This series is concerned with individual and collective historical studies of the medieval, modern and contemporaries eras. With already 140 titles in its catalogue, it puts forwards the various historical methods but never favors one over the other. Studies pertaining to urban or rural history, demographic, economic, social, political, cultural or religious history, biographies and historical essays are amongst the ever-growing and wide-ranging panel of works in this series.
Twenty-five ways to account for the memories of the Roman emperors Trajan and Hadrian (98-117 and 117-138 BCE) offer us many variations and angles of multidisciplinary approach, and are placed under the illustrious patronage of Marguerite Yourcenar's Mémoires d'Hadrien (1951).
A monumental religious building, the cathedral represents a spiritual, heritage, cultural and political symbol. This is why, in times of war, it's confronted with the effects and violence of war.
Publics, gardiens et conservateurs du Louvre et du British Museum : regards croisés (1946-1981)
Histoire et civilisations
When it comes to the status of civil servants, France is often opposed to Britain. However, in post-war Europe, these two countries are seeking to develop a common civil service project, particularly in the cultural field.
Since the origins of Christianity, women have lived a consecrated life outside monastic orders, following a personal path and serving the Church in various ways.
With his compact history of Switzerland, the Swiss historian Thomas Maissen presents the eagerly awaited new overview. Based on the latest research results, he describes in a fluid style the origins of the Swiss Confederation, its extraordinary continuity, but also its many cleavages up to the most recent past. Whoever wants to have the...
According to Christian theology, the councils are supposed to be "inspired" or "assisted" by the Holy Spirit, but it is clear that their annals are full of conflicts, dramatic turn of events, maneuvers, as well in the conduct of assemblies as in the writing of records.
L'exemple de l'enseignement primaire de la Somme de 1881 à 1923
Histoire et civilisations
In primary schools, at the end of the 19th century, girls have lower results than boys on mathematics. Are they deprived of « having a gift » for maths, or are there other reasons to that situation ? New programs have been published since 1881. Mathematics teaching is meant to be « useful », it also aims to develop reflection.
At the heart of "a mystery that still seems far from being exhausted" (Bertrand Joly - 2008), boulangism, a polymorphic movement, seems to have been studied in all its aspects since Adrien Dansette's first works in 1939. However, its analysis through the prism of Freemasonry still remains a fallow area of research.