This book offers an unprecedented history of the beginnings of street lighting in 18th-century France.
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De la nuit illuminée à la nuit éclairée (1697-1789)
Sophie Reculin
Alain Cabantous
In the 17th Century, some scandals made childhood a category, and their literary narratives allow us to see the evolution of norms, tolerance limits and emotions.
Des guerres de Religion à la révocation de l'édit de Nantes
Julien Léonard, Isabelle Moreau
The use of concepts and methods from modern economic analysis makes it possible to enrich historical research by providing, in the case of eighteenth-century Lille, precise answers to such essential questions as the impact of the budgetary and fiscal policies adopted by municipal officials.
Une histoire financière
Serge Dormard
On l'oublie trop souvent – paradoxalement, les étudiants eux-mêmes –, mais le deuxième cycle universitaire dans le domaine des Sciences historiques et artistiques est, fondamentalement, celui dont l’objet est d’introduire le candidat à la recherche et à son monde. Le présent volume découle d’un colloque qui s’inscrit pleinement dans cette optique
Caroline Husquin, Sébastien Martin
Dominic Moreau, Esther Dehoux
Les remises en cause de la famille et du mariage caractérisent notre époque, les débats sur la contraception, l'avortement, le divorce se succèdent. L’Histoire est « fille de son temps ». Sur le thème de la désunion du couple, les auteurs ont donc fouillé le passé. Ils étudient les ruptures de fiançailles, les concubinages, les mariages ...
L'exemple du Nord
Alain Lottin
The significant changes that labor is experiencing in recent years have encouraged historical studies on the precariousness and flexibility of work. Far from being a prerogative of current societies, the mobility of workers has also characterized the working world of the Ancien Régime.
Andrea Caracausi, Nicoletta Rolla
During the Early Modern period, the court of France offered a particularly favorable arena of action to the many women who formed the entourage of queens and princesses. Drawing upon a broad variety of sources, this volume explores their functions and status in courtly society, as well as the evolving roles of women in the circles of power, from...
Charges et fonctions (XVe - XIXe siècle)
Caroline zum Kolk, Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier
In the second half of nineteenth century, Ernest Hamy from Boulogne-sur-Mer played a key-role in France in the development of new disciplines such as Anthropology, Archaeology, History and Museology. His discoveries and his varied works and miscellaneous, marked his tie and their reputation well beyond national borders.
Logiques d'une réussite intellectuelle
José Contel, Jean-Philippe Priotti
The decennio francese (1806-1815), during which South Italy was military occupied by French Army and Administration, has to be considered as a political laboratory. The Reign of Naples, directed by Joseph Bonaparte then by Joachim Murat, has been a melting pot where several experiences of modernization were tested, in a contest marked by conflicts
Revisiter l'histoire du decennio francese (1806-1815)
Pierre-Marie Delpu, Igor Moullier
The history of the colleges of Ancien Régime is known today well enough. But that do we know ambitions and logic of the parents who send their children to college? What do we know from the point of view of the children?
Collèges et collégiens à travers les correspondances familiales 1767-1787
Philippe Marchand
Nicholas Rodger presents us with an insider's view of the modus operandi of the Royal Navy which relentlessly fought against the French Navy during the XVIIIth century.
Naissance d'un modèle (1750-1780)
N. A. M. Rodger
Daniel Verheyde, Christian Pfister-Langanay
If the history of death has given rise to many and great works for the last forty years, the history of the fate reserved for the dead body remains little known.
Les funérailles, des temps modernes à l'époque contemporaine
Elisabeth Belmas, Serenella Nonnis-Vigilante
The obligation made for people of law to lead the beggars in the prisons of the closest city raises the question of the confinement in the big cities of the provinces of the North. In France, the royal State believes to remedy these difficulties by the edict of June, 1662 ordering the creation of a general hospital in every city of the kingdom. The
Olivier Ryckebusch
The recent creation of the metropolis of the Grand Paris, whose area is the same since 1860, encourages to an historial reflexion about the limits of the town, which is at the center of the biggest urban region in Europe since the Middle Ages.
Anne Conchon, Hélène Noizet
If French court is a classical subject in modern history, birth and early childhood in the curial environment constitute rare specifical research topics through the available academic works. However, many archives make possible to reconstitute what happens around the pregnant queens or princesses.
Moyen-Âge - XIXe siècle
Pascale Mormiche, Stanis Perez
