Les Catastrophes naturelles au Moyen Âge. Archéologie subaquatique Fernand de Mély

Fernand de Mély

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Les Catastrophes naturelles au Moyen Âge. Archéologie subaquatique Fernand de MélyHow can we understand the notion of natural disaster in medieval thought? Astonishment, power, terror, purifying function, shock of consciences With all the fantasies they draw in their wake and the stupor they produce on minds, these "accidents of nature" open a fascinating window on the history of representations in the Middle Ages. Revisiting the texts of the chroniclers who attempted to account for them, Thomas Labb shows that the narrative of the