St Andrews Studies in French History and Culture: Recent submissions

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    • Revisiting Geneva: Robert Kingdon and the coming of the French Wars of Religion 

      Barker, Sara K. (Centre for French History and Culture of the University of St Andrews, 2012) - Book
      The 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 

      Frey, Linda S.; Frey, Marsha L. (Centre for French History and Culture of the University of St Andrews, 2011) - Book
      This 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 

      Bien, David D.; Smith, Jay M.; Blaufarb, R. (Centre for French History and Culture of the University of St Andrews, 2010) - Book
      First 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 

      Armenteros, Carolina; Lebrun, Richard Allen; Rowlands, Guy (Centre for French History and Culture of the University of St Andrews, 2010) - Book
      Joseph 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 ...