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Seventeenth-Century France
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In March 2002, the University of Virginia Department of French will host a conference on the subject of �Knowledge in Seventeenth-Century France� (Le Savoir en France au XVIIe sièecle). At this meeting, which will be the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the North American Society for Seventeenth-Century French Literature, the Society will for the first time address the crucial overall topic of knowledge and its impact on literature. The University and the Society are now seeking the sponsorship of the Florence Gould Foundation.
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It is assumed widely that "war made the state" in seventeenth-century France. Yet this study challenges the traditional interpretations of the role of the army as an instrument of the emerging absolutist state, and shows how the expansion of the French war effort contributed to weakening Richelieu's hold on France and heightened levels of political and social tension. This is the first detailed account of the French army during this formative period of European history. It ... contributes more generally to the "military revolution" debate among early modern historians.
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The module aims to introduce students to the literary and cultural experience of being a reader or spectator in seventeenth-century France. It focuses in particular on works produced during the period c. 1660-1680 and discusses how far these were written for the enjoyment of a cultural elite, and how far they had broader popular appeal. The texts chosen are all ones which were very popular both at the time of their production and subsequently. In the case of the plays, some comparisons will be drawn between seventeenth-century and modern staging of these works, and, where possible, students will be encouraged to attend performances or view recordings of performances. There will ... be some opportunity in group presentations for reading/ performing extracts from the plays.
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Drawing on a range of case studies, this systematic study demonstrates the variety of language usage in seventeenth-century France, a time considered to be the most "standardizing" in the history of French. Variation is analyzed in terms of gender, age and socio-economic status, or by the medium, register or genre used. The case studies present phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical issues, posing a range of methodological questions for sociolinguists and historical linguists.
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The author is equally lucid in showing how this unusually dramatic case was emblematic of seventeenth-century France rather than a lurid anomaly. He uses it to throw French society, justice, and politics into high relief, and though he focuses mainly on its representative qualities, he is ... careful to note where it departs from the norm. Among its many interesting aspects, the Giroux Affair is an early example of “trying a case in the press,” using so-called factums, widely distributed pamphlets supporting one side or the other; although these had no legal standing, they helped sway public opinion, which in turn had at least some influence on strictly judicial considerations.
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Such criticisms show that their authors are guilty of anachronism or are purely and simply ignorant of what actually took place in France in the seventeenth century. Admittedly, the current of spiritual and missionary renewal did not always progress smoothly, and some followers of the French school misinterpreted the thought of its founders. Having said that, we must be fair and acknowledge ... that the seventeenth century in France was marked by great missionary activity, and the theological teaching of the spiritual masters of that period shows remarkable consistency, still of great value to the Church. The contribution of the Bérullians includes its vision of the Church from the "apostolic" angle as continuing the mission of Jesus, and not only their profound sense of Christian life and prayer.
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