ISBN:
9789004426474
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XII, 436 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions volume 32
Series Statement:
Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2021, ISBN: 9789004441910
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bernstein, Hilary, 1966 - Historical communities
Keywords:
Cities and towns History
;
National characteristics, French History
;
Elite (Social sciences) Historiography
;
France History 16th century
;
Historiography
;
France History 17th century
;
Historiography
;
France History Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598
;
Historiography
;
France History, Local
;
Sources
;
Frankreich
;
Stadt
;
Entwicklung
;
Elite
;
Geschichte 1560-1660
Abstract:
Introduction -- Writing urban history -- Municipal history and urban privileges -- François de Belleforest, national sentiment, and local scholarship -- Origin stories -- Urban history and Capitalité: the rivalry between Clermont and Riom -- Ancient history, sacred history, and French national sentiment -- Genealogical history and local history : André Duchesne and the history of France -- Irreconcilable histories? André Duchesne and the contested history of Reims -- Recent history : remembering the Wars of Religion -- Conclusion: looking back on local history.
Abstract:
"Historical Communities reveals the importance of urban history writing in early modern France, from the 1560s to the 1660s, both for individual towns and the French kingdom. Grounded in published and manuscript works, archival sources, correspondence, and research notes, the book demonstrates how historical traditions mattered to city inhabitants and how local elites combined historical narratives with social and political objectives. Numerous conflicts emerged, including debates regarding city origins, the early French Church, noble genealogies, and the memory of the French Wars of Religion. Simultaneously, provincial scholars maintained active contacts within the Republic of Letters, grounding local research and writing in developing erudite methodologies and making them integral to the ongoing process of forging a French historical identity"--
DOI:
10.1163/9789004426474
