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Author Bernstein, Hilary, 1966- author.

Title Historical communities : cities, erudition, and national identity in early modern France / by Hilary J. Bernstein
Published Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 435 pages)
Series Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions, 2352-1325 ; volume 32
History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v.32.
Contents 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
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 8, 2021)
Subject Cities and towns -- France -- History
National characteristics, French -- History
Elite (Social sciences) -- France -- Historiography
Cities and towns
Historiography
History -- Sources
National characteristics, French
SUBJECT France -- History -- 16th century -- Historiography
France -- History -- 17th century -- Historiography
France -- History, Local -- Sources
France -- History -- Wars of the Huguenots, 1562-1598 -- Historiography
Subject France
Genre/Form History
Local history
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2020050733
ISBN 9004426477
9789004426474