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REVIEW ON: Donna J. Bohanan, Fashion Beyond Versailles: Consumption and Design in Seventeenth-Century France

Submitted by jtamas on 15 January 2015 - 9:26am

Donna J. Bohanan, Fashion Beyond Versailles: Consumption and Design in Seventeenth-Century France. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University, 2012. x + 154 pp. Figures, notes, bibliography, and index. $40.00 U.S. (cl). ISBN978-0-8071-4521-0.

This review may be found on the H-France website at: http://www.h-france.net/vol14reviews/vol14no201mctavish.pdf

Review on: Lucie Desjardins, dir., Les Figures du monde renversé de la Renaissance aux Lumières: Homage à Louis Van Delft

Submitted by jtamas on 15 January 2015 - 9:23am

Lucie Desjardins, dir., Les Figures du monde renversé de la Renaissance aux Lumières: Homage à Louis Van Delft. Paris: Éditions Hermann, 2013. 434 pp. 45.00€. (pb). ISBN 978-2-7056-8696-3.

This review may be found on the H-France website at: http://www.h-france.net/vol14reviews/vol14no207leelah.pdf

REVIEW ON: Morrissey, THE ECONOMY OF GLORY: FROM ANCIEN RÉGIME FRANCE TO THE FALL OF NAPOLEON

Submitted by jtamas on 15 January 2015 - 9:22am

Robert Morrissey, The Economy of Glory: From Ancien Régime France to the Fall of Napoleon. Translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2014. 272 pp. References, index, illustrations. $45.00 (cl). ISBN 978-0-226-92458-8 (cloth); ISBN 978-0-226-92459-5 (e-book).

This review may be found on the H-France website at: http://www.h-france.net/vol14reviews/vol14no206harsanyi.pdf

REVIEW ON: Gesa Stedman, Cultural Exchange in Seventeenth-Century France and England. Farnham, Surrey and Burlington,Vt.: Ashgate, 2013 (Source: H France)

Submitted by jtamas on 15 January 2015 - 9:15am

This review may be found on the H-France website at: http://www.h-france.net/vol14reviews/vol14no208melehy.pdf

David van der Linden, Experiencing Exile. Huguenot Refugees in the Dutch Republic, 1680–1700. Farnham: Ashgate Publishers, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4724-2927-8.

Submitted by jtamas on 15 January 2015 - 9:10am

David van der Linden, Experiencing Exile. Huguenot Refugees in the Dutch Republic, 1680–1700. Farnham: Ashgate Publishers, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4724-2927-8. 310 pp., 21 illustrations and 2 maps.£75.00 / $134.95

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Competitive Graduate Fellowships in French at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (source: Fagyal, Zsuzsanna)

Submitted by jtamas on 15 January 2015 - 9:09am

The Department of French and Italian of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites applications to several merit-based, 4- to 6-year fellowships ranging from $16 000 to $25 000 per academic year starting from August 2015.

Application deadline: February 28, 2015

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La tragédie et ses marges: conférence de Christian BIET vendredi 16 Janvier

Submitted by jtamas on 15 January 2015 - 9:07am

La dernière séance du séminaire "La tragédie et ses marges. Penser le théâtre sérieux en Europe (XVIe-XVIIe siècle)" se tiendra le vendredi 16 janvier de 17h à 19h, autour d'une conférence de

Christian Biet (Université Paris Ouest Nanterre- IUF)

« La supposée marginalité de la tragédie du tout premier XVIIe siècle français.

Tragédie « shakespearienne » ? tragédie sanglante ? tragédie d’expérimentation dramaturgique et scénique ? »

Roger Chartier, L'Oeuvre, l'Atelier et la Scène - Trois études de mobilité textuelle, Classiques Garnier 2014 (source: Dramatica)

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Roger Chartier

L'Oeuvre, l'Atelier et la Scène - Trois études de mobilité textuelle

Paris, Classiques Garnier, coll. "Fonds Paul-Zumthor", déc. 2014, 146 p.

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http://www.classiques-garnier.com/editions-tabmats/RcrMS01_tabmat.pdf

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SFS International Fellowship: Deadline for Recurrent Yearly Applications 1 April (source: http://www.sfs.ac.uk/funding-visiting-fellowships/)

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Funding: Visiting Fellowships

To access information on our new Research Support scheme, click here.

