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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817625503321

Autore

Bernstein Hilary J.

Titolo

Historical Communities : Cities, Erudition, and National Identity in Early Modern France / / Hilary J. Bernstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2021

ISBN

90-04-42647-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (447 pages)

Collana

Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions ; ; 32

Disciplina

944/.03072

Soggetti

Cities and towns - France - History

National characteristics, French - History

Elite (Social sciences) - France - Historiography

France History 16th century Historiography

France History 17th century Historiography

France History Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598 Historiography

France History, Local Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--