereign drive, sometimes seen as a tyrant. His reign, however, is fundamental, as ...

The teaching of religion regularly poses challenges for teachers. These difficulties relate to the story of the three monotheistic religions. The primary collection Tales, published in The documentation ...

Special issue of Historia and Point of View, "When was this date? "Will you discover the fascinating origin of the objects that surround us. A fun through hundreds of steps organized ...

Abbey, shrine, fortress, prison, tourist attraction, Mont Saint-Michel is a site with a thousand faces and incredibly rich history. This is the story that David Nicolas-Méry and ...

On 13 December a conference will be held discussion History of Coffee with historian Jean-Pierre Rioux, entitled "The populist in Europe." A Coffee Story that addresses - for once ...

Often associated, wrongly, in the Middle Ages, witches are still very present in our contemporary imagination. Since at least the modern era, they inspire the artists and are often ...

The French Renaissance is often reduced to the reign of Francis I, a kind of golden age before the horrors of religious wars. However, it is more appropriate to begin this time with ...

The Crusades in the East continue to produce many works of scholars or more general public interest and quality sometimes questionable. However, what happened at the same time in Spain, ...

In the late Middle Ages, princes mobilize the system of patronage for their last home, built in their lifetime. The society of the time is marked by the phenomenon of death, as evidenced ...

At the end of the Middle Ages, back to Rome, the pope is the only one who can compete with the King of France, because it is both spiritual and temporal ruler. This power and this rivalry expressed through ...

When China emerged as the second world power, the Louvre offers to come back eight hundred years of history, but with an original approach. Indeed, the visitor is invited ...

Not to be missed tonight Ate, two excellent docu-fiction novel, the first devoted to the Order of Teutonic Knights, the second to Godfrey of Bouillon. Using reenactments, these documentaries ...

Ethnocentric reflexes die hard, and when the Borgia back into fashion with a little fiction historically accurate, some are still to see the world from turning ...

In the spirit of its other exhibits, the tower holds up to John the Fearless November 13, 2011 exposure to both shoot some pictures and learn more about everyday life ...

So what's published public space in the Middle Ages. Debates over Jürgen Habermas (PUF), which he co-directs with Patrick Boucheron, meeting with Nicolas Offenstadt historian, lecturer in ...

When you think of the date of 911 for the history of the Vikings, the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte, signifying the birth of Normandy, who comes to mind. However, the same year ...

Lovers of culture and history will delight in Slovenia. This charming country unsuspected resources has an amazing cultural heritage. Museums, architecture, and events ...

The Gauls have a special place in the history of France. Often recovered, sometimes despised (including today), always caricatured, they have long been an enigma to historians. Yet ...

History for all meets Dominique Valerian, a professor of medieval history at the University Lumière - Lyon 2, specialist medieval Muslim West, to discuss his career as a historian, his ...

As part of the Rendez-vous in the history of Blois, devoted this year to the theme of the East, the royal castle of Blois home until November 20, 2011 an exhibition on the famous Compagnie des ...

Relations between France and Normandy (also known as Vikings) were first conflict. All the ninth century, in the context of the disintegration of the Carolingian Empire, is a succession of attacks ...

In France, when talking about tourism in Catalonia, one thinks immediately to Barcelona or to the beaches of the Costa Brava. However, Catalonia offers much more, and especially when one goes inland. ...

The history of the Byzantine Empire is little known to the general public in France, yet it is rich and exciting. The country can boast of having more in the ranks of some historians ...

The very term evokes chivalry to our minds a world dreamlike fantasy that speaks of self-transcendence, of honor, loyalty, generosity and courtesy of the literature ...

"You will work in the sweat of your brow! "Since the biblical injunction, the work is considered a curse. This does not preclude expressed the pride of the worker. Slavery, revolution ...

Between the Franks and Normans, the relations are first conflict. The Carolingian Empire decaying after the Treaty of Verdun (843) is not able to cope with the attacks of these warriors ...

The history of Italy appears to light in general, in the collective unconscious, with what we call the Renaissance. Since it is a rebirth and the men of this age have ...

At the heart of a green and dense forest of the Belgian Ardennes, far from the madding crowd, is a small monastic community primarily known for the manufacture of the famous Trappist beer. ...

