The present volume pinpoints the societal and cultural importance of fourteenth- and fifteenth-century miscellanies as well as their role in the understanding of textual creation, transformation and complexity, in both late medieval and early modern societies.

This book touches as much on the nature of the Roman Empire as it does on its historical legacy and, more importantly so, on who claims the latter inheritance throughout the most diverse epochs. By discussing some highly contrasting views upon this topic, contributions explore issues that are of fundamental importance to the writing, not only of cultural history, but also of history itself.

Sont reproduits dans ce volume en intégralité les comptes rendus des séminaires de Simon Claude Mimouni publiés régulièrement de 1992 à 2018 dans l’Annuaire de l’École pratique des Hautes études, Section des sciences religieuses.