The status of women in the Ancient East: peculiarities of marriage and family relations in Mesopotamia by I. A. Lohvynenko, Ye. S. Lohvynenko

“…The main criteria of social differentiation of women in the first state formations of the Middle Ages have been studied. The influence of religion on the formation of understanding of the place and role of women in society has been shown. …”
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Kazakh khans of the 15th–17th centuries in the scientific heritage of Shigabutdin Marjani by Atygayev N.A.

“…Velyaminov-Zernov, as well as famous historical works by Muslim authors of the Middle Ages, written in Persian and Turkic languages. …”
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De computo de Rábano Mauro. O texto e as iluminuras do Santa Cruz 8 e do Alc. 426 by Maria Coutinho

“…The aim is then to reflect on the reasons of a parcelled copy of the work, accompanied by the finger reckoning images, and to determine the affinity between the two manuscripts considering not only their proximity, but also their striking differences, specially on Hrabanus’s illuminations.The study will have a concise introduction on the relevance of the computus for the high Middle Ages and a brief presentation of the general contents of Hrabanus’s treatise.…”
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A morte de Odin? As representações do Ragnarök na arte das Ilhas Britânicas (séc. X) by Johnni Langer

“…Our study aims to reflect on the images of Ragnarök in the British area during the late Middle Ages. The main sources are images carved in crosses, funerary sculptures and reliefs in blocks. …”
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Ensinar e Aprender na Évora Medieval by André Filipe Oliveira da Silva

“…Preserved by their ecclesiastical sanctuaries, the erudite culture, the writing and reading and school education expand during the Late Middle Ages, with an augmenting supply adapted to its recipients and their motivations. …”
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De la Renaissance à la Restauration : quelques étapes du déchiffrement des hiéroglyphes by Dominique Farout

“…In addition to this, some significant traditions from the Egyptian Middle Ages are at the root of fundamental concepts such as the link between Coptic and Pharaonic writing. …”
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Les «  sites clunisiens  » vs Clunypedia : un inventaire patrimonial réinventé ? by Isabelle Brianso

“…The Cluny Abbey embodies one of the symbols of the Middle Ages and, from the 10th Century, as a major-influence site (scholar, religious, political, economic) in France and Europe through an organised network of Cluniac sites. …”
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A kind of magic: a vessel with a unique swastika motif from Jelenia Góra (SW Poland) and early medieval Slavic magical rites by Ewa Lisowska

“…Swastikas on vessel bodies were uncommon in the Early Middle Ages, although throughout the centuries this symbol has been regarded as magical and associated with the solar cult. …”
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La caridad en la historia del cristianismo: algunas manifestaciones en la Andalucía bajomedieval by Juan Carlos Arboleda Goldaracena

“…During the end of the Middle Ages, Andalusian fraternities were institutions which carried out an intense activity for social welfare amongst the inhabitants of the places where they resided. …”
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Richeza (c. 996-1063) – la reina consorte de Polonia – sabia o instigadora? by Anna Działak

“…That educated woman, active both in the political arena and the arena of faith, did not enjoy, however, a merited acclaim in the chronicling of Middle Ages. What is more, the historiographic portrayal of that exceptional woman emerges as highly disfigured in the chronicles of medieval Poland and in the literature that followed. …”
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Ut commutando donemus : An Approach to Female Artistic Patronage in Northeast Iberia (1000-1100) by Verónica Carla Abenza Soria

“…While medievalists are accustomed to reconstructing the circumstances in which an artwork was born, when studying artistic patronage there is still a general tendency to avoid consideration of the social, economic, and legal differences between men and women in the Middle Ages. By focusing on a representative set of women from the period, one of the main goals of this article is to show that, beyond devotional reasons, artistic patronage helped medieval women overcame some of these social constraints and allowed them to exercise different degrees of power and authority.…”
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Représenter la victoire militaire d’une femme by Marjolaine Massé

“…Embroidery was a key means of expression for the women of the elite class during the early Middle Ages, which allowed them to more easily leave their mark as forces of influence. …”
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Archéologie du bâti par méthode géoradar : le cas de la basilique Saint-Seurin de Bordeaux by Anne Michel, Jean-François Lataste

“…The Saint-Seurin Church of Bordeaux is a structure continuously modified from the Middle Ages to the present day. It developed from a mausoleum of Late Antiquity, whose masonry was integrated into a crypt beneath the nave of the church. …”
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D’imagier à ymaginero : la présence de sculpteurs septentrionaux en Espagne aux xve-xvie siècles by María Teresa Rodríguez Bote

“…Despite this trend starting in the Middle Ages, it is along the 16th century when this stream is more numerous. …”
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El aprovechamiento del cauce fluvial en una encomienda andaluza de la Orden de San Juan: las aceñas de Alcolea del Río en el siglo XV by Juan Carlos Arboleda Goldaracena

“…In this paper we focus our attention on the study of a territory governed by the Order of Saint John in Andalusia at the end of the Middle Ages: Alcolea del Río, in the province of Seville (Spain). …”
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Le sarcophage de pierre du haut Moyen Âge, des critères pour une étude by Fabrice Henrion

“…Over the last two decades, the study of Early Middle Ages stone sarcophagi has taken a particular turn: the “object” itself is now worthy of consideration, not only its decoration, thus revealing the distinguishing characteristics that were often that were previously too often left aside. …”
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Mantua, City of Water between History and the Present by Pierfranco Galliani, Cassandra Cozza

“…Ever since the Middle Ages, the relation between nature and architecture has characterised Mantua’s environmental situation and urban form. …”
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Escitia y Escancia (o Escandia), el fabuloso pasado nórdico del neogoticismo cuatrocentista hispánico by Óscar Perea Rodríguez

“…This paper analyses neo-gothicism and its impact on the ideological propaganda in the Hispanic Middle Ages (9th-15th c.), since the initial steps taken in the Visigoth era until its apogee in early medieval chronicles, as well as both its disappearance and its recovery occurred between the 15th and 16th c. via both genealogical and poetry works. …”
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A l’origine des couleurs et éléments matériels d’œuvres peintes des XIVe-XVIe siècles by Anne-Solenn Le Hô, Sandra Montlouis, Sandrine Pagès-Camagna†, Nathalie Pingaud, Yannick Vandenberghe

“…This paper is devoted to applied brocade, subject of the colloquium published here, and to others techniques of textile imitation such tin reliefs, sgraffito … encountred in painting and sculpture in the Middle Ages. An abstract of theses techniques is presented, and the methodology observed crossing observations and analysis describe the techniques and material features, the state of conservation, and the way to investigate the fragments often very lacunars. …”
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Comment a-t-on apprécié et compris la sculpture de l’Antiquité tardive et du haut Moyen Âge auxXIXe-XXe siècles ? by Pierre-Yves Le Pogam

“…Since the sculptures of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages were discovered during the modern period, they have given rise to contradictory judgements. …”
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