Olga Togoeva
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3479259 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Olga Togoeva |
| PRENOMES | Olga |
| SOBRENOME | Togoeva |
| ASSINATURA | TOGOEVA O |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Institute of World History |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7854-3222 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 34 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 34 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2015 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
What if the Sorcerer Is a Woman? Gender Transformations and French Demonology of the 15th–16th Centuries
The article deals with the analysis of political pamphlets, which numerously appeared in France in 1589. Their authors criticized the actions of King Henry III, on whose direct orders the leaders of the Catholic League, Henry I, Duke of Guise, and his brother Louis, Archbishop of Reims and Cardinal of Lorraine, were killed. The monarch was accused of a wide variety of crimes, including practicing witchcraft, which, according to the king’s opponen…
Martin Le Franc and Philippe III the Good
The article is devoted to the problem of the complex relationship between Philip III the Good and Martin Le Franc, papal legate at the court of the Duke of Burgundy. It raises the question of the ambiguous perception of the Champion des dames (1440–1442) in the entourage of the duke, to whom this work was dedicated. The manuscript of the poem created in Arras around 1451 (BNF. Ms. fr. 12476) and presented to Philippe the Good contained, besides t…
Medieval prison
The article is devoted to the problem of the emergence and functioning of the penitentiary system in medieval France. Based on the data of the royal legislation, local (customary) law records, materials of judicial practice, as well as works related to the so-called prison literature (that is, the writings of those authors who found themselves in prison and described their personal experiences), the author of the article comes to the conclusion a…
The Inquisitorial Revolution of the 13th — 14th Centuries in the “Roman de Renart” and its Illuminated Manuscripts
The article explores the Roman de Renart, an anonymous satirical poem, different part of which were composed during the 12th and 13th centuries. The poem reflects significant characteristics and contradictions of the procedural law in force in the French Kingdom during that period. The author of the article notes that for the period preceding the so-called Great Ordinance of Louis IX the Saint (1254) historians do not have materials of criminal p…
“The Insane Is Equated With the Absent”? The Category of ‘Madness’ in Medieval Law
The article deals with an issue of describing and interpreting the concept of “madness” in medieval law. Based on the material of legal sources (canon law, author’s treatises of jurists and theologians, court verdicts and letters of pardon), the author of the article traces the formation of the concept during the 12th– 15th centuries, its relation to the norms of Roman law (primarily with the “Digests” of Justinian), the specifics of its practice…
Why John Mandeville’s "Travel book" was written
The article is devoted to the “Travel Book” which was written by John Mandeville in the middle of the 14th century and remained extremely popular over the next few centuries. The author of the article describes the handwritten and the first-printed traditions of the existence of the “Book”, dwells on the circumstances of its origin, on the problem of its authorship and on the content of its two parts. Based on the analysis of numerous miracles, b…
Everyday Life vs. Politics
The article draws on a unified corpus of historical feature films released in the twentieth century and centred on a single subject, namely the story of Joan of Arc (1412?–1431), the heroine of the Hundred Years’ War. In modern historiography (études johanniques) such comprehensive studies practically have not yet been conducted: researchers prefer to analyze each film separately, thereby missing possible connections and intersections of their cr…
John Mandeville’s Ideal Sovereign
The article is devoted to the “Travel Book” written by John Mandeville in the middle of the 14th century and remained extremely popular over the next few centuries. The author of the article describes the handwritten and first-printed traditions of the existence of the “Book”, dwells on the circumstances of its origin, on the problem of its authorship and on the content of its two parts. She comes to the conclusion that the “Travel Book” was not …
How Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie did not become a micro-historian
The article analyzes the work of the outstanding French historian Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929–2023), a pupil of Ernest Labrousse and Fernand Braudel, one of the oldest and most prominent representatives of the third generation of the «Annals»’ school. Paying tribute to the variety of scientific interests of the historian, the author of the article focused on one aspect of his work – on the definition of E. Le Roy Ladurie, which regularly appear…
Constructed Cult. The Organization of the Veneration of Joan of Arc in France of the 19th Century