VISITING INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP AWARD

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Appel à contribution avant le 31 MARS 2105: revue d'histoire du théâtre, 2016 (source: dramatica)

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Revue d’Histoire du Théâtre, 2016

Les commerces du théâtre

Léonor Delaunay et Martial Poirson

Calendrier :

Réception des propositions : 31 mars 2015.

Réception des articles : septembre 2015.

Mise en forme et relectures : automne 2015.

Publication : début 2016.

Coordinateurs :

Léonor Delaunay et Martial Poirson

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01/27/1615 Birth of Nicolas Fouquet

Submitted by acalefas on 12 January 2015 - 12:03pm

Date:

27 Jan 1615

Birth of Nicolas Fouquet (1615-1680), surintendant des finances (1653-1661) and great patron of the arts, as attested to by his chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte. In 1661, threatened by his powerful minister’s influence, Louis XIV had him imprisoned for life.

https://francearchives.fr/fr/commemo/recueil-2015/39869

01/23/1668 The Triple Alliance

Submitted by acalefas on 12 January 2015 - 12:01pm

Date:

23 Jan 1668

The Triple Alliance is formed between England, Sweden and the United Provinces of the Dutch Republic in an attempt to curb Louis XIV’s ambitions to extend his influence and territories.

01/19/1668 Treaty of Partition

Submitted by acalefas on 12 January 2015 - 12:00pm

Date:

19 Jan 1668

During the War of Devolution, Louis XIV initiates secret negotiations with the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I to establish the Treaty of Partition, an agreement dividing the dominions of Spain between France and the Empire in anticipation of the demise of the sickly Carlos II. Their plans are frustrated by Carlos’s unexpected longevity.

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01/17/1601 Treaty of Lyon

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Date:

17 Jan 1601

Having negotiated the Treaty of Lyon with Spain, France gains the territories of Bresse, Bugey, Valromey and Gex.

L'entretien au 17e siècle - Brest - 19-20 mars 2015

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L’Entretien au XVII^esiècle

Colloque organisé par Agnès Cousson, 19 et 20 mars 2015

Centre d’Étude des Correspondances et des Journaux Intimes

Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines Victor Segalen

Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Brest.

http://www.univ-brest.fr/cecji/menu/RECHERCHES/PROJETS/L_ENTRETIEN

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Society for Early Modern Classical Reception

Submitted by arosensweig on 6 January 2015 - 11:29pm

Website of the Society for Early Modern Classical Reception

"A network for scholars of classical antiquity and early modernity to share current research and ideas for interdisciplinary collaboration"

http://semcr.weebly.com/

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La Monarchie - Podcast

Submitted by arosensweig on 5 January 2015 - 3:09pm

http://www.franceculture.fr/emission-les-lundis-de-l-histoire-la-monarch...

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Global France, Global French

Submitted by arosensweig on 5 January 2015 - 2:58pm

Global France, Global French Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, 21–23 October 2015

Proposals due by 5 March 2015

Confirmed keynotes Professor Dominic Thomas, University of California, Los Angeles Professor Charles Forsdick, University of Liverpool

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01/31/1679 Lully, Bellerophon

Submitted by acalefas on 4 January 2015 - 2:20am

Date:

31 Jan 1679

Jean-Baptiste Lully et Thomas Corneille's opera "Bellerophon" premieres in Paris.

01/26/1689 Racine, Esther

Submitted by acalefas on 4 January 2015 - 2:17am

Date:

26 Jan 1689

Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr

01/24/1659 Corneille Oedipe

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Date:

24 Jan 1659

Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris

01/04/1656 Pascal provinciales

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Date:

23 Jan 1656

Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.

https://francearchives.fr/fr/commemo/recueil-2006/39236

01/05/1675 Battle of Colmar

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Date:

5 Jan 1675

Battle of Colmar: the French army beats Brandenburg.

01/04/1602 birth of Jean Mairet

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Date:

4 Jan 1602

Naissance de Jean Mairet, dramaturge.

01/05/1589 Death of Catherine de Medici

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Date:

5 Jan 1589

Catherine de Medici, Queen of France dies at age 69.