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Juliette Blue Bourdier, Medievalist

Searching the Origins, Teaching the Future

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Moyen Age

What’s the point of studying medieval literature?

Professor Thorlac Turville-Petre discusses his study of literature from the Middle Ages. University of Nottingham. TURVILLE-PETRE, T, 2010. The Gawain Poet: Places of the Imagination. In: TREHARNE, E and WALKER, G, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Medieval English Literature Oxford... Continue Reading →

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Qui est qui ? Guillaume d’Orange et les objets

Granger, gauche Guillaume habillé en marchand conquiert Nîmes. Centre : le mariage. Droite : Guillaume tue le géant Isoré. Illuminations du XIIIe. manuscripts of the 'Chanson de Guillaume d'Orange. Nous allons étudier - Le contournement de Louis - Le charroi... Continue Reading →

Play medieval!

Fief is a game of dynastic ambition, where players assume the roles of nobles in the 14th century Kingdom of France. Academy Games, which specializes in history-related board games, is making an English-language version of a popular French game in... Continue Reading →

Macabre discovery, Carolingian mystery

Dans cette section, je souhaite que nous mettions en correspondance la lecture des extraits du Roland avec la découverte qui vient d'être faite par des archéologistes en France. Merci de préparer le questionnaire que nous acons conçu avant de venir... Continue Reading →

Plague in Medieval French Towns… How they dealt with it?

oonjour à tous, Faisant suite à notre lecture, je souhaite que vous lisiez cette article et que vous m'expliquiez en quoi ces révélations corroborent les tensions que nous avons notées dans notre poème. On se voit lundi A new article... Continue Reading →

Nautical charts revealed… it is all about details

Bonjour à tous, Merci de consulter les cartes et de m'expliquer la conception du monde telle que nous l'avons lue dans le Mundi. La semaine prochaine, nous lirons Li Ere Brendan... Les cartes marines sur parchemin, Nautical charts on parchment... Continue Reading →

Serments de Strazbourg (842)

  The  Serment de Strasbourg is an oath sworn by Charles le Chauve - Charles the Bald (later Holy Roman Emperor Charles II) andÄhnlicher Begriff: Louis II de Germania in solemnizing their alliance against their brother, Emperor Lothair I. The... Continue Reading →

French Food… Recipe Medieval Style

French Medieval Food Bread, accompanied by meat and wine, was the centrepiece of the medieval diet. Vegetables were more for peasants, both in reality and imagination. Not all foods had the same cultural value. Each had its place within a... Continue Reading →

Gallica on Ipad, manuscripts and more…

The National French Library offers an Android or Ipad application to visualize, download etc... more than 4 millions of documents, Manuscripts, pictures... books. It is free and you can get it easily : l’App Store or Google Play. Create your... Continue Reading →

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