How does one maintain order in an empire stretching from Mauritius to the banks of the Tiber and the Elbe? Leading experts shed light on the complexity of the challenge faced by Napoleon's police force, dispelling the myths surrounding this iconic institution.
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De l'échelle locale à l'échelle impériale
Jeanne-Laure Le Quang, Antoine Renglet
Neither mere witnesses nor simple victims: religious men and women confronted with war. A journey through conflicts from the sixteenth century to the contemporary period.
Expériences individuelles, expériences collectives (XVIe-XXe siècle)
Silvia Mostaccio, Alessandro Serra
In May 1216, invited by the English barons, Louis of France, son of Philip Augustus, set sail for England with the aim of seizing the throne from King John. The articles collected in this volume revisit this little-known episode in history: the forgotten invasion of England by the heir to the French Crown.
Enjeux politiques, militaires et sociaux
Frédérique Lachaud, Élisa Mantienne
As the first feminist treatise, "De mulieribus" (1501) puts forward a philosophical and universalist argument in favour of women, underpinned by a radical critique of the society of its time.
Laurence Boulègue
Laurence Boulègue, Lucie Claire
A fresh perspective on the role of the people in the emergence of early modern monarchies and sovereignty in the 16th century.
(fin du Moyen Âge – première modernité)
Yves Junot, José Javier Ruiz Ibanez
By going through this political and intellectual biography of Pierre Daunou (1761-1840), the reader discovers a legislator and a great theorist of history and education placed at the heart of revolutionary upheavals.
L'instinct de la liberté
René Grevet
This book, based on the eighteen-century Mauritius, is the first in-depth study on the origins of colonial public order.
Le bureau de police de Port-Louis à l'île de France (Maurice), 1766-1789
Catherine Denys
The GDR has valuable lessons to teach us today.
Société, politique et arts en RDA (1953-1990)
Elisa Goudin
An unprecedented mapping of ecological ideologies in the age of social media
Discours et identités sur Instagram
Erica Lippert
At the theoretical crossroads of sound ecology, phenomenology, and political sociology, resonance here is confronted with gestures that endlessly challenge its temporality in the constitution of a space.
Alexandre Chèvremont, Muriel Joubert
This biographical essay on a writer and traveler who, in his time, was a remarkable mediator between cultures within and beyond Europe also serves as a vivid introduction to the cultural history of 19th-century Europe.
Un écrivain et voyageur à la croisée des cultures
Marie-Ange Maillet
A rigorous and fascinating adventure into the work of military historians.
Concepts et débats
Jonas Campion, Benjamin Deruelle
At the intersection of cultural studies, a fundamental reflection on exile and nostalgia.
Svetlana Boym
Kristian Feigelson, Jean-Yves Malherbe
Perspectives
Bilans
C'est une re-découverte de Pigault-Lebrun, si célèbre au début du XIXe siècle, que propose ce dossier. Théâtre, romans, essais, correspondance : les nombreuses facettes de son talent y sont évoquées.
Pigault-Lebrun
Daniel Compère, Frédérique Peron
Moins connus du grand public que Trois femmes puissantes, les deux romans Rosie Carpe et La Vengeance m’appartient représentent et interrogent magistralement les violences sexistes, sexuelles et racistes au sein de la conscience, de la famille et de la société contemporaines, en nous faisant réfléchir à notre rapport éthique à la littérature.
Marie NDiaye, Rosie Carpe et La vengeance m'appartient
Anne-Sophie Donnarieix, Évelyne Thoizet
Knowing such a poorly known ministry: from Public Education to National Education.
Dictionnaire des ministres de l'Instruction publique et de l’Éducation nationale (1824-2024)
Bruno Poucet
