Publications
Xavier Mauduit : Le Ministère du faste
Longtemps après la chute de 1870, le souvenir du faste du Second Empire était encore vif dans les esprits, suscitant tout autant fascination et condamnation. Cette « légende noire » s’est cependant construite sur une réalité : l’importance accordée à la théâtralité du pouvoir napoléonien, gage de prospérité. Au cœur de cette mise en scène du pouvoir se trouve une institution : la Maison de Louis-Napoléon (...)
Luisa Capodieci, Isabelle His (éd.) : La noblesse et les arts
Sommaire - L. Capodieci & I. His, "Avant-propos"; A. Fémelat, "La cavalcade des princes de Ferrare, de Modène et de Reggio : une série d’effigies équestres du Quattrocento"; S. Hendler, "Honor che conviene a un personaggio tale : nouvelles considérations sur Stefano Colonna, seigneur de Palestrina, à travers ses portraits par Bronzino et Varchi"; G. Brouhot, "L’art des nobles "deschicquetures" : jeux et (...)
Neil Murphy : Ceremonial Entries, Municipal Liberties and the Negotiation of Power in Valois France, 1328-1589
In a fresh examination of the French ceremonial entry, Neil Murphy considers the role these events played in the negotiation between urban elites and the Valois monarchy for rights and liberties. Moving away from the customary focus on the pageantry, this book focuses on how urban governments used these ceremonies to offer the ruler (or his representatives) petitions regarding their rights, liberties and (...)
Dries Raeymaekers, Sebastiaan Derks (éd.) : The Key to Power? The Culture of Access in Princely Courts, 1400-1750
Proximity to the monarch was a vital asset in the struggle for power and influence in medieval and early modern courts. The concept of ‘access to the ruler’ has therefore grown into a dominant theme in scholarship on pre-modern dynasties. Still, many questions remain concerning the mechanisms of access and their impact on politics. Bringing together new research on European and Asian cases, the ten chapters in (...)
Paul M. Dover (éd.) : Secretaries and Statecraft in the Early Modern World
One of the prominent themes of the political history of the 16th and 17th centuries is the waxing influence officials in the exercise of state power, particularly in international relations, as it became impossible for monarchs to stay on top of the increasingly complex demands of ruling. Encompassing a variety of cultural and institutional settings, these essays examine how state secretaries, prime ministers (...)
Rachel Stone, Charles West (éd.) : Hincmar of Rheims. On the divorce of King Lothar and Queen Theutberga
In the mid-ninth century, Francia was rocked by the first royal divorce scandal of the Middle Ages: the attempt by King Lothar II of Lotharingia to rid himself of his queen, Theutberga, and replace her with Waldrada, the mother of his children. Lothar, however, faced opposition to his actions; kings and bishops from neighbouring kingdoms, and eventually the pope himself, were gradually drawn into a crisis (...)
Cornel Zwierlein : The Political Thought of the French League and Rome (1585-1589)
Depuis le XIXe siècle, la théorie politique de la Ligue catholique française (1585-1595) est considérée comme un simple plagiat des textes écrits par des monarchomaques calvinistes après le massacre de la Saint-Barthélemy (1572). Basé sur la version originale manuscrite du traité le plus important de la Ligue, rédigé par la Sorbonne pour le Conseil des Seize et pour Mayenne et envoyé au pape Sixte V en mars (...)
Jan Bloemendal, Nigel Smith (éd.) : Politics and Aesthetics in European Baroque and Classicist Tragedy
Politics and Aesthetics in European Baroque and Classicist Tragedy is a volume of essays investigating European tragedy in the seventeenth century, comparing Shakespeare, Vondel, Gryphius, Racine and several other vernacular tragedians, together with consideration of neo-Latin dramas by Jesuits and other playwrights. To what extent were similar themes, plots, structures and styles elaborated? How is difference (...)
Christian Baulez, Charlotte Vignon (dir.) : Pierre Gouthière. Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court
Pierre Gouthière: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court celebrates the life of Pierre Gouthière (1732-1813), considered to be one of the best Parisian bronze chasers and gilders of the XVIIIth century. Gouthière became gilder to Louis XV in 1767, and is credited with inventing a new type of gilding that left a matte finish—dorure au mat—one of the hallmarks of his work. Although incredibly successful in his day, (...)
Patrick Daguenet : L’Aurore du Roi-Soleil : 1661, Le grand séjour de Louis XIV à Fontainebleau
En 1661, Louis XIV fait un long séjour de sept mois à Fontainebleau, de mai à décembre. Ce séjour est une forme d’allégorie de la prise du pouvoir que le jeune Roi-Soleil opère cette année-là. Le ballet des Saisons que danse Louis XIV, le tableau de Charles Le Brun Les Reines de Perse aux pieds d’Alexandre, qui représente le roi en conquérant macédonien, l’arrestation de Foucquet en septembre sont autant (...)