histoire_de_france

Considered one of the masters of French and European Romanticism, Jules Michelet (1798-1874) is primarily presented both as the "father" of the history of France as well as the "teacher" ...

The history of Quebec in its infancy merges with that of New France. To understand the psychology of Quebec, it is necessary to refer constantly to this prestigious past that saw the explorer ...

There are characters in the history of France, which persists on the fate and the recognition was only much later. Such is the fate of Joan of France (1464-1505), daughter of King but girl ...

The war in Algeria, long called "the events in Algeria," traditionally begins on 1 November 1954, ending the Evian Accords, March 18, 1962. But to have a more ...

Dimitri Casali, historian, specializing in popular history (former teacher and creator of the ZEP concept Historock blending history and rock), offers us a new book in the series ...

As we approach the anniversary of the birth of Joan of Arc Max Gallo's book is certainly one that captivate most readers invited to an epic like no other. Epic is ...

Between history and myth, Joan of Arc is a key figure in the history of France, although its role in the events of the Hundred Years War was ultimately secondary, at least from ...

The author of "Sir Arthur Benton" invites the reader to plunge into the hell of the trenches alongside the Algerian riflemen parties defend the borders of the metropolis. This cartoon is ...

Prince atypical Hundred Years War, half way between France and England, Gaston Phoebus (1331-1391) was a warrior, political and philanthropist, author of the famous Book of Hunting, and particularly determined to ...

Murat is considered one of the bravest and undoubtedly the most extravagant of the Marshals of Napoleon. Born son of an innkeeper he became king and brother of Emperor after being shown one of the ...

On 13 December a conference will be held discussion History of Coffee with historian Jean-Pierre Rioux, entitled "The populist in Europe." A Coffee Story that addresses - for once ...

At Waterloo Napoleon did he lose a battle or France? He yielded to foreign armies, the House of Representatives or his own people? Did Napoleon, writes Benjamin Constant ...

The Crusades in the East continue to produce many works of scholars or more general public interest and quality sometimes questionable. However, what happened at the same time in Spain, ...

The Appointment of history to allow Blois each year to historians and teachers, but also enthusiasts and students and students to meet, discuss and exchange views on ...

On November 11, 1918 at 11 am ringing to stop the fighting between the Allies and Germany, which lasted for four years. The Great War is responsible for the death of nine million soldiers, including 1.3 ...

Grand Siècle is a classic in the history of France, and it had to be an important volume in the collection Belin. The challenge was to renew the approach of a period many times ...

The release of the book The absolute kings (1629-1715), in the collection history of France in Belin History allows for all to meet its author, Hervé Drévillon. Specialist in cultural history ...

When China emerged as the second world power, the Louvre offers to come back eight hundred years of history, but with an original approach. Indeed, the visitor is invited ...

The literature on the history of France are numerous, of variable quality (as we have seen with the recent history of France for Dummies) and for a diverse audience. Among the strong competition ...

You spent your tuition back of the room, stuck to the radiator, watching the birds out the window? Your history teacher was a bitch to you disgusted? You know ...

So what's published public space in the Middle Ages. Debates over Jürgen Habermas (PUF), which he co-directs with Patrick Boucheron, meeting with Nicolas Offenstadt historian, lecturer in ...

Everyone knows the Mount of Piety, classified ads, the agency for employment, public assistance, newspapers and literary prizes? Everyone of course! But to whom should we? ...

Louisiana, acquired by France under Louis XIV, does not pay too much and costs with the twelve thousand settlers, often suffering from malaria and fighting against the Indians. ...

The Gauls have a special place in the history of France. Often recovered, sometimes despised (including today), always caricatured, they have long been an enigma to historians. Yet ...

Before the release of Canal Plus series the "Borgia," Henri Pigaillem tells brilliantly the story of this family, perhaps the most famous of the Renaissance. "The Purple and Iron" is ...

The history of France still causes much debate, and more when it comes to addressing the origins of the country. When was born in France? Those who advocate a history studied and taught mostly ...

