Episteme of the Gallic Past - French Historical Research in Eighteenth Early Nineteenth Centuries

This book aims to reconceive the field of knowledge of the "Gallic past" in French discourse of the 18th and early 19th centuries by focusing on the monument as an object capable of underpinning insights into that past, the evolution of the concept, and the epistemic practices used to produce it.

List of contents

Introduction. Prologue: Monuments as "Materials for Our Historical Work": A Problem-Oriented Excursus on the Monument as an Epistemological Object 1. Monuments - What Were They? 2. Gallic Monuments Between Christian Universalism and an Autochthonous Past 3. Provincializing Paris: Gallic Monuments Viewed from the Provinces 4. Monuments for the French People: The People as Monument. Epilogue

About the author

Lisa Regazzoni is a professor of the Theory of History and head of the Center for Theories in Historical Research at the University of Bielefeld. Her research interests focus on the theory and epistemology of historical materials, the history of historiography, and the history of knowledge in France.

Summary

This book aims to reconceive the field of knowledge of the “Gallic past” in French discourse of the 18th and early 19th centuries by focusing on the monument as an object capable of underpinning insights into that past, the evolution of the concept, and the epistemic practices used to produce it.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Regazzoni, Lisa (University of Bielefeld Regazzoni, Regazzoni Lisa
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032408781
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240878-1
• No. of pages: 388
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History; Routledge Research in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; European History, History: theory & methods, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, History: theory and methods