Crusading and crusade memory in Caesarius of Heisterbach's Dialogus miraculorum

This article is a preliminary investigation into the way the Cistercians of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries conceptualised and contextualised the history of the crusading movement, with a specific focus on the way in which they integrated their involvement in crusading into the Order's sense of institutional memory and corporate identity. The article presents a study of Caesarius of Heisterbach's Dialogus miraculorum, a collection of exempla that was composed for the edification of Cistercian novices in the first quarter of the thirteenth century. Although the text is well known to medievalists (and particularly to scholars of medieval Cisterciana), it has yet to be subjected to a close reading by historians of the crusades. By examining the way in which Caesarius used and described the crusades in the Dialogus, the article demonstrates the potential of using non-narrative texts to explore medieval understandings of the crusading past and, more generally, illustrates further the importance of warfare in the shaping of medieval monastic culture.     

碧霞元君与碧霞元君庙

碧霞元君在明清时期的民间信仰中占有重要地位。“碧霞元君”一名盖出现于唐代,此时也应该出现了其祠庙。宋代,碧霞元君庙在一些地区有零星分布,明成化以后祠庙数量急剧增多,行宫遍布大江南北。碧霞元君庙会规模较大,在华北的一些地区规模尤大。碧霞元君庙的规模不一,有一些相当大,超过了泰山的祖庙。皇帝、王公、太监、官员、僧道、土绅、百姓、军人等阶层都参与了碧霞元君庙的修建。碧霞元君庙大多有香火地。其祠庙由道土主持的较多,由僧人管理的也占相当大的比例。一些地方有碧霞元君庙与东岳庙、天妃宫混淆的情况。对于碧霞元君这种民间信仰,一些封建土大夫颇有微辞。     

贵州史学界的大家——论王燕玉的史学贡献

贵州沙滩文化的最后传人王燕玉：不固成说,挑战权威,开贵州古史专题研究之先河,对贵州地方历史和文化的研究作出了巨大贡献,成绩斐然。但贵州史学界对王先生的观点及研究成果一直未给予应有的重视,使得生长于贵州这块土地上的我们自己的史学大家几近湮没。     

《唐华岳真君碑》考释

本文以《唐华岳真君碑》原拓为基础对其重新进行了录文和标点,对于一些重要词句加以简要注释。同时本文还梳理了此碑已往的著录情况,分析了碑文中的平阙与避讳现象,并对于撰人、书人及立碑主持者进行了一些讨论。