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When we picture the libraries of the Middle Ages, we see heavy tomes chained to wooden benches guarded jealously by the hooded librarian of The Name of the Rose Malachi of Hildesheim—a domain of men This is, however, at least partly, a misleading picture, rooted in our prejudice about how we picture the way early medieval literacy and book culture functioned. Fortunately, we have glimpses of how this world of reading looked in reality. The answer is held by the manuscripts themselves; not in their initials decorated in gold and blue but in the final pages and marginal notes that preserve the record of the daily lives of early medieval libraries At the very end of the ninth century the monks of Wissembourg Abbey started to keep a track of who borrowed books from them They did this in a quick script on the last pages of a beautiful copy of Hilary of Poitiers’ commentary on the Gospel of Matthew preserved in the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel Early medieval libraries lent books often and lending books for copying was The books were borrowed not only by other monasteries but also by local priests and lay people The list kept by the meticulous monks of Wissembourg was perhaps maintained until the middle of the tenth century which allow us to decipher the hidden letters that a certain Lantfrid borrowed an antiphonary (a book containing religious chants) There is no way of knowing if the librarians kept track of every returned book; it would be highly unlikely that all the books that were not scratched out from the list had not been returned a single one of those volumes could be made from more than a hundred animal skins; a fortune in the tenth century These lending lists (for the Wissembourg one is by no means the only one) preserve a unique window into the communities created by monastic libraries Many members of those communities were local priests Under his name we see that he has borrowed some liturgical manuscripts among them a missal (noted next to his name as “missalem”) But he also borrowed a book on grammar (“grammaticam”) or maybe he had encountered a difficult text and needed some help Get your history fix in one place: sign up for the weekly TIME History newsletter But not all users of the library were priests; and their interests were wide-ranging The lists show lay people borrowing texts associated with deep theological disputes such as papal decretals or works of Rabanus Maurus (a leading poet and theologian of the Carolingian period) This made the boundary between the monastic library and its community porous Their names show that they were mostly interested in religious literature and could certainly read borrowed a book on how to lead a more devout life Psalters were particularly popular: they were borrowed by “lady Liutgard” and “another Liutgard” as well as “wife of Reinbold” and the “widow of Gerold.” These women’s interest in religious books is important for several reasons: it means they could read them on their own that they could shape their personal devotion and that they had a standing allowing them to be entrusted with books This is information we would not otherwise have Those lay people who had the chance to learn to read and write in the early Middle Ages were often instructed in monastic schools But literacy was by no means as widespread as it is today and remained a privilege we find a rare glimpse into the world of female education In a collection of school texts used for instruction in a monastery of secular canonesses in Essen in the ninth century is a letter from a schoolgirl to her teacher: allow me to stay up this night with mistress Adalu and I swear with both my hands that I will not stop reading or singing on behalf of our Lord throughout the night presumably that of mistress Felhin herself we find that the schoolgirl was successful “Go with the Lord,” writes the headmistress The canonesses in Essen had a substantial library at their disposal The communities created by libraries included not only clergy and members of religious communities learning to read and write was a chance to change your life and to ask for—and sometimes get – what you wanted Mateusz Fafinski is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Lausanne Contact us at letters@time.com This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are 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climate policy and thus take on a leading role in climate diplomacy Climate.ENBe our guest at Table.Media.Test now for free The decisive information for the decisive people in politics think tanks and society from Germany's No the infantrymen of the 42nd Infantry Division now a part of the New York Army National Guard spent their first days in desperate combat against German tanks and paratroopers during Hitler's final offensive in Western Europe sometimes called "the other Battle of the Bulge" kicked off on New Year's Eve 1944 in the Alsace region of France The American and French armies fought desperately to halt the attack and hold onto the city of Strasbourg Three regiments of 42nd Infantry Division soldiers who had been hurried to France without the rest of their divisional support units They expected to spend time in a quiet sector to learn the ropes of combat The 42nd Infantry Division had been made up of National Guard troops during World War I and nicknamed "the Rainbow Division" because it contained