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Justine Firnhaber-Baker : The Jacquerie of 1358. A French Peasants’ Revolt
The Jacquerie of 1358 is one of the most famous and mysterious peasant uprisings of the Middle Ages. Beginning in a small village but eventually overrunning most of northern France, the Jacquerie rebels destroyed noble castles and killed dozens (...)
S. C. Kaplan : Women’s Libraries in Late Medieval Bourbonnais, Burgundy, and France
How were the libraries of aristocratic women in the late French-speaking Middle Ages developed ? Which reading trends and topics were embraced by female readers of the fifteenth century ? What substantial gaps in evidence and data loss impede (...)
Emmanuelle Chapron : Livres d’école et littérature de jeunesse en France au XVIIIe siècle
Riche de ses éditeurs scolaires et de ses collections enfantines, le dix-neuvième siècle a-t-il inventé le marché du livre pour enfants ? Dans la France du dix-huitième siècle, de nombreux acteurs s’efforcent déjà de séparer, au sein de la (...)
Gordon Campbell (éd.) : The Oxford Illustrated History of the Renaissance
he Renaissance is one of the most celebrated periods in European history. But when did it begin ? When did it end ? And what did it include ? Traditionally regarded as a revival of classical art and learning, centred upon fifteenth-century (...)
Noëlle-Laetitia Perret, Stéphane Péquignot (éd.) : A Critical Companion to the ’Mirrors for Princes’ Literature
Why devote a Companion to the "mirrors for princes", whose very existence is debated ? These texts offer key insights into political thoughts of the past. Their ambiguous, problematic status further enhances their interest. And although recent (...)