The region between Gent, Bruges and Aardenburg is characterised by surface clays of the tertiary formation of Asse. During the 11th-13th centuries, the slighty undulating cuesta-landscape of Zomergem, Knesselare, Oedelem ...read more
This research project thematizes reforms and their impact on the social embedding, self-image and social behaviour of monastic groups during the High Middle Ages (tenth-twelfth centuries). Parallel to, and to ...read more
This project focuses on the leadership of ‘second-generation reformers’ in monasteries from the central Middle Ages (10th-early 12th centuries) to investigate the phenomenon of monastic reform as a long-term process. ...read more
This project proposes a diachronic comparative research, based on a varied corpus of narratives and treatises, into the establishment, evolution and effectiveness of medieval ideals of masculinity in monastic and ...read more
During the transition of the Late Middle Ages into the Early Modern Times, the ownership structures of the European countryside underwent significant changes. On the one hand, there was ...read more
The goal of this study is to examine whether there is passive voice in Ancient Chinese by analyzing the origin and development of all the constructions conventionally referred to as ...read more
The PhD studies the idea of 'good' rulership as discussed in one of the earliest treatises in Chinese history, the Chunqiu Fanlu, compiled in the Early Han period (221-9 BC). ...read more
