Social Relations, Politics, and Power in Early Modern France : : Robert Descimon and the Historian's Craft / / ed. by Barbara B. Diefendorf.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• MitwirkendeR: Beam, Sara,; Benedict, Philip J.,; Bernstein, Hilary J.,; Breen, Michael P.,; Collins, James B.,; Critchlow, Mark,; Descimon, Robert,; Dewald, Jonathan,; Diefendorf, Barbara B.,; Greengrass, Mark,; Holt, Mack P.,; Penzi, Marco,; Schneider, Robert A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Diefendorf, Barbara B.,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Early Modern Studies ; 19
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

The study of history is a fundamentally sociable practice, with the exchange of ideas taking place in writing, over the seminar table, and often in informal discussions over food. These essays grew out of a web of sociability centered around French historian Robert Descimon, and focus on the nexus of social relations, politics, and power in France as it moved from the age of religious wars into the age of absolutism. Using a wide variety of historical approaches and methods, these essays offer new insights into the evolving role of early modern elites and the social, familial, and cultural influences that shaped their values and priorities.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Robert Descimon and the Historian's Craft -- 1. Robert Descimon, the Annales Tradition, and the Social History of the Ruling Classes -- 2. Law and Social History in Early Modern France -- 3. Local Officials and Torture in Seventeenth-Century Bordeaux -- 4. Urban Elites and Politics in Sixteenth-Century Dijon -- 5. The Notary as Rural Power Broker: Maître Coujard and Pierre Collenot, Syndic of Alligny -- 6. Reading Municipal Lists, Interpreting Civic Practice from the Insights of Robert Descimon to Seventeenth-Century Bourges -- 7. Qui étaient les députés? An Unknown Group of Protestant Leaders on the Eve of the First War of Religion -- 8. Civic Engagement and Public Assistance in Sixteenth-Century Paris -- 9. Unfinished Business: An Edition of the "Manuscript History of the League" -- 10. Gallicans Not Magistrates: The Dupuy Cabinet in the Age of Richelieu -- 11. Intellectual Trajectories and Relationships of a French Historian -- Bibliography of Robert Descimon's Writings -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Index