The article deals with the history of forming the local cult of Joan of Arc in her native village of Domremy (Lorraine). In modern historiography under the “local cult” usually mean the veneration of Joan of Arc in Orleans, whose inhabitants since the second half of the 15th century perceived the girl not only as a savior of their city from the English siege of 1428–1429, but also as a saint. However, the other most important place of veneration …
Devil or werewolf? The motif of lycanthropy in French demonology of the 15th–16th centuries
The article analyzes the features of the treatise “Justification of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy” by Jean Petit (1408), which argued for the right of John the Fearless to murder his cousin Louis of Orleans. The author of the article pays special attention to the accusation of practicing witchcraft, which, according to Petit, turned the Duke of Orleans into a tyrant and a devil and was based, apparently, on the text of the “Policraticus” of…
“Le traictié d’une vision faite contre Le Ronmant de la Rose” of Jean Gerson
The article analyzes the treatise of Jean Gerson, the outstanding French theologian of the 15 th century and Chancellor of the University of Paris, “Le traictié d’une vision faite contre Le Ronmant de la Rose ”, written on May 18, 1402. This work was created in the midst of the so-called dispute about the Roman de la Rose , in which prominent intellectuals of the early 15 th century, the first French humanists — Christine de Pizan, Jean de Montre…
“And He Wore the Bones and Fur of a Wolf…”
The article analyzes the concept of a bad ruler, presented in the treatises of John of Salisbury (1159) and Jean Petit (1408). The author pays special attention to the so-called bestial code involved in both works. From her point of view, when creating the “Justification of the Duke of Burgundy”, Jean Petit, in an attempt to belittle Louis of Orleans, described him not just as a tyrant, but as a man who turned into a beast, a werewolf and a sorce…
English Familiars and their Owners
English witchcraft pamphlets are a unique source within the vast corpus of European demonological literature of the Late Middle Ages and early Modern times. The pamphlets not only retold the details of real witchcraft processes, they also contained a huge number of details concerning the most diverse aspects of the everyday life of English society of the 16th — early 18th century. The article analyzes the features of the relationships that, accor…
Dubious Authoritative Opinion
The article is devoted to the treatise “Justification of the Duke of Burgundy” by Jean Petit (1408) and to the peculiarities of his criticism by French intellectuals of the first third of the 15th century. The author of the article pays special attention to the concept of the «legitimate murder» formulated by Jean Petit, with which he tried to explain and excuse the actions of his master Jean the Fearless, who ordered the assassination of Duke Lo…
The “Black Legend” About Valentina Visconti in the French Political Culture at the Turn of the 14th–15th Centuries
The article deals with the analysis of the origins and features of the formation of the “black legend” about Valentina Visconti, the wife of Duke Louis of Orleans and the sister-in-law of Charles VI. The author studies in detail all the sources of the turn of the 14th–15th centuries, which retold rumors that the Duchess was a witch who brought a spell on the French king, and disputes the point of view prevailing in historiography, according to wh…
Jeremy Bentham’s “Panopticon” and Its Possible Origins
The idea of a transpersonal judicial system in relation to the Middle Ages and Modern times was most fully developed in the works of Michel Foucault, who, nevertheless, relied in his calculations on the ideas of the English philosopher, sociologist and lawyer Jeremy Bentham. These ideas found their reflection in the famous Bentham’s treatise “Panopticon, or Supervisory House”, written in 1786–1787 in the form of letters and published with additio…
Jean Bodin and English Demonology of the 16th — 17th Centuries
The article deals with the influence exerted by the famous French lawyer Jean Bodin on the English demonologists of the 16—17th centuries. Based on the material of demonological treatises and pamphlets published in the English Kingdom since the end of the 16th century, the author of the article traces the degree of familiarity of the English with the basic ideas of the “Demon-mania of Sorcerers” of Jean Bodin (1580). She notes four different prin…
The Case of the Lost Relics
The Crucifixion From the Parliament of Paris (1448), Its Political and Legal Meanings
The article is devoted to the analysis of the Crucifixion from the Parliament of Paris – a painting that decorated the Great Hall of the Royal Court from the beginning of the 15th century until 1904. The author focuses on the political and legal meanings that were embedded in the Crucifixion. From this point of view, the main characters of the retablo, their appearance and attributes, as well as the general structure of the picture are studied. T…
The Norms of Roman Law and the Concept of Jurisdiction in the French Coutumiers of the 13th Century
The article is devoted to the analysis of the earliest North French collections of customary law of the 13th century: the “Coutume de Touraine-Anjou”, the “Usage d’Orlenois”, the “Conseil à un ami” of Pierre de Fontaines and the “Livre de jostice et de plet”. These codes practically did not attract the attention of modern researchers, but they differ in one curious feature: they have an impressive number of borrowings from the Roman law, or rathe…
