Published after the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre, Simon Goulart’s militant work is at once a historical investigation, a testimony and indictment, a political reflection, and an apologetic discourse. This study examines his texts in their entirety and shows how he invented another way in which to write history.
CLIL theme: 4027 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes littéraires générales et thématiques
ISBN:978-2-8124-5269-7
EAN:9782812452697
ISSN: 2114-1223
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-37312-530-6
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 12-29-2008
Language: French
Keyword: Historiography, political philosophy, French Wars of Religion, pathos, Monarchomachs, exempla, Théodore de Bèze, Catherine de’ Medici, Agrippa d’Aubigné, sixteenth-century literature