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Leprosy in the Middle Ages – A Tale of Tragedy and Prejudice - Medieval Archives. Leprosy has always been a subject of interest among scientists, since there is and was a lot of controversy surrounding it.

Leprosy in the Middle Ages – A Tale of Tragedy and Prejudice - Medieval Archives

According to traditional theories, during the Middle Ages, when the disease was blooming, people afflicted by it were treated as outcasts – shunned by every layer of society and forced to live in shadows or leper colonies. However, a recent archeological discovery seeks to challenge the traditional approach, by changing our perspective on the nature of the rapport between the leper and society. During an archaeological excavation at the Saint Mary Magdalen Cemetery, a team of scientists has discovered what seem to be the earthly remains of a pilgrim. This discovery becomes even more intriguing after finding out that the location is actually a Medieval cemetery and, on top of that, a leprosarium. Also, it would seem that the Medieval cemetery belongs to Winchester hospital which one of the largest leprosy wards during the Middle Ages. Enluminures : base de données.

Liberfloridus, manuscrit médiéval enluminé, medieval illuminated manuscript, enluminure, enluminures. Mandragore - écran d'accueil. BabordNum. Ina.fr : vidéo, radio, audio et publicité - Actualités, archives de la radio et de la télévision en ligne - Archives vidéo et radio Ina.fr.

The free encyclopedia. Free ebooks by Project Gutenberg - Gutenberg. UNESCO Archives. Making a Difference: Seventy Years of UNESCO Actions UNESCO, 28-29 October 2015 Final report from the Conference is now available here What has been the impact of UNESCO’s programmes and initiatives?

UNESCO Archives

How have UNESCO’s values and ideals been translated into practice over the past 70 years? Which place does history occupy within this specialized agency of the United Nations? 17 historians from different countries addressed these questions during the celebration of the 70th anniversary of UNESCO (1945), with some 200 participants gathered to listen to and discuss. To learn more: ProgrammeIs UNESCO changing the world? INA and UNESCO conclude agreement UNESCO’s has been cooperating with the Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA) of France to protect and promote UNESCO’s audiovisual memory since 2005. Richard Hoggart at UNESCO Mandela, UNESCO and Apartheid "UNESCO is now born", DG speeches Albert Chinua Achebe – UNESCO fellow UNDP legal instruments AtoM Progress Report – September 2012.

Ressources en ligne. Vous trouverez ici un ensemble de ressources en ligne mises en œuvre soit par le Service interministériel des archives de France, soit en collaboration avec lui : accès direct à des documents d’archives numérisés, outils de recherche au sein des fonds d’archives, expositions ou publications virtuelles.

Ressources en ligne

Vous y trouverez également une liste des services d’archives ayant numérisé et mis en ligne des documents. Voir aussi. Accueil - Ressources documentaires. Welcome to Open Library. Books Online. Plusieurs millions de documents à portée de main. THE BRITISH LIBRARY - The world's knowledge. NYPL Digital Collections. Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine. Numelyo - bibliothèque numérique de Lyon.

Page d'accueil de la Bibliothèque numérique mondiale. Digital Collections. Digital Collections and Services: Access to print, pictorial and audio-visual collections and other digital services (Library of Congress) Historic Newspapers Enhanced access to America's historic newspapers through the Chronicling America project.

Digital Collections and Services: Access to print, pictorial and audio-visual collections and other digital services (Library of Congress)

Historic Sound Recordings The National Jukebox features over 10,000 78rpm disc sides issued by the Victor Talking Machine Co. between 1900 and 1925. Performing Arts Collections, articles and special presentations on music, theater and dance materials from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia. Digital Library. Digital collection. BAnQ has adopted a wide-ranging digitization program that would cover the entire published and archival documentary heritage produced in Québec since the 17th century, or of foreign origin and related to Québec.

Digital collection

All categories of materials are included: printed and handwritten material, photographs, sound recordings and so on. BAnQ's digital collection is developing on an ongoing basis and all these resources are available free of charge. The digitization and on-lining of these resources have been carried out in compliance with copyright law. BAnQ ensures that it has obtained the required authorizations from the rightful owners for all the works protected under the terms of the current legislation. NEW! Dynamically includes over 50,000 iconographic materials: posters, postcards, prints, photographs and other images. A digital collection providing access to thousands of cartographic items digitized by BAnQ. Digital Collections. Welcome to the British Museum.