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‎Le village de Kafr 'Aqab. tude monographique d'un site du gebel Wastani (Massif calcaire de la Syrie du Nord). Topographie et architecture‎

‎, Brepols, 2019 Paperback, 487 pages, Size:216 x 280 mm, Illustrations:502 b/w, 6 col., 2 tables b/w., 5 maps b/w, Languages: French, English. ISBN 9782503583440.‎

‎Summary The new monographic study of the village of Kafr 'Aqab is a contribution to broadening the field of research into the western part of the Limestone Massif in Northern Syria which, until now, had been the subject of only limited interest. The ruins of the site are mainly spread out over a vast rocky headland which is strategically situated at the northern extremity of the gebel Wastani near the Orontes valley in the inland region of Antioch. These ruins reveal the existence of an ancient village with over 80 homes, various communal constructions, a monastery, two ecclesiastic complexes and a fortified building. The study is based on a detailed analysis of surface ruins and has enabled the evolution of the village to be precisely determined from its first phase of occupation between the IInd and IIIrd century until it was abandoned during the medieval period. Most of the constructions date from the Roman and Proto-Byzantine periods. Each architectural group (houses, tombs, churches, agricultural buildings, etc.) is studied separately then resituated in the context of the village and the region thus enabling the author to determine this peasant community's economic, demographic, social and religious history. Mechanisms linked to the growth of the locality are examined in the light of strategies implemented in the appropriation and enhancement of the surrounding land such as controlling water and the diversification of crops which reveals the inhabitants' extraordinary capacity to adapt to their natural environment. Discussion also covers the question of the interactions between the villagers and their relationships with other towns. Kafr ?Aq?b also owed its prosperity to the road network which was ingeniously woven between towns as well as to its proximity to major urban areas in Antioche and Apamea. The ruins reveal this highly favourable location for trade and the circulation of various cultural and artistic movements. Finally, numerous archaeological signs allow the study of the occupation of the village after it was invaded by VIIth century Arab conquerors. The author thus aims to reconstruct the history of this ancient site following a long and fascinating field study. La monographie du village in dit de Kafr 'Aqab permet d' largir le champ des recherches la partie occidentale du Massif calcaire de la Syrie du Nord qui a suscit , jusqu' r cemment, un int r t limit . Les ruines du site s' tendent pour l'essentiel sur un vaste promontoire rocheux strat giquement situ l'extr mit nord du gebel Wastani, proximit de la vall e de l'Oronte dans l'arri re-pays d'Antioche. Elles ont r v l l'existence d'une localit antique riche de plus de 80 habitations, d'un monast re, de deux complexes eccl siaux et d'un b timent fortifi . L' tude, fond e sur l'analyse d taill e des vestiges de surface, a permis d'examiner l' volution du village depuis sa premi re phase d'occupation, entre le IIe et le IIIe si cle, jusqu' son abandon au cours de la p riode m di vale. La plupart des constructions datent des p riodes romaine et protobyzantine. Chaque groupe architectural (maisons, tombeaux, glises, locaux agricoles, etc.) tudi part, puis replacer dans son contexte villageois et r gional, est l'occasion pour l'auteur de pr ciser l'histoire conomique, d mographique, sociale, et religieuse de cette communaut paysanne. Les m canismes propres la croissance de la localit sont aussi examin s au prisme des strat gies mises en oeuvre dans l'appropriation et la valorisation du terroir, tels que la ma trise des ressources en eau et la diversification des cultures qui r v lent l'extraordinaire capacit d'adaptation des hommes leur environnement naturel. Les changes sont galement l'occasion d'aborder la question des interactions entre villageois et des relations entretenues par ces derniers avec les villes. Kafr 'Aqab doit aussi sa prosp rit au r seau routier savamment tiss entre les agglom rations ainsi qu' la proximit des grands centres urbains d'Antioche et d'Apam e. Les vestiges t moignent en effet de cette situation privil gi e, favorable au commerce et la circulation de divers courants culturels et artistiques. Enfin, de nombreux indices arch ologiques permettent d'examiner les diverses formes d'occupation du village apr s la conqu te arabe du VIIe si cle. C'est donc l'histoire de ce site antique que l'auteur tente de restituer l'issue d'une longue et passionnante enqu te de terrain. TABLE OF CONTENTS Pr face Avant-propos Introduction Chapitre premier. Le cadre de l'enqu te Chapitre II. Le village de Kafr 'Aqab, vue d'ensemble Chapitre III. l'architecture domestique comme reflet de l' volution du village caract ristiques de l'habitat rural (Ve et VIe si cles) Chapitre IV. La vie religieuse : de la p riode pa enne l'adoption du christianisme. Les glises et les am nagements monastiques Chapitre V. conomie et soci t (IIe-VIe si cles) Chapitre VI. Architecture fun raire Chapitre VII. Le b timent fortifi m di val et le d clin du village Conclusion Planches Bibliographie Annexes English summary‎

