{"id":15536,"date":"2025-09-25T17:11:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T15:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/?p=15536"},"modified":"2025-11-27T13:59:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:59:54","slug":"the-power-of-words-in-late-medieval-devotional-and-mystical-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/the-power-of-words-in-late-medieval-devotional-and-mystical-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Words in Late Medieval Devotional and Mystical Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>M\u00e9langes offerts au Professeur Denis Renevey sur la d\u00e9votion et la mystique m\u00e9di\u00e9vales<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>\u00c9dit\u00e9 par Juliette Vuille et Rory Critten (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/angl\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Section d&rsquo;anglais<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/cemep\/fr\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centre d&rsquo;\u00e9tudes m\u00e9di\u00e9vales et post-m\u00e9di\u00e9vales<\/a>), cet ouvrage rend hommage, \u00e0 l&rsquo;occasion de sa retraite, \u00e0 l&rsquo;importante contribution de Denis Renevey aux \u00e9tudes sur la d\u00e9votion et la mystique de la fin du Moyen \u00c2ge \u00e0 travers une s\u00e9rie d&rsquo;essais consacr\u00e9s \u00e0 un th\u00e8me central de ses recherches: la puissance des mots et du Verbe (le Christ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les autrices et les auteurs abordent la place centrale du langage dans l&rsquo;exp\u00e9rience d\u00e9votionnelle et mystique. Non moins de 18 contributions ouvrent de nouvelles perspectives \u00e0 ce sujet, d&rsquo;une investigation de l&rsquo;expression de la relation \u00e0 Dieu au travers des langages de l&rsquo;amour, de la m\u00e9decine ou du voyage, \u00e0 la conception de mots comme images puissantes dans les pratiques religieuses, en passant par les fa\u00e7ons apophatiques qu&rsquo;ont les \u00e9crivains du Moyen \u00c2ge de d\u00e9passer le langage, au del\u00e0 des conventions linguistiques, pour exprimer la relation avec le divin. L&rsquo;objectif de cet ouvrage est de d\u00e9montrer l&rsquo;int\u00e9r\u00eat d&rsquo;une approche philologique pour les chercheuses et les chercheurs qui \u00e9tudient la tradition chr\u00e9tienne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cet ouvrage est disponible en texte int\u00e9gral <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brepolsonline.net\/action\/showBook?doi=10.1484%2FM.MCS-EB.5.131840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sur le site web de l&rsquo;\u00e9diteur<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rory G. Critten, Juliette Vuille (eds), <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brepols.net\/products\/IS-9782503602929-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Power of Words in Late Medieval Devotional and Mystical Writing<\/a><\/em>, Turnhout, Brepols, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-angl-hommage-drenevey-couv.jpg\" alt=\"Couverture de The Power of Words in Late Medieval Devotional and Mystical Writing\" class=\"wp-image-15537\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>TOUTES LES NOTICES DE<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rory G. 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