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Author:   Hilary J. Bernstein
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   32
Weight:   0.870kg
ISBN:  

9789004426467

ISBN 10:   9004426469
Pages:   436
Publication Date:   28 January 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Dynamics of Local History 2 Urban History and the French Kingdom 3 The Republic of Letters and the Fortunes of Erudite History 4 Urban History: A Preview 1 Writing Urban History 1 Historical Writing in Sixteenth-Century Le Mans 2 Local Audiences and Historical Traditions 3 The Politics of Historical Erudition in the Duchy of Burgundy 4 Historical Disagreement and Community Identity in Seventeenth-Century Le Mans 2 Municipal History and Urban Privileges 1 Historical Writing at the Hôtel de Ville 2 Municipal History in Print 3 The Comparative Impulse and Its Effects 3 François de Belleforest, National Sentiment, and Local Scholarship 1 Belleforest and the French People 2 Local Testimonies, Urban Contacts 3 Belleforest, Historian 4 Local History in Print 4 Origin Stories 1 Origin Stories: Evolution and Persistence 2 The Prestige of Classical Antiquity 5 Urban History and Capitalité  The Rivalry between Clermont and Riom 1 The Argument from Antiquity and the Debate over Gergovia 2 Capitalité and the Rivalry between Clermont and Riom  2.1 The Treaty of 1557 and the “County of Clermont”  2.2 The “Sénéchaussée d’Auvergne,” the Seat of Royal Justice, and Religious Rivalries 6 Ancient History, Sacred History, and French National Sentiment 1 Ancient Gaul and the Nature of France 2 Roman Aquitaine and the French Church 3 Gallic Aristocracy, French Monarchy 7 Genealogical History and Local History  André Duchesne and the History of France 1 The Cour de Justice of Guyenne and Historical Investigation 2 Duchesne and the “Perfect Topography” of France 3 Genealogical History and the Counts of Autun 4 Conclusions 8 Irreconcilable Histories?  André Duchesne and the Contested History of Reims 1 Nicolas Bergier: A Man of Connections 2 André Duchesne and the History of Reims 3 Competing Historical Visions 4 Jean Rogier’s Historical Memoranda 9 Recent History  Remembering the Wars of Religion 1 Strategies of Circumspection, Stance of Silence 2 Public Memory, Personal History 3 Catholic Histories, Protestant Sources 4 Orléans and the Wars of Religion Conclusion: Looking Back on Local History Bibliography Index

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Hilary J. Bernstein, Ph.D. (1996, Princeton University), is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Author of Between Crown and Community: Politics and Civic Culture in Sixteenth-Century Poitiers (2004), she has published numerous articles on French urban historical culture and memory.

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