Rutger Kramer

August 1, 2018 | Rutger Kramer | HI Research Blog |

When, sometime in the early ninth century, the monk Riouuen crossed the river Vilaine to celebrate mass in the church of the monastic community of Redon, he was hardly aware that he crossed a boundary of historical, political, and social significance. At the time, Redon, now a sleepy provincial town in the present-day département ...

Fernando Ruchesi

July 15, 2018 | Fernando Ruchesi | HI Research Blog |

The development of social cohesion in the fifth century

When we hear about the “barbarians” and the period of the “fall of the Roman Empire” for the first time, we normally think about two things: Firstly, that these peoples (the northern neighbours of the Romans) were homogeneous and self-recognised entities, that is,...