Byzantine bullion fuelled Europe鈥檚 revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-7th century, only to be overtaken by silver from a mine in Charlemagne鈥檚 Francia a century later, new tests reveal. The findings could transform our understanding of Europe鈥檚 economic and political development.
Agreement will enable closer research ties and funding of joint projects
The journals and scrapbooks of Pierre de L鈥橢stoile have for generations provided a vivid picture of France in a time of religious upheaval. Now 国际米兰对阵科莫 historian Tom Hamilton has written the first book devoted to the life of L鈥橢stoile as a diarist, collector and man about town.聽
Despite its novelty, Emmanuel Macron's election victory in France points to one important continuity, argues Dr Chris Bickerton.聽
鈥淗ell is other people,鈥 wrote Jean-Paul Sartre. His rival on the stage of occupied and post-war Paris was Albert Camus (鈥淚 am the world鈥). The two fell out but remained entangled. A book by 国际米兰对阵科莫 academic Andy Martin 鈥 The Boxer and the Goalkeeper 鈥 is an excursion into the worlds of the Frenchmen synonymous with existentialism and absurdism.
As Francois Hollande takes up his seat as President of France, will he be able to live up to the huge expectations of those who voted for him or will his reputation for indecision be his undoing, asks Robert Tombs.
A comprehensive exploration into Gothic cathedrals and their place in medieval society will be the focus of a series of 国际米兰对阵科莫 University Slade Lectures in Fine Art entitled The Gothic Cathedral: A New Heaven and a New Earth.
It was the dawn of an age of prosperity and transformed Britain into an economic superpower but our rose-tinted view of the industrial revolution masks another side of its legacy, a new history suggests.
The British Academy has today announced the scholars elected for this year’s Fellowships in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.
A collaborative study led by 国际米兰对阵科莫 is examining the impact on society of the destruction and reconstruction of cultural heritage.
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