The history of France still causes much debate, and more when it comes to addressing the origins of the country. When was born in France? Those who advocate a history studied and taught mostly ...

Released directly on DVD April 1, 2011 without going through the box cinema in France, Black Death directed by Christopher Smith (Creep, Severance) is reminiscent of the Witch, designed ...

At the heart of the valley of the Semois stands certainly the largest and impressive fortress of Belgium, overlooking its wide walls the small town of Bouillon. It must ...

After two years of closures and four years of work, the old museum of the Bishopric of Limoges offered back to the visit in a completely new one. The offices were removed from the floor, ...

The end of the feud that pitted the queens Brunhilda and Fredegund and their son, Clotaire II allowed to ride alone on the throne. The king and his son Dagobert more, contribute to the early ...

Africa existed before the arrival of Europeans in the fifteenth century! A continent where the expansion of the Arab-Muslim world stimulate an already globalized trade, cultural exchange and intellectual, art, ...

Five centuries of feudal Europe is built, flourished, quarrels, tears ... leaving the memory of a time when stood side by side with exquisite moments of civilization and the barbarians firmly years. Designed ...

If the illumination of the Middle Ages in the West is well known to the general public (and currently on display at the Louvre), and often highly valued for its beauty, it is less the case in regard to illumination ...

When he died in 511, Clovis bequeathed to his son a great kingdom with its capital Paris and the Catholic religion. Thus began what may seem a paradox, especially when compared to what ...

Globalization is central to a number of questions and debate political and economic. The story is no exception, with the development since the 80's that the Anglo-Saxons call ...

High place in history and medieval Christianity, listed since 1979 as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Basilica of St. Mary Magdalen of Vezelay established itself as a masterpiece ...

Matrix dynasty of French royalty, the Merovingians, however, have long been victims of a "black legend" kept from the sixth century by Gregory of Tours, then by their successors, the ...

Like the duke of Burgundy, a veritable land of medieval monasticism Western Transjurane Burgundy also appears as a fertile ground where many developed ...

Eleanor of Aquitaine, also known as Eleanor of Guyenne, was twice Queen: Louis VII of France with, then to England with Henry II Plantagenet. Girl "restless" and mother of three ...

For its 7 th edition, the magazine Memo change its name to "Sounds history." With the same creed: to explore the past to understand the present and the same vision: History is ...

The Pont du Gard, a great monument major monument in 1840 by Prosper Mérimée, registered as an historic monument in 1913, admitted to the World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1985, was a mere ...

As part of the Days of the History of Europe, organized by the Association of Historians, History for all could attend the conference on "Europe and Islam, the Al Andalus in the negotiations ...

Era of innovation, Renaissance knows not only the development of arts, but a tremendous change in the way of providing feed for the powerful vision completely different ...

Historical site, the village of Les Baux de Provence, founded in the Middle Ages, the Renaissance changed, honored by the Provencal poets like Mistral, Daudet, Pagnol, painted by Cezanne and Van Gogh, ...

Always exciting to read the second issue of the quarterly magazine of Science & Health: History Wars and is now available. At one, a special feature on Barbarossa, the country of all ...

In his historical novel, Valfort. Chronic Oultre-Jourdain, Jerome Lemoine invites us to travel to Latin states of the East from the twelfth century, in the heart of a small manor torn by the struggles ...

The links between history and geography in France have always been both very strong and very tight, up to misunderstanding. First seen as a single resource by historians ...

Aix-en-Provence, it is not only the city's premier student ᵉ XXI century in which to live. It is also a historical city in doubt, the rich and eventful history. ...

Blois. When we talk about, we think first of all its royal castle, a magnificent example of the evolution of French architecture from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. However, Blois is also a ...

"History of France in 1000 quotes" is an introduction to the history, through the words of great figures such as Kings, Queens, prelates or simply writers and columnists. ...

Among the castles of the Loire in Blois is probably one of the most original. Indeed, its unique history allows us to discover three distinct architectural styles: Gothic, ...

In modern times, the activity of fishing is a fundamental issue for coastal communities. As part of this article, it is to question the practice of fishing at the time. ...

