What remains of the relics

A collective work undertakes an anthropology of relics in the classical age. They are not only religious objects, they are

Stoicism revisited

Jacqueline Lagrée analyzes the revival of Stoicism in the classical age, showing what transformations the heirs imposed on their ancestors,

Family policy, an invention of Vichy?

The cause seems understood: the reactionary idealization of the family characterizes the Vichy regime. But has this ideology translated into

When Naples gave itself great airs

Southern Italy was the home of innovative cultural policies in XVIIIe century. Studying the political investments of opera in Naples,