‎REDU, UN VILLAGE A LIVRES OUVERTS.‎

‎, Bruxelles, Editions Racine, 2004., Broche, couverture d' editeur illustre en couleur, 15x23cm, 265pp, illustre en couleur.‎

‎La merveilleuse histoire du premier village du livre d' Europe continentale.‎

‎Village Community and Conflict in Late Medieval Drenthe‎

‎, Brepols Publishers, 2018 In English, Hardback, 14 illustraties, 384 pagina's. ISBN 9782503575391.‎

‎Focuses on conflict in village communities of late medieval Drenthe in order to depict a typical peasant society in late medieval Europe. Village communities were the heart of the medieval countryside. But how did they operate? This book seeks to find some answers to that question by focusing on late medieval Drenthe, a region situated in a remote corner of the Holy Roman Empire and part of the prince-bishopric of Utrecht. Drenthe was an overwhelmingly localized, rural world. It had no cities, and consisted entirely of small villages. The social and economic importance of traditionally privileged sections of medieval society (clergy and nobility) was limited; free peasant landowners were the dominant social class. Based on a careful reading of normative sources (Land charters) and thousands of short verdicts given by the so-called ?Etstoel? or high court of justice in Drenthe, this book focuses on three types of conflict: conflicts between villages, feud-like violence, and litigations about property. These three types coincide with three levels of involvement: that of village communities as a whole, that of kin groups, and that of households. The resulting, comprehensive analysis provides a rigorous interrogation of generalized notions of the pre-industrial rural world, offering a snapshot of a typical peasant society in late medieval Europe. Peter (P.C.M.) Hoppenbrouwers (1954) is Professor of Medieval History at Leiden University. He is the co-author, with Wim Blockmans of Introduction to Medieval Europe 300-1550 (2014; 2nd ed.). His main fields of interest are peasant communities, household and family, local lordship and military organization, and cultures of violence in the medieval Latin West. ‎

‎Autour du village. Etablissements humains, finages et communautes rurales entre Seine et Rhin (IVe-XIIIe siecles), Actes du colloque international de Louvain-la-Neuve, 16-17 mai 2003‎

‎, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2010 Hardcover. XXII 543 p., 4 colour ill., 9 b/w line art, 160 x 240 mm, languages: French, Including an index. Fine copy. ISBN 9782960076936.‎

‎Organise a Louvain-la-Neuve a l?occasion de l?accession a l?emeritat de Rene Noel, professeur d?histoire medievale aux Facultes universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix a Namur ainsi qu?a l?Universite catholique de Louvain, le colloque Autour du ? village ? . Etablissements humains, finages et communautes rurales entre Seine et Rhin (IVe-XIIIe siecles) reunit autour de cette thematique une vingtaine d?enseignants et de chercheurs belges, francais, anglais et luxembourgeois. Faisant intervenir trois historiens, un archeologue et un anthropologue, la premiere partie est consacree a ? L?emergence du ?village?. Mots, concepts, modeles? . La seconde circonscrit le sujet chronologiquement, IVe-XIIIe siecles ? de propos delibere, elle l?inscrit dans la longue duree et evacue de la sorte tout a priori quant aux premieres manifestations du phenomene villageois ? et geographiquement, les regions entre Seine et Rhin, du fait de leur relative homogeneite. Quatorze interventions s?y repartissent en trois sections : Heritages, mutations, innovations (notamment apport de la palynologie a la reconstitution des paysages, destin du reseau routier antique et habitat rural a differentes epoques) ; Elements structurants (ancrage ecclesial, pratiques agricoles communautaires, role du chateau, conscience villageoise) ; Villages et finages aux XIIe et XIIIe siecles (question des ? communaux ? , villages et espace rural dans la vallee de la Basse-Sambre, insertion de la toponymie medievale dans une dynamique de longue duree).‎

‎ARCHEOLOGIE DU VILLAGE MEDIEVAL.‎

‎, Leuven/Gent, Centre belge d'histoire rurale, 1967., Broche, couverture d' editeur, 139pp.‎