elements from 26 states In World War II the division was reactivated but filled with draftee soldiers With a desperate need for infantry troops in Europe and 242nd Infantry Regiments had been pulled out of training in the United States and shipped to southern France The three regiments were named Task Force Linden because they were commanded by the division's deputy commander Brig They were committed to battle without the artillery engineers and logistics support the rest of the division would normally provide The attack came as a shock to the newly arrived infantrymen William Corson in a letter to a 42nd Division reunion gathering in 1995 Corson commanded Company A in the 1st Battalion inexperienced troops would occupy a small town named Hatten since the Germans had nothing more than small patrols in the area At least that was the information given at a briefing but someone forgot to tell the enemy," he wrote German paratroops and panzer forces with tanks and self-propelled guns crossed the Rhine River 12 miles north of Strasbourg and clashed with the thinly stretched Rainbow Division infantry at Gambsheim on January 5 counterattacked and finally stopped the Germans The first week of was a frenzied effort to halt the German advance with companies and battalions moved around the front like firefighters plugging gaps The fighting was so desperate that the 42nd Division even threw individual rifle companies into the fight whenever they became available "Officers knew little more than the GI," Corson said frozen hillside with orders to dig defensive positions covering an area about three times larger than we were capable of adequately defending After four hours of chipping away at the frozen ground we were told that this position would not be defended so we moved to another frozen spot about ten miles away and started digging again." At Gambsheim the odds were too great for the American infantry The majority of its defenders from the 232nd Infantry Regiment were captured or killed In a failed January 5-7 counterattack at Gambsheim units from all three regiments were combined in a patchwork force that was ultimately repulsed a rifleman with the 242nd Infantry in the counterattack And we were thrown back immediately," he said of the January 6 battle "We were badly mauled and it was very demoralizing the 242nd Infantry Regiment and a battalion from the 79th Division tried to stop the German tanks and paratroopers again Corson was wounded and captured with dozens of his Soldiers who was attached from Corson's Company A to the battalion headquarters volunteered to hold off the Germans while other soldiers retreated Bertoldo drove back repeated German attacks for 48 hours Moving among buildings in Hatten to fire his machine gun at one point Bertoldo strapped it to a table for stability He fired on approaching German tanks and panzer grenadiers repeatedly defeating the German attacks and killing 40 of the enemy he left the protection of the building he defended and set up his gun in the street," his Medal of Honor citation states "There to remain for almost 12 hours driving back attacks while in full view of his adversaries and completely exposed to 88-millimeter "All I did was try to protect some other American soldiers from being killed," Bertoldo would tell newspapers back home after the war "At no time did I have in mind that I was trying to win something." 242nd Infantry paid a heavy price for its defense of Hatten At the beginning of the battle there were 33 officers and 748 enlisted men in the battalion Three days later there were 11 officers and 253 enlisted men reporting for duty The Germans launched their final assault just seven miles from the fight at Hatten on January 24 looking to cut American supply lines back to Strasbourg in the town of Haguenau They attacked straight into the 42nd Division Troops of the 222nd Infantry were dug in inside the nearby Ohlugen Forest with thick foliage and dense fog concealing both American and German positions The regiment had two battalions in the defense three times the normal frontage for a regiment in defense according to the "42nd "Rainbow" Infantry Division Combat History of WWII." Facing the Americans were elements of a German tank division a paratroop division and an infantry division captured a German officer with maps detailing the German attack The officer and another prisoner were put on an M8 Greyhound armored car for transport to the rear But the German officer signaled for other Germans to come to their aid The back and forth fighting continued through the rest of the night as the 222nd fought to contain the German breakthrough towards Haguenau The regiment earned a Presidential Unit Citation for its actions The 232nd Regiment was brought up from reserve to help in the defense The defense had held as reinforcements from the divisions which had been fighting in the Battle of the Bulge arrived to push the Germans back By mid-February 1945 the rest of the 42nd Infantry Division arrived in France and the infantry regiments were rebuilt The division then went on the attack against German units that had been severely ground down by the Nordwind attack their attack would lead into Germany and capture the cities of Wurzburg Dachau and Munich before the war ended in May of 1945 Many councils across France are showing off spectacular drone displays for the 14 juillet festivities in a high-tech replacement for the usual fireworks Puteaux (Hauts-de-Seine) and Les Ulis (Essonne) are among mairies that have opted for drones This is just the latest trend to emerge for the use of this popular new technology after we reported on how they are now used to clean roofs Read more: Drones can replace scaffolding to clean roof and walls of French homes They have gained more attention and popularity in recent years as an alternative way to offer a new kind of show in the sky A particularly impressive example of a drone show was put on at Bordeaux fête le vin where a battalion of coloured drones mimicked a wine bottle serving a glass Another display at Mont St Michel can be seen below replacing 14 juillet fireworks – if the trend continues to gather pace – will be the end of a tradition that dates back to the very start of the French national holiday Fireworks first came to France from China in the 1600s but were reserved for aristocrats until the Revolution the first commemoration of the storming of the Bastille They then fell out of favour somewhat but have been a staple ever since July 14 was confirmed as the fête nationale in 1880 Read more: France’s July 14 national day: What happens and why? What is new? said: “It’s not about writing a text in the sky Allumee is exhibiting three drone shows for July 14 in Puteaux (Hauts-de-Seine) and Voiron (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) where each show will see drones drawing Marianne Mr Ferrari’s first drone festival was in Les Mureaux (Yvelines) on the same day two years ago “It helped us see the enthusiasm for these spectacles,” he said The company is planning 100 shows for 2023 more than 200 of them were on display in Les Ulis (Essonne) for the same Marianne show that is set to be performed again tonight Les Ulis is not the only place to have chosen drones Lourdes has planned a show of 200 drones flying above the town’s lake at 23:00 Bastia has planned one for 22:30 and Disneyland Paris for 23:25 Security and ecological factors also play an important role in many councils having opted for the technology It comes as sale of fireworks to the public has been temporarily banned until July 16 to avoid public disturbance and riots as in some cases protesters have thrown them at the police La Teste-de-Buch and Nimes opted for drones to avoid the risk of fires after last year fires in the region destroyed large swathes of forests also cancelled firework celebrations for July 14 for the same reason Mr Ferrari added: “A drone spectacle does not generate sound pollution and it has a net zero carbon-footprint after three shows.” France bans fireworks for July 14 celebrations amid violence fears Flying taxi successfully tested in Paris ahead of 2024 Olympics Recent power cut in Spain and Portugal is warning to holidaymakers to ensure they are prepared for worst-case scenario The resort is set to remain open to the public and not only to professionals Storms from the weekend will persist across some areas One of the three suicide attackers at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris last November was buried on Friday in eastern France was buried before dawn in a Muslim part of the Wissembourg cemetery in northern Alsace He had lived in the town with his mother before leaving for Syria in late 2013 along with the other two men who attacked the Bataclan Leaked Islamic State group documents showed Mohamed-Aggad had arrived in IS territory on December 18 2013 with an unusually large group of French jihadists that included 14 men and their families A text sent from Syria by Mohamed-Aggad's wife to her mother saying: "Your son has died a martyr with his brothers on November 13" helped identify him His DNA was later matched to that of his mother killed 90 people at the Bataclan during a concert by rock band Eagles of Death Metal in the deadliest attack of the bloody rampage that claimed 130 lives across the French capital on November 13 Shareta, a rank outsider, and the Ed Dunlop-trained Snow Fairy completed the frame for fillies, with the muscular five-year-old So You Think in fourth, the first male horse across the line. Workforce, last year's winner, never threatened before fading to finish 12th, while Masked Marvel, the St Leger winner, finished last of the 16 starters. If Danedream's price tag as a two-year-old was unfashionable for an Arc winner, then so too was her place of origin. In 89 previous runnings of the Arc there had been only one German-trained winner, the rank outsider Star Appeal ridden by Greville Starkey in 1975, but it was clear that their record was about to improve by 100% as soon as Starke angled out for a run a furlong from home with Danedream still cantering underneath him. "This is the win of a lifetime," Starke, the first German jockey to win an Arc, said. "It's like a dream. She made a fabulous burst when I asked her to give it her all. The acceleration was worthy of a very, very great filly." There is no reason to think that Danedream's rapid improvement has finished yet and she is likely to remain in training next year. "My father has had horses for 35 years but we have never had anything like this," Heiko Volz, whose family recently sold a half-share in Danedream to the Japanese breeder Teruya Yoshida, said. "We bought her at the breeze-up sale in Germany for €9,000 and we just thought she would be a fun horse who could maybe win a race. She had her first run at Wissembourg because we thought it would be an easy race to win. She has just