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Appel à contribution : “Good Governance and the Built Environment of Late Medieval Cities (ca. 1200–1600)”, Brussels, du 3 au 5 septembre 2025, date limite le 7 avril 2025

In the late Middle Ages, cities were governed through constant dialogue. Rulers, nobility, citizens and other social groups all found ways to shape urban governance, each articulating complex views on what “good” governance entailed. In order to meet expectations of justice, protection, economic welfare, and the common good, all the forementioned individuals would often invest in the city’s built environment, either by initiating new architectural and infrastructural projects, or by securing the maintenance of existing...

Parution : José Eloy Hortal Munoz et Merlijn Hurx (dir.), “Building the Presence of the Prince”, Turnhout, Brepols, 2024

By the late Middle Ages, architecture became an increasingly important means of representation of princely rule and institutions. In addition to their symbolic significance, the ruler’s buildings served a host of practical purposes. Obviously, castles and fortresses defended the territory, while urban and rural residences served the itinerant court during its proceedings, but their possessions also comprised a wider network of estates that included infrastructure and agricultural, commercial, industrial, and administrative buildings. Together, these networks...

Colloque : « Thinking Europe Visually. L’europe par l’image et en images », Paris, École normale supérieure, 9-10 juin 2022

International Symposium: Thinking Europe Visually Organisation: – Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel, Professeure à l’université de Genève, chaire des humanités numériques – Léa Saint-Raymond, postdoctorante, ENS-PSL / IMAGO Centre d’excellence Jean Monnet IMAGO, ENS-PSL (https://www.imago.ens.fr), en partenariat avec le projet FNS VISUAL CONTAGIONS, Université de Genève (https://visualcontagions.unige.ch) « If I had to do it again, I would start with culture »: this statement often erroneously attributed to Jean Monnet suggests that in the absence of a shared culture, Europe as...

Parution : M. Damen, K. Overlaet, « Constructing and Representing Territory in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe », Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2021

In recent political and constitutional history, scholars seldom specify how and why they use the concept of territory. In research on state formation processes and nation building, for instance, the term mostly designates an enclosed geographical area ruled by a central government. Inspired by ideas from political geographers, this book explores the layered and constantly changing meanings of territory in late medieval and early modern Europe before cartography and state formation turned boundaries and territories...

Parution : Michael Tutton, Construction as Depicted in Western Art, Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Press, 2021

The Art of Building has captured the interest of artists from the Roman period to today. The process of construction appears in western art in all its details, trades, and operations. Michael Tutton investigates the representation of building processes and materials through an examination of paintings, illuminated manuscripts, watercolours, prints, drawings and sculpture. Technical terms are explained and detailed interpretations of each work are provided, with insights into the artists’ inspiration and themes. Even paintings...

Appel à communication : « Quel lieu choisir ? Implantation, représentation et mention de l’édifice et de l’objet (XIe-XVIIe) », Amiens, date limite le 15 janvier 2018

Journées doctorales internationales, Amiens, 29 et 30 mai 2018 (Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Université de Liège, Université François Rabelais de Tours)   Ces journées seront divisées en deux temps : tout d’abord le choix du lieu de l’édifice, puis le choix du lieu de l’objet. La construction d’un nouvel édifice démarre généralement par une importante réflexion sur son lieu d’implantation. Le choix de ce dernier peut être stratégique ou symbolique, voire les deux, et dépend...