Langue, poésie et histoire Les Veilles (1555) de Claude Fauchet et la défense d’une tradition nationale

Written in 1555, the manuscript of Veilles by Claude Fauchet presents the first results of the research undertaken by the humanist on French language, poetry, and history. This text bears witness to Fauchet’s commitment to the defense of a national tradition that is translated, in the domain of literature, by a restoration of French poetry (from the Middle Ages to Clément Marot) and, in the historical domain, by the consecration of Commynes as the “prince” of all historians.