improved and improved and now we're here." It remains unclear whether Danedream will have another race as a three-year-old, although the Breeders' Cup meeting at Louisville in Kentucky early next month offers two possible targets in either the Turf, on the main Saturday card, or the Filly & Mare Turf 24 hours earlier. "She has run seven times already this year, so I don't think she needs to run again," Volz said. "But it's the trainer who decides." Goldikova's final start in France in the Prix de la Forêt ended in defeat as Dream Ahead – who now retires to stud – took his third Group One of the year for David Simcock but she remains favourite to record an unprecedented fourth straight win in the Breeders' Cup Mile next month. One of the best ways to explore the region is to follow the 85-kilometre-long Wine Route between the villages of Schweigen-Rechtenbach and Bockenheim you will get a chance to stop at some of Germany’s best vineyards Here are the top ten things to do and see along the way the German Wine Gate marks the southern end of the Wine Route in Schweigen-Rechtenbach When wine prices plummeted after an above-average vintage in 1934 the Wine Route and the gate with it were created it in an attempt to promote the wine region and spur the economy and the on-site restaurant is the perfect spot for your first glass of wine en-route Deutsches Weintor Restaurant, Weinstraße 4, Schweigen-Rechtenbach, Germany Neustadt might be the dreamiest town along the Wine Route – cobblestoned streets, timber-framed houses and vineyards all around exude a nostalgic atmosphere. The town offers Michelin-starred restaurants hidden in cosy vaulted cellar rooms and, of course, a number of wine bars that serve award-winning Rieslings by the glass Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, Germany | © erge / Pixabay Schloss Villa Ludwigshöhe Once a summer residence of Ludwig I of Bavaria this beautiful villa near Edenkoben is one of the not-to-miss sights along the route Ludwig I specifically asked for his new country house to be built in an Italian style Backed by the Palatinate forest and surrounded by vineyards the four-wing mansion along with the twin-storey loggia does spread a hint of a Tuscan flair Guided tours of the estate are available if you’re interested in learning more you can go off and explore the villa on your own Schloss Villa Ludwigshöhe, Villastraße 64, Edenkoben, Germany Sign up to our newsletter to save up to $800 on our unique trips See privacy policy Landeck Castle Just south of Landau you find the ruins of a former knight’s castle The tumbling walls trace back to the early 1200s and today provide the backdrop for medieval markets and other cultural events A small restaurant provides food and drinks year-round to those who come here for the panoramic views from the tower and the small archaeological exhibition Landeck Castle, Klingenmünster, Germany | © Rolohauck / WikiCommons Villa Rustica Weilberg Winemaking was introduced to the region by the Romans more than 2,000 years ago A relic of that time is the Roman vineyard in Bad Dürkheim that was unearthed by archaeologists in 1981 The site encompasses the remains of a large manor house Villa Rustica Weilberg, Bad Dürkheim, Germany Perched on a hill near Neustadt an der Weinstraße sits Hambach Castle – a definite must-see when you’re in the region The 11th-century castle is one the most important symbols of German democracy This association goes back to the 1832 Hambach Festival when members of the public marched on the castle demanding unity and freedom – a milestone event in the country’s democratic history the castle houses a fascinating museum about the event and its consequences Hambacher Schloss, Schlossstraße, Neustadt, Germany | © tomkevicius / Pixabay Villa Rustica Wachenheim The ruins of the Roman Villa Rustica in Wachenheim were discovered by pure chance in 1980 Archaeological findings date the origin of the country estate back to 20 AD and have shown that the complex continuously grew over the following centuries the estate was composed of a large main building two bathhouses equipped with the Roman predecessor model of an underfloor heating system Villa Rustica Wachenheim, Wachenheim, Germany Bad Dürkheim, Germany | © goellner880 / Pixabay Haus der Deutschen Weinstraße, Weinstraße 91b, Bockenheim an der Weinstraße, Germany The historic city centre is dotted with romantic taverns Landau in der Pfalz, Germany | © hpgruesen / Pixabay If you click on a link in this story All recommendations have been independently sourced by Culture Trip Read Next See & 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l'Horloge à Avignon toujours.. plus de 115 attractions touristiques des 100 villes les plus peuplées de France avec au moins 1500 avis sur le site de critiques touristiques TripAdvisor ont été sélectionnées Ce magnifique marché près de Strasbourg pourrait devenir le plus beau marché de France Ces deux communes près de Strasbourg ont été élues parmi les plus beaux détours de France Bientôt le tout premier wagon-bar dans le tramway à Strasbourg  JY'SNul besoin de parcourir le monde pour goûter à la meilleure des cuisines. Le très sérieux classement "La Liste" honore les meilleurs restaurants à travers le monde une adresse se trouve à Colmar tout près de Strasbourg. Et il s'agit d'un spot auréolé de deux étoiles La Liste qui récompense chaque année les meilleurs restaurants au monde a dévoilé son classement de