Centre for French History and Culture: Recent submissions
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Revisiting Geneva: Robert Kingdon and the coming of the French Wars of Religion
(Centre for French History and Culture of the University of St Andrews, 2012) - BookThe late Robert Kingdon’s Geneva and the Coming of the Wars of Religion in France, 1555-1563 (1956) was not merely an engaging and challenging piece of scholarship, it came to dominate the study of Genevan Protestantism ... -
“Proven patriots”: the French diplomatic corps, 1789-1799
(Centre for French History and Culture of the University of St Andrews, 2011) - BookThis study analyzes a hitherto unexamined group, the French diplomatic corps during the Revolution (1789 to 1799), and focuses on the question of loyalty and conscience. For some diplomats choice was an illusion as their ... -
Caste, class and profession in old regime France: the French army and the Ségur reform of 1781
(Centre for French History and Culture of the University of St Andrews, 2010) - BookFirst published in French in 1974, David D. Bien’s essay on the nature of nobility in old regime France pivoted around the 1781 “Ségur regulation” that required four generations of nobility for most officers entering the ... -
The new enfant du siècle: Joseph de Maistre as a writer
(Centre for French History and Culture of the University of St Andrews, 2010) - BookJoseph de Maistre's reputation as a writer is legendary. His style, unique and alive, moulded the French language anew. It sabotaged his attempts at anonymous publication and earned him, through the centuries, the praises ... -
Why Don’t the French Do Think Tanks?: France Faces up to the Anglo-Saxon Superpowers, 1918-1921
(2008) - Journal articleAbstract. This article asks the question: ‘Why have the French not developed ‘‘think tanks’’?’ by looking at the period when such institutions were being set up in The UK and the United States, during the preparation for ...