Russian chronicles and West European chivalric epics: two possible comparisons [PDF]
The article is devoted to the comparison of accounts of Russian chronicles of the pre-Mongol time and episodes from the West-European chivalrous epic. Two parallel plots are considered, in which the author sees certain similarities.
Pavel Lukin
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CONCENTRATION OF AUTHORITY AND POWER IN EAST LITHUANIA, BETWEEN TAURAGNAS LAKE AND THE MIDDLE REACHES OF THE ŽEIMENA RIVER, DURING THE MIGRATION PERIOD; pp. 117–147 [PDF]
The paper aims to define the structure of the population of a relatively small East Lithuanian Barrow Cemeteries culture territory and the causes that could have predetermined the emergence of the rich inter-regional warrior elite graves and their rather
Audronė Bliujienė +3 more
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The knight’s fall: personification of Pride in Southern French hagiography and iconography of the 11th — early 12th centuries [PDF]
The paper explores the dismounted knight as the personification of Pride in the context of Southern French art and hagiography of the 11th–12th centuries.
Vera Yarnykh
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Stripe (yellow) rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is a major threat to wheat production in Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA).
Rola EL AMIL +3 more
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Bronze Basin from the Kurgan no. 1 of the Group “Bogomol’nye Peski I” in the Lower Volga Region
The article dwells on the find of the bronze basin in the burial no. 5 of the kurgan no. 1 of the group “Bogomol’nye peski I” near the village of Nikolskoye, Enotaevsky District, Astrakhan Region.
Alexey A. Timofeev, Mikhail Yu. Treister
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Représenter la victoire militaire d’une femme
The standard of Queen Gerberge is a device to demonstrate power, the outcome of a specific historical context, and it reflects both the special relationship of queens with power and the art of embroidery.
Marjolaine Massé
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Summary In relation to King Pyrrhus of Epirus, a great number of studies have analysed his different military campaigns, but very few have focused on the political and economic aspects of his reign.
Adolfo J. Domínguez
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Du char de guerre à la tour : le destin d’une figure du jeu d’échecs en Occident
The chess game, invented in India, is transmitted to the Christian West through the Muslim space in the course of the Xth century. Among the pieces of the game, the original war chariot was the object of numerous interpretations
Luc Bourgeois
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The Performance Contexts of Trochaic Tetrameters Catalectic
The paper explores the evidence for the archaic performance context or contexts of Archilochus’ and Solon’s trochaic tetrameter catalectic poems, noting that they were chanted rather than sung or spoken and thus different from both elegy and iambic ...
Ewen Bowie
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Athéna citoyenne. La réception d’une déesse antique dans le patrimoine de l’Assemblée nationale
The Palais Bourbon, hosting the French Parliament for more than two centuries, is a rich decorated place, changing with the building’s evolution and the different regimes and containing a lot of symbols.
Manon Champier
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