Jean Gerson's Private/Public Issue
Between the Cathedral and the City Square. The May 8 Holiday’s Topography in Orleans (15th-21st Centuries)
The Pragmatic Sanction of Saint Louis”
The article is devoted to the analysis of the fake “Pragmatic sanction of Louis the Saint”, drawn up in 1438—1450 and designed to confirm the provisions of the original document prepared by the advisers of Charles VII, the Pragmatic sanction of Bourges (1438), which approved the principles of the “Royal religion”, the gallicanism. The author examines the long history of the existence of this fake sanction, the reaction to its appearance of contem…
The Long Middle Ages” in French Political Caricature of the 20th — 21st Centuries
The article is devoted to the analysis of how modern French caricature uses the images of the Middle Ages to represent politicians and to identify their political ideas. The study of the features of the influence of these images on the caricature of the 20th — 21st centuries, according to the author, deserves attention not only because of clarifying the concept of “Long Middle Ages” which is gaining in our days growing popularity. It is no less i…
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Joan of Arc and the Court of King Charles VII. The Story of Betrayal of the Virgin Through the Eyes of Contemporaries and Descendants
The Forgers in the Medieval City
The Dichotomy of the Concepts “Norm” and “Practice” in Medieval Law
Between the Text and the Miniature
The Maid, Her Master, and His Silver Spoons
The “Intimates” and the “Strangers” in the French Medieval Family
The article is devoted to the problem of relations between owners and servants in the French small family of the late Middle Ages. Analysis of didactic treatises of the 14h and 15th centuries allows the author to reveal not only the ideal form of these relations, but to establish a set of conflict situations in which a trusted servant, who abides in the position of member of the family, has turned into the “alien”, the enemy that you need to get …
Roman Theory of Contract Law in the Polemics of Johann Weyer and Jean Bodin
The article analyzes the first demonological dispute known to specialists, which developed around the problem of the reality of witchcraft and the contract with the devil between two prominent thinkers of the XVIth century: the Brabant physician Johann Weyer (1515—1588) and the French judge Jean Bodin (1530—1596). The analysis of the main treatises of two opponents — De Praestigiis daemonum (1563) and De la démonomanie des sorciers (1580) — leads…
Jean Gerson's Private/Public Issue
Between the Cathedral and the City Square. The May 8 Holiday’s Topography in Orleans (15th-21st Centuries)
The Pragmatic Sanction of Saint Louis”
The article is devoted to the analysis of the fake “Pragmatic sanction of Louis the Saint”, drawn up in 1438—1450 and designed to confirm the provisions of the original document prepared by the advisers of Charles VII, the Pragmatic sanction of Bourges (1438), which approved the principles of the “Royal religion”, the gallicanism. The author examines the long history of the existence of this fake sanction, the reaction to its appearance of contem…
The Long Middle Ages” in French Political Caricature of the 20th — 21st Centuries
The article is devoted to the analysis of how modern French caricature uses the images of the Middle Ages to represent politicians and to identify their political ideas. The study of the features of the influence of these images on the caricature of the 20th — 21st centuries, according to the author, deserves attention not only because of clarifying the concept of “Long Middle Ages” which is gaining in our days growing popularity. It is no less i…
English Urban Communities of Early Modern Times Fighting against the Witchcraft
The article analyzes a series of English demonological pamphlets of the 16th — 17th centuries. Their study leads the author to the conclusion that the procedure adopted in English judicial proceedings for “watching” suspects was used not only by judges or witch hunters, but also by ordinary citizens. Tracking a “witch” or a “sorcerer” in everyday life (their social circle, relationships in the family and with people around them, their professiona…
Concepts of Pain and Disease in Demonological Discourse of Early Modern Time
The article analyzes the concepts of pain and disease in the demonological discourse of the late Middle Ages and early Modern Time. Based on court cases, theoretical treatises and English witch pamphlets, the author concludes that these concepts have come a long way from the reflections of medieval theologians on the mark of the devil and the reality of the meetings of alleged witches and wizards with Satan to the incorporation of these ideas in …
The Case of the Lost Relics
The Crucifixion From the Parliament of Paris (1448), Its Political and Legal Meanings
The article is devoted to the analysis of the Crucifixion from the Parliament of Paris – a painting that decorated the Great Hall of the Royal Court from the beginning of the 15th century until 1904. The author focuses on the political and legal meanings that were embedded in the Crucifixion. From this point of view, the main characters of the retablo, their appearance and attributes, as well as the general structure of the picture are studied. T…