When we talk historically the town of Vichy, we believe above all in his "government" to Marshal Petain and collaboration. When we talk about on a economic and tourism ...

The "mirror for princes," if we stick to the definition proposed by the historian Einar Már Jónsson, is a literary genre, correlated with the political treatise, which appeared in the Carolingian world ...

All History now poses his bags in the South of France, specifically in Les Arcs sur Argens, "Leis Arc" in Provence, Var small town, a member of the Urban Community ...

According to Italian historian Marino Berengo modernist, Italy, in modern times, is a space made up of "patricians" in every city, in other words, leaders of social groups, who hold ...

The vision of Islam today is ambivalent. While some liken it to the obscurantism of jihadist terrorism, others point to the environment's "golden age" of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad ...

Those whom Victor Hugo called the small,''''no grades formed the vast majority of men and women in their own way and in the shadow, have shaped history. Yet unlike the big ...

Gather around a table, has always had a moment of joy and friendship, both among the nobles, the bourgeoisie that the country people. That was the centerpiece of the kitchen ...

Initially, the "oral history" comes from the English "oral history". It is defined by the systematic use of the interview and investigation by the oral historian. These U.S. researchers ...

Born in the Middle Ages, in the heart of the kingdom of France, Gothic architecture has dominated Europe and initiated a revolution in architecture. Its landmark is the cathedral. In less than two hundred ...

In the middle of the Hundred Years War, but also by civil war between Armagnacs and Burgundians, French chivalry knows its greatest defeat the English army of Henry V, October 25 ...

This year is the year 1300 Al-Andalus. In 711 the Arab troops invaded the Iberian Peninsula. They transform the dull and distant province in one of the brightest home ...

The sword is the symbol par excellence of the Middle Ages. Associated with the knights at the coronation, but also to the legends, like the famous Excalibur, it continues to fascinate to this day. Yet ...

Disseminated throughout Europe during the early centuries of the Middle Ages, beer was given some recognition that made him so far lacking in its history in Greek culture ...

History meets today for all Laurent Feller, professor of medieval history at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, specialist in early medieval Italy, and director of LAMOP. He talks about his job ...

1066 is a date entered into a mythical fantasy equipped military of William the Bastard, became after his victory at Hastings, William the Conqueror. His saga has been handed a great ...

The economic history of the Middle Ages has long been confined to Europe and the Mediterranean. The Spice Route was discussed only in relation to its end point, she crossed the country and the impact ...

The reference to "our ancestors the Gauls" triggers these days certainly a controversy, and the teaching of history (and through them to ours) is often caricatured. However, we ...

In the galaxy of several history magazines, here are a newcomer: War & History. Launched a guarantee of quality, the group Science & Vie, it aims to make the connection between history and military ...

Michelet is fashionable. His history of France is selling like hotcakes. Historians but also novelists, such as Pierre Michon, is the tear. And here we rediscover a little-known aspect ...

Over time, men have always wanted to improve their understanding of the universe. Using observations and mathematics to accurately describe everyday phenomena, many ...

The origin of the book, Monks and Warriors. The military-religious orders in the Middle Ages, comes at the company, the lack of synthesis of these orders in French-born in the Holy Land ...

When the history of France by Michelet is reprinted before the scheduled-to-Lavisse, when the debate on national identity Landernau shakes the media but also university (see ...

The plow is the major invention which has scrambled agricultural production. Neolithic appears to the plow, which cuts through the land of Palestine, but without turning the soil. Pulled by two oxen, this ...

The oldest book dates back to the surgery sixth century BC Its author, Sushruta, have invented the removal of the prostate, the treatment of eye cataracts, drainage of abscesses ...

Released in France in November 2010, Marie Antoinette and the American War of Independence - Episode 1 "The Brotherhood of the Wolf" - is one of the top Nintendo DS games to pay close attention to the story. ...

What was the status of women in the Middle Ages? This is declined according to the diversity of ages and social positions, following the place in the family, within a couple from ...

With inventories previously established by notarial deed on death is often premature to either of the spouses, we are allowed to have a clear idea of ​​the life of our ancestors. These documents ...

While there are many popular works whose framework the Middle Ages, beyond the great classics such as Le Goff or Gauvard, none to our knowledge does not claim an interest in the Middle Ages ...