R. Howard Bloch

R. Howard Bloch is the Sterling Professor of French and Humanities at Yale University. The author of numerous award-winning books on French literature and art, he lives in New York.

Tête-illating

How John the Baptist’s Severed Head Wound Up in France

The treasures of Byzantium proved too great a temptation, even for a cleric who started out as one of the good ones.

R. Howard Bloch