Author: Charles, XPublisher:
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Languages : fr
Pages : 2
Book Description
Lettre du roi à Monseigneur l'évêque de Nancy
Author: Charles, XSacred Bonds of Solidarity
Author: Lisa Moses LeffPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804752510
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Sacred Bonds of Solidarity is a history of the emergence of Jewish international aid and the language of "solidarity" that accompanied it in nineteenth-century France.
Obstinate Hebrews
Author: Ronald SchechterPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520929357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Enlightenment writers, revolutionaries, and even Napoleon discussed and wrote about France's tiny Jewish population at great length. Why was there so much thinking about Jews when they were a minority of less than one percent and had little economic and virtually no political power? In this unusually wide-ranging study of representations of Jews in eighteenth-century France—both by Gentiles and Jews themselves—Ronald Schechteroffers fresh perspectives on the Enlightenment and French Revolution, on Jewish history, and on the nature of racism and intolerance. Informed by the latest historical scholarship and by the insights of cultural theory, Obstinate Hebrews is a fascinating tale of cultural appropriation cast in the light of modern society's preoccupation with the "other." Schechter argues that the French paid attention to the Jews because thinking about the Jews helped them reflect on general issues of the day. These included the role of tradition in religion, the perfectibility of human nature, national identity, and the nature of citizenship. In a conclusion comparing and contrasting the "Jewish question" in France with discourses about women, blacks, and Native Americans, Schechter provocatively widens his inquiry, calling for a more historically precise approach to these important questions of difference.
The Sephardic Jews of Bordeaux
Author: Frances MalinoPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Sacral Kingship in Bourbon France
Author: Sean HeathPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350173215
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Historians of the ancien régime have long been interested in the relationship between religion and politics, and yet many issues remain contentious, including the question of sacral monarchy. Scholars are divided over how - and, indeed, if - it actually operated. With its nuanced analysis of the cult of Saint Louis, covering a vast swathe of French history from the Wars of Religion through the zenith of absolute monarchy under Louis XIV to the French Revolution and Restoration, Sacral Kingship in Bourbon France makes a major contribution to this debate and to our overall understanding of France in this fascinating period. Saint Louis IX was the ancestor of the Bourbons and widely regarded as the epitome of good Christian kingship. As such, his cult and memory held a significant place in the political, religious, and artistic culture of Bourbon France. However, as this book reveals, likenesses to Saint Louis were not only employed by royal flatterers but also used by opponents of the monarchy to criticize reigning kings. What, then, does Saint Louis' cult reveal about how monarchies fostered a culture of loyalty, and how did sacral monarchy interact with the dramatic religious, political and intellectual developments of this era? From manuscripts to paintings to music, Sean Heath skilfully engages with a vast array of primary source material and modern debates on sacral kingship to provide an enlightening and comprehensive analysis of the role of Saint Louis in early modern France.
Year Book
Author: Les juifs dans l'histoire de France
Author: Myriam YardeniPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004060272
Category : Philosophy
Languages : fr
Pages : 252
Book Description
Studies in Bibliography and Booklore
Author: Becoming French
Author: Ronald Brian SchechterPublisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Author: