Tracing the history of St. Antoninus' cult and burial from the time of his death in 1459 until his
remains were moved to their final resting place in 1589, this interdisciplinary study …

Focusing on Benedetto da Maiano's pulpit in Santa Croce, this paper attempts to investigate
the intriguing interrelations between art and preaching by analyzing the manner in which the …

Apollonio Bianchi fu un frate minore capace di arringare le folle con pirotecnici falò delle
vanità e–al contempo–comporre orazioni, trattati e lettere secondo i canoni della retorica …

This paper focuses on the encounter between the Christian and the Islamic worlds as it
appears in Florentine churches. It explores images of Muslims connected to the ideas of …

In an entertaining anecdote, the humanist scholar Erasmus of Rotterdam described how the
Franciscan Observant preacher Roberto da Lecce would strip off his habit during his …

Les textes dont je propose ici l'édition et l'analyse relèvent d'un genre qui a fait l'objet d'un
récent regain d'intérêt: celui des discours académiques1. Il s' agit d'une vaste catégorie …

This thesis is a religio-cultural history of the Florentine residencies of Popes Martin V (1417-
31) and Eugenius IV (1431-1447). Between 1419 and 1443, a period of some twenty-five …

Nicholas Love's Mirrour of the Blessed Lyf of Jesus Christ was a text which enjoyed unusual
popularity in late-medieval England in a culturally and spiritually complex and turbulent …