Society and Culture in Early Modern France - Eight Essays by Natalie Zemon Davis (Hardcover)

These essays, three of them previously unpublished, explore the competing claims of innovation and tradition among the lower orders in sixteenth-century France. The result is a wide-ranging view of the lives and values of men and women (artisans, tradesmen, the poor) who, because they left little or nothing in writing, have hitherto had little attention from scholars. The first three essays consider the social, vocational, and sexual context of the Protestant Reformation, its consequences for urban women, and the new attitudes toward poverty shared by Catholic humanists and Protestants alike in sixteenth-century Lyon. The next three essays describe the links between festive play and youth groups, domestic dissent, and political criticism in town and country, the festive reversal of sex roles and political order, and the ritualistic and dramatic structure of religious riots. The final two essays discuss the impact of printing on the quasi-literate, and the collecting of common proverbs and medical folklore by learned students of the "people" during the Ancien Regime. The book includes eight pages of illustrations.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 1975
First published:	1975
Authors:	Natalie Zemon Davis
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-0868-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750 Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
LSN:	0-8047-0868-1
Barcode:	9780804708685

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