l’année 2022 comme c'est le cas depuis plusieurs années maintenant on retrouve en première position le maître Guy Savoy aux commandes du restaurant gastronomique de la Monnaie de Paris Une publication partagée par Guy Savoy (@guysavoy) le 2 Mars 2019 à 1 :01 PST Le meilleur restaurant du monde se trouve donc en France ! Il coiffe au poteau le fameux Bernardin et la Vague d'Or - Le Cheval Blanc de Saint-Tropez en troisième position Un classement qui fait la part belle à la cuisine française puisque le top 20 réunit à lui seul 8 restaurants français comme l’Arpège ou l'Auberge du Vieux Puits Mais qu'en est-il des adresses de Strasbourg et de la région Grand-Est  un restaurant figure parmi le top 100 : l'adresse doublement étoilée du chef Jean-Yves Schillinger JY'S (avec une jolie note de 78/100) Voir le classement one of three young men who shot dead 90 people at a Paris concert hall a month ago was turned down by the French army and possibly also by the police before Islamic State took him on to fight for them Army recruiters in the eastern city of Strasbourg decided after conducting physical and psychological tests that he was not a suitable candidate to bear arms as a French soldier Mohamed-Aggad's identity was only established this week because of a text message his mother Fatima received It told the mother of four that her younger son had died "with his brothers" on Nov and with her elder son already in prison on suspicion of having terrorism links the Moroccan-born woman went to the family's lawyer and the profile of yet another radicalised young man joining other home-grown French and Belgian jihadis already identified as the killers of 130 victims at the Bataclan concert hall and elsewhere in Paris Mohamed-Aggad had set off for Syria in 2013 and while his departure was no secret in his small home town of Wissembourg in northeastern France some who knew him were shocked to learn of his role in the Paris killings "I can't believe it was him," said Yazar Mesut a 46-year-old neighbour told Reuters in one of the town's bars knew what respect was about and didn't act like a big shot." the young man failed the police entrance exam by just a few marks "That's the only time I saw him disappointed He reckoned it was because of his foreign origins," said Youssef An official from Strasbourg's army recruitment office confirmed that Mohamed-Aggad had tried and failed to join up in 2010 We look at personality and do physical and psychological tests The candidate has to be healthy and viable for the army," said army recruitment spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Sophie Caussel "In this case we identified him as not suitable as a soldier and to bear arms We decided not to go any further with him." Most would-be soldiers in France are in fact disappointed Only 15,000 people will be recruited to the French army this year out of 160,000 applicants so far which recorded a big jump in applications after the Nov Police recruitment authorities would neither confirm nor deny any application An official cited the confidentiality requirements of the inquiry into the Nov had left his military and police ambitions far behind him According to the judicial source he was also being investigated for links to Mourad Fares a Franco-Moroccan man suspected of being a key jihadist recruiter for Syria in Toulouse and Strasbourg and who is already in jail in France after being arrested in Turkey last year Christian Mahler shared a floor in the small residential building near Wissembourg station where Mohamed-Aggad's family lived for a time and where they stood out among most residents who were of European descent Mohamed-Aggad began frequenting the Mosque more often around 2012 Mohamed-Aggad's mother often found herself apologising to neighbours for the noise made by her children who used to bang on the walls of their apartment president of a Turkish cultural centre that he said Mohamed-Aggad visited "once or twice" thinks he was a witness to a change in the young man's behaviour "The last time I sent him away because he wanted to pray on his own," Yakup told Reuters at the centre which sits behind a railway line and next to a Lidl supermarket "It was like for him the rest of us weren't good enough Muslims." Two friends from the Wissembourg and five more young people from Meinau One of the Wissembourg contingent did not get far intercepted at Frankfurt airport by his parents Others came back a few months later in 2014 saying they had been on a humanitarian mission Judicial sources say Paris prosecutors asked on Oct 9 this year for a case to be brought against them on terrorism-related charges that could carry jail sentences of 10 years Officials have yet to name all the dead gunmen and suicide bombers directly involved in last month's attacks for which Islamic State claimed responsibility It remains unclear when and how Mohamed-Aggad returned to France The other two attackers at the concert hall have been named as Samy Amimour a Frenchman of Algerian descent who lived for a time in Chartres a Belgian of Moroccan origin who died in a police raid the following week who blew himself up after taking part in the cafe and restaurant killings was a French citizen too although born and raised in Brussels one of three suicide bombers who died near the Stade de France dropped out of school in 2014 to travel to Syria also a Frenchman although born in Brussels please register for free or log in to your account.