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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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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, (...)
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 (...)