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Historical communities : cities, erudition, and national identity in early modern France / Hilary J. Bernstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bernstein, Hilary, 1966- author.
- Series:
- Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions ; 32.
- Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions ; 32
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns--France--History.
- Cities and towns.
- National characteristics, French--History.
- National characteristics, French.
- Elite (Social sciences)--France--Historiography.
- Elite (Social sciences).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (447 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-42647-7
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004426474 DOI
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