The book analyses the history of the Jesuat congregation, highlighting the elements of connection and comparison with the social contexts, then describing the origin and the most ancient events of the female branch of the congregation, and the memory of the meeting between the "founder" of the Jesuats and the "foundress" of the Gesuate. The iconographic memory of the initiator of the congregation, Giovani Colombini, the collection of the lauds of the Jesuat Bianco da Siena, and the fortune of the 15th-century Life of Giovanni Colombini, written by Feo Belcari, are also investigated. Then the research reconstructs the constellation of groups, religious experiments and bearers of ideas and devotions that were linked to the Jesuats and, in particular, to the convents of Milan, Siena, Lucca, Venice and Rome and the sanctuaries managed by the congregation. The congregational sociability is analysed along its lines: the practice of work as pharmacists and the cultivation of spiritual friendships with prominent people such as the Countess of Guastalla, Lodovica Torelli. Finally, the erudite use of Colombini's Epistolario as a language text is studied. The volume closes with a documentary appendix on the Jesuat convent of Chiusi.
Cet article retrace la perception du Moyen Âge à l'époque contemporaine en mettant en évidence les stéréotypes avec lesquels le Moyen Âge est proposé au grand public. Le but de cet article n'est pas de type philologique, comme celui d'indiquer des « erreurs » d'interprétation, mais plutôt d'essayer de comprendre les attitudes culturelles et idéologiques qui sous-tendent ces « erreurs ». Les sources de l'étude ont été choisies afin de couvrir une zone assez vaste, de la littérature scientifique (par exemple le fameux texte du politologue britannique Hedley Bull, 'La société anarchiste') à la littérature fantastique, des produits des médias traditionnels aux films et aux jeux de rôle. Une attention particulière a été accordée à l'analyse des thèmes liés aux Croisades. A cet égard, on a privilégié quelques films célèbres en essayant de montrer comment les topoi médiévaux peuvent être des indicateurs de la vision politique globale des auteurs et, plus précisément, un marqueur de leur vision de la relation entre l'Orient et l'Occident. ; This paper analyzes the cultural perception of the Middle Ages in the contemporary Age by highlighting the most successful stereotypes through which the Middle Ages has been proposed to the public. The aim of this essay is not to correct philologically the "errors" of interpretation, but rather to understand the cultural and ideological attitudes underlying these "errors". The sources of this study were chosen to cover a fairly large area: from scientific literature (for example the famous text of British political scientist Hedley Bull, "The anarchist society") to fantasy literature, from the products of traditional media to films and role-playing games. A particular attention has been paid to the analysis of the themes related to the Crusades; privileging the analysis of some famous films, showing how the medieval topoi used to represent the Middle Ages could be an indicator of the political ideas of the directors and, more precisely, a marker of their vision of the relationship between Western and Eastern civilizations. ; Il saggio ricostruisce la percezione del Medioevo nell'età contemporanea evidenziando quali sono gli stereotipi di maggior successo attraverso i quali viene proposto il Medioevo: lo scopo del saggio non è quello filologico di correggere gli "errori" di intepretazione ma, piuttosto, di comprendere quali atteggiamenti culturali e ideologici sono sottesi agli "errori" interpretativi. Le "fonti" sulle quali condurre lo studio sono state scelte in modo da coprire un ambito piuttosto vasto, dalla letteratura scientifica non medievistica (ad esempio il celebre testo del politologo britannico Hedley Bull "La società anarchica") alla letteratura fantasy, ai prodotti dei mass-media tradizionali, alla filmografia, ai giochi di ruolo. Una particolare attenzione è stata riservata, poi, all'analisi dei tematismi legati alle crociate, a questo proposito è stata privilegiata soprattutto la produzione cinematografica, ripercorrendo alcuni celebri film e cercando di mostrare come i topoi rappresentativi del Medioevo siano, in realtà e di volta in volta, una spia della visione politica globale degli autori e, più precisamente, un marker della loro visione del rapporto Occidente/Oriente.