The Norms of Roman Law and the Concept of Jurisdiction in the French Coutumiers of the 13th Century
The article is devoted to the analysis of the earliest North French collections of customary law of the 13th century: the “Coutume de Touraine-Anjou”, the “Usage d’Orlenois”, the “Conseil à un ami” of Pierre de Fontaines and the “Livre de jostice et de plet”. These codes practically did not attract the attention of modern researchers, but they differ in one curious feature: they have an impressive number of borrowings from the Roman law, or rathe…
The “Black Legend” About Valentina Visconti in the French Political Culture at the Turn of the 14th–15th Centuries
The article deals with the analysis of the origins and features of the formation of the “black legend” about Valentina Visconti, the wife of Duke Louis of Orleans and the sister-in-law of Charles VI. The author studies in detail all the sources of the turn of the 14th–15th centuries, which retold rumors that the Duchess was a witch who brought a spell on the French king, and disputes the point of view prevailing in historiography, according to wh…
Jeremy Bentham’s “Panopticon” and Its Possible Origins
The idea of a transpersonal judicial system in relation to the Middle Ages and Modern times was most fully developed in the works of Michel Foucault, who, nevertheless, relied in his calculations on the ideas of the English philosopher, sociologist and lawyer Jeremy Bentham. These ideas found their reflection in the famous Bentham’s treatise “Panopticon, or Supervisory House”, written in 1786–1787 in the form of letters and published with additio…
Jean Bodin and English Demonology of the 16th — 17th Centuries
The article deals with the influence exerted by the famous French lawyer Jean Bodin on the English demonologists of the 16—17th centuries. Based on the material of demonological treatises and pamphlets published in the English Kingdom since the end of the 16th century, the author of the article traces the degree of familiarity of the English with the basic ideas of the “Demon-mania of Sorcerers” of Jean Bodin (1580). She notes four different prin…
Constructed Cult. The Organization of the Veneration of Joan of Arc in France of the 19th Century
The article deals with the history of forming the local cult of Joan of Arc in her native village of Domremy (Lorraine). In modern historiography under the “local cult” usually mean the veneration of Joan of Arc in Orleans, whose inhabitants since the second half of the 15th century perceived the girl not only as a savior of their city from the English siege of 1428–1429, but also as a saint. However, the other most important place of veneration …
Devil or werewolf? The motif of lycanthropy in French demonology of the 15th–16th centuries
The article analyzes the features of the treatise “Justification of John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy” by Jean Petit (1408), which argued for the right of John the Fearless to murder his cousin Louis of Orleans. The author of the article pays special attention to the accusation of practicing witchcraft, which, according to Petit, turned the Duke of Orleans into a tyrant and a devil and was based, apparently, on the text of the “Policraticus” of…
“Le traictié d’une vision faite contre Le Ronmant de la Rose” of Jean Gerson
The article analyzes the treatise of Jean Gerson, the outstanding French theologian of the 15 th century and Chancellor of the University of Paris, “Le traictié d’une vision faite contre Le Ronmant de la Rose ”, written on May 18, 1402. This work was created in the midst of the so-called dispute about the Roman de la Rose , in which prominent intellectuals of the early 15 th century, the first French humanists — Christine de Pizan, Jean de Montre…
“And He Wore the Bones and Fur of a Wolf…”
The article analyzes the concept of a bad ruler, presented in the treatises of John of Salisbury (1159) and Jean Petit (1408). The author pays special attention to the so-called bestial code involved in both works. From her point of view, when creating the “Justification of the Duke of Burgundy”, Jean Petit, in an attempt to belittle Louis of Orleans, described him not just as a tyrant, but as a man who turned into a beast, a werewolf and a sorce…
English Familiars and their Owners
English witchcraft pamphlets are a unique source within the vast corpus of European demonological literature of the Late Middle Ages and early Modern times. The pamphlets not only retold the details of real witchcraft processes, they also contained a huge number of details concerning the most diverse aspects of the everyday life of English society of the 16th — early 18th century. The article analyzes the features of the relationships that, accor…
Dubious Authoritative Opinion
The article is devoted to the treatise “Justification of the Duke of Burgundy” by Jean Petit (1408) and to the peculiarities of his criticism by French intellectuals of the first third of the 15th century. The author of the article pays special attention to the concept of the «legitimate murder» formulated by Jean Petit, with which he tried to explain and excuse the actions of his master Jean the Fearless, who ordered the assassination of Duke Lo…
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