Exploring term Fall 2023 Change

    HSTR444

    Early Modern French Cultural History

    Uses the approach of cultural history to explore key themes in the history of early modern France. Topics include ritual and folktales, constructing and deconstructing the "Sun King", a massacre of cats in 1730s Paris and other microhistories, theatre and punishment, the impotence of Louis XVI, the politicization of the everyday, the symbolism of the guillotine and a gentle introduction to cultural theory.

    Lecture: 3h
    Lab: 0h
    Tutorial: 0h
    Credits: 1.5