From antiquity to the modern age, legal, documentary, exegetical, literary, and linguistic traditions have viewed the relationship between image and letter in diverse ways. There is a long history of scholarship examining this relationship, probing the manner and meaning of its dynamics in terms of [...]

Dans ce delicieux petit recueil de nouvelles, quelque chose d'inattendu survient dans la vie de chacun des personnages. Une revelation, un acte, un choix brouille les cartes au point de faire devier le cours de la vie. Le lecteur prend un malin plaisir a voir se tramer le destin de chacun. Chose cer[...]

In the century following 150 BCE, the Romans developed a coherent vision of empire and a more systematic provincial administration. The city of Rome itself became a cultural and intellectual center that eclipsed other Mediterranean cities, while ideas and practices of citizenship underwent radical c[...]

In the century following 150 BCE, the Romans developed a coherent vision of empire and a more systematic provincial administration. The city of Rome itself became a cultural and intellectual center that eclipsed other Mediterranean cities, while ideas and practices of citizenship underwent radical c[...]

Ils sont appeles les grincheux - les officiers en uniforme de Justice Security. Ils n'ont pas les emplois courtois et hautement mediatises que detiennent les membres en civil de la societe - ce sont les gens qui apparaissent en arriere-plan tous les jours dans les banques, les immeubles de bureaux[...]

This volume highlights the heretofore largely neglected Battle of Vouille in 507 CE, when the Frankish King Clovis defeated Alaric II, the King of the Visigoths. Clovis victory proved a crucial step in the expulsion of the Visigoths from Francia into Spain, thereby leaving Gaul largely to the Frank[...]