À la suite des catastrophes aux XIVe et XVe siècles et notamment de l’arrivée et du départ de la Cour pontificale, la population immigrée, d’origines diverses, devient la majorité des habitants d’Avignon. La communauté urbaine connaît des transformations à la fin du Moyen Âge. Après une déconstruction des définitions traditionnelles de la « religion civique » et de l’« identité urbaine », notre recherche, comptant sur la notion récente de « citadinité » et les sources manuscrites – les statuts des confréries, leurs registres de gestion et des comptes et les testaments d’Avignonnais –, explore comment les confréries forgent la religion civique et de quelle manière l’identité urbaine est marquée par les initiatives des citadins.Sous l’autorité de l’Église, les Avignonnais ont fondé presque une centaine de confréries aux XIVe et XVe siècles. Ces dernières groupent, généralement sans mettant de critère social, des citadins aux profils variés et assument des fonctions multiples qui favorisent l’intégration de leurs membres dans une vie urbaine. Le gouvernement de « simi-consulat » des confréries, ses correspondances avec le régime du gouvernement communal, provoque une citadinisation des habitants dans un niveau politique. La multiplicité des ressources et des dépenses entraîne les confréries dans l’économie de la ville. La dévotion collective, centrée sur le culte de(s) saint(s) patron(s) et la commémoration des morts, revèle la présence des communautés confraternelles dans la ville. Aux côtés des les charités vers l’extérieure, les groupements confraternels, grâce à un système efficace d’entraide, contribuent à l’installation des nouveaux arrivants et aident les Avignonnais à résister à la précarité de la vie urbaine. En pratiquant la moralisation et la punition, les confréries intègrent les individus dans leurs communautés et constituent des lieux de sociabilité dans lesquels la moralité personnelle et la paix avec les autres suscitent l’assimilation et la citadinisation. Grâce à la dévotion collective, les confréries ne nourrissent pas seulement une religion civique caractérisée par la diversité des cultes des saints, laquelle dote le temps urbain des rythmes variés. En suscitant des déplacements individuels et collectifs, elles étendent également les réseaux de sociabilité des individus et diluent les délimitations de l’espace urbain. Dans l’ensemble, les confréries, en façonnant les relations sociales entre les personnes et les liens entre les citadins et la ville, contribuent à la formation de la religion civique et de l’identité urbaine. / As the result of the catastrophes of the 14th and 15th centuries, especially with the arrival and the departure of the papal court, the immigrant population, from various origins, becomes the majority of the inhabitants of Avignon. The urban community undergoes the transformations at the end of the Middle Ages. After a deconstruction of the traditional definitions of "civic religion" and "urban identity", our research, relying on the recent notion of "citadinité" and the manuscript sources – the statutes of the confraternities, their administration registers, their account books and the testaments of Avignoneses – explores how the confraternities forge the civic religion and how the urban identity is marked by the initiatives of the city dwellers.Under the authority of the Church, the Avignoneses founded almost one hundred confraternities during the 14th and 15th centuries. They group, generally without any social criteria, the city dwellers with varied profiles and assume the multiple functions, which favor the integration of their members into an urban life. The government of "simi-consulate" of the confraternities, with correspondences to the regime of the communal government, promotes the citadinization of the inhabitants in the political dimension. The multiplicity of the resources and the expenses leads the confraternities into the city’s economy. The collective devotion, which is centered on the worship of the patron(s) saint(s) and the commemoration of the dead, reveals the presence of the fraternal communities in the city. Along with the charities to the external people, the fraternal groups, by means of an efficient system of mutual assistance, contribute to the settlement of newcomers and help the Avignoneses resist the precariousness of urban life.Practicing the moralization and the punishment, the confraternities integrate the individuals into their communities and constitute the places of sociability, in which the personal morality and the peace with others arouse the assimilation and the citadinization. Through the collective devotion, the confraternities nourish not only a civic religion characterized by the diversity of cults of saints, which endows the urban time with varied rhythms. By encouraging the individual and collective movements, they also extend the individuals’ social networks and dilute the boundaries within the urban space. Overall, the confraternities, who shape the social relationships between the people and the links between the city and its residents, contribute to the formation of the civic religion and the urban identity. / 发生在中世纪晚期的灾难以及教宗的到来与离开共同改变了阿维尼翁的人口结构，来自西欧各地的移民成为了城市居民中的大多数，城市共同体因此发生了变化。在对“城市信仰”和“城市认同”的传统定义进行一系列解构之后，这项研究依托于城市研究的新概念“市民性”，通过解读十四、十五世纪的原始档案手稿——兄弟会的会规、它们的管理记录和账簿、阿维尼翁人的遗嘱——，探讨中世纪晚期的城市居民如何通过兄弟会构建城市信仰，形成城市认同。在教会的监控下，阿维尼翁人在十四、十五世纪创建了大约一百个兄弟会。它们吸纳各种社会背景的城市居民成为成员，并承担了多项能够促进成员融入城市生活的职能。兄弟会中“类执政官”的管理制度与市政组织具有一定的相似性，促进了城市居民在政治层面的市民化。兄弟会收入和支出的多样性使它们成为了城市经济的重要参与者。以崇拜主保圣人和纪念亡魂为主要内容的集体性宗教活动向整个城市展示了兄弟会共同体的存在。除了组织面向外界的慈善救济活动，兄弟会还在共同体内部建立起了有效的互助体系，帮助新近移民对抗城市生活的不稳定性，有利于他们在阿维尼翁安居。通过道德教化和惩罚措施，兄弟会将背景不同的个人融入进了共同体中，并且形成了以“好名声”和“和为贵”为基本原则的社交场域，促进了城市居民间的同化与市民化。借助集体性的宗教活动，阿维尼翁众多的兄弟会孕育了一个以圣徒崇拜多样化为特点的城市信仰，赋予了城市时间更为复杂的周期性。此外，由于兄弟会调动了个人和集体在城市中的移动，它们不仅拓展了个人在城市空间中的社交网络，还一定程度上消弭了城市空间中的各种区隔。总之，兄弟会通过塑造城市居民的社会关系以及他们与城市的关系促进了城市信仰和城市认同的形成。

The aim of this thesis is to analyse the construction of a historical event in late medieval chronicles, in a way that increases our understanding of the mechanisms behind historiography. The analysis is based on how the coronation of Pope Clement V in 1305 and the accident which then took place, in which a wall crashed and killed a number of people, is depicted in a selection of 14th century chronicles, mainly from France. This event has been largely overlooked by previous research on Clement V and the Avignon Papacy, which has tended to emphasise its meaning as a bad omen for the pope. Through a close reading of the chronicles inspired by a comparative methodological approach and the theoretical framework of Suzanne Fleischman this thesis proves that the French chronicles do not give much actual support for the interpretation of the accident as a bad omen and that the event occurs in multiple versions, which can be explained by the chroniclers’ different attitudes towards the alliance between Pope Clement and King Philip the Fair of France. The different versions are dependent on the texts’ contrasting aims and uses of narratives and facts, and is ultimately defined by the communicative situation between writer and reader.

Dans le cadre géographique de la basse Provence, cette thèse étudie la réalisation des grands aménagements hydrauliques entre la Renaissance et le XXe siècle. Ils concernent des amenées d’eau à usages multiples : canal de Craponne, projet Floquet, canal de Boisgelin, de Carpentras, de Marseille, du Verdon et de Provence, alors que les canaux de Van Ens concernent l’assainissement. En examinant ces réalisations de plusieurs points de vue : techniques, économiques et financiers et en les replaçant dans leur contexte politique, des caractéristiques communes apparaissent. Le mode de financement joue un rôle important dans le succès des opérations, avec des erreurs ou des illusions qui ont mis longtemps à se dissiper. Pour réussir, ces aménagements ont exigé un temps de maturation important et la présence d’un ou plusieurs hommes compétents qui en ont organisé la réalisation.En conclusion, la capacité de gestion de l’eau apparaît comme un indicateur du degré de civilisation atteint. / This thesis is a study of the big hydraulic facilities in the lower Provence region, between the Renaissance and the XXth century. It concerns mainly bringing water for various purposes : Floquet Project, Craponne, Boisgelin, Carpentras, Marseille, Verdon, and Provence canals (the Van Ens canal are devoted to drainage work).These constructions are studied under technical, economical, financial, and political point of view.Common characteristics appear; different financing methods (public or private), project gestation time, mistakes and different managements are studied to try to explain the reasons of success of these constructions.

The present work relates to the transfer of the inspirational elements used in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague focusing on the hanging bolts in the sacristy of the cathedral. Two architects, Matthias of Arras and Peter Parler, participated in the construction of St. Vitus Cathedral in the 14th. Century Both of these builders were inspired by the most important buildings of contemporary Europe and the experience they gained was incorporated in the Prague cathedral. Through thorough research of the life of Matthias of Arras I am able to describe this builder as a unique personality who used a bold modern style for the construction of Prague cathedral and laid the foundation for cathedral architecture in Bohemia. Subsequent analysis of selected buildings constructed in the south of France during the 13th. and the first half of the 14th. centuries reveals many features which exhibit common characteristics with elements used on St. Vitus Cathedral, thus indicating the sources of inspiration for Prague cathedral. Both builders work meets in a space called "Old Sacristy" decorated with two unique pendant bosses. Thanks to exhaustive investigation it has been clarified that these bosses originated from southern France and Alsace. It has also been possible to chart their transmission throughout Europe and to...

0 ABSTRACT In my thesis I focus on the political situation in the Kingdom of Bohemia and the Kingdom of France during the Great Western Schism, particularly its first two thirds. I put emphasis on the personality of Honoré Bovet, who was a diplomat and a messenger of the French king and who visited the court of the Bohemian king, Wecleslas IV. in 1399 My work is based on primary and secondary sources and scientific and specialised literature concerning the subject mentioned above. In addition I made use of my one- semester study program in France where I attended the lectures of and consultations with French medieval historians. First I describe in the thesis the ecclesiastical and political situation in both kingdoms. The next chapters are dedicated to the personality of Honoré Bovet and his writings related to his opinion on the Great Western Schism and the church in general. As a result of the research I present a general attitude of the French Kingdom to the Bohemian Kingdom, particularly king Wenceslas IV, in the period of the Great Western Schism and the dual papacy. Moreover, based on his writings I express Bovet's view of the Schism and the personalities involved in the Schism.