For the third consecutive year, Jean-Claude Barreau Conferences resumes Wednesday. After "World History" and "Geography of the World" it will process this year of "The History of France" ...

His face is a tangle of bodies, its neck a blood red sea, his jacket a campaign map as a medal when a spider spins its web. On his head a dark figure a crow ...

The reign of Francis I, from 1515 to 1547, is considered one of the most flamboyant of the history of France. In the issue tonight Secrets of History, Stéphane Bern reveals the mysteries of this ...

Matrix dynasty of French royalty, the Merovingians, however, have long been victims of a "black legend" kept from the sixth century by Gregory of Tours, then by their successors, the ...

The book of Samuel Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations, seems to have become the alpha and omega to try to explain international issues, especially since September 11, 2001, and again ...

Blois. When we talk about, we think first of all its royal castle, a magnificent example of the evolution of French architecture from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. However, Blois is also a ...

"History of France in 1000 quotes" is an introduction to the history, through the words of great figures such as Kings, Queens, prelates or simply writers and columnists. ...

If the sponsorship and the relationship between the prince and the arts are old, often considered the France of the Renaissance, that of Francis I, is one of the most perfect examples. Castles ...

Among the castles of the Loire in Blois is probably one of the most original. Indeed, its unique history allows us to discover three distinct architectural styles: Gothic, ...

On May 10, 2011, the Socialist Party and by extension a significant part of the French left celebrate the 30th anniversary of the election to the presidency of François Mitterrand. Beyond ...

After Napoleon's fall, we attended a second White Terror. On his departure to the island of Elba, the shift in the Rhone Valley of the deposed Emperor was marked by incidents. It was feared ...

In the middle of the Hundred Years War, but also by civil war between Armagnacs and Burgundians, French chivalry knows its greatest defeat the English army of Henry V, October 25 ...

Max Gallo is a lover of the history of France. Point to devote a dictionary, recently published by Plon. From Alesia to the call of June 18, 1940, the academician does this with ...

The battle of Bouvines was held July 27, 1214. Between the army of King Philip II Augustus of France in a coalition around the Emperor Otto IV, it allowed the Capetian consolidate its ...

Michelet is fashionable. His history of France is selling like hotcakes. Historians but also novelists, such as Pierre Michon, is the tear. And here we rediscover a little-known aspect ...

When the history of France by Michelet is reprinted before the scheduled-to-Lavisse, when the debate on national identity Landernau shakes the media but also university (see ...

Released in France in November 2010, Marie Antoinette and the American War of Independence - Episode 1 "The Brotherhood of the Wolf" - is one of the top Nintendo DS games to pay close attention to the story. ...

The controversial project House of History, initiated by the president, has made a first victim. The Director of the National Archives, Isabelle Neuschwander was "sacked" ...

Difficult exercise than to revisit the history of France in a matter of five hundred pages. François Reynaert, a journalist interested in history, splint it by giving us a modern look. It takes ...

The transition between the Middle Ages and the period called "modern" is generally called the Renaissance. This term, however, is more committed to the arts and political, and we know that the debates ...

The French Academy, a legendary institution accredited by Richelieu intended to "fix" the French language. The surest way to ensure that the language is understood by all, is the creation of a dictionary. ...

The Revolution broke out in the summer of 1789. Everything went very quickly between the opening of the Estates General on May 5, the proclamation of the National Assembly on June 17, the oath of the Jeu de Paume three days ...

The Ministry of Culture announced yesterday a draft composition for the Scientific Steering Committee of the House of the future history of France, which could be chaired by Jean-Pierre Rioux, ...

The religious situation in France is very mixed on the eve of the Revolution. The clergy is divided, unequal practice, and debates of the eighteenth century, as about Jansenism, have left ...

Charlemagne, soon became legendary character, caused an incredible literature throughout the centuries. Even today, through the first historical novel by Marie-Laure Lapouge, I, ...

The excited Jumiègues of this curious picture is such a romantic realism, we can easily imagine hearing the lapping of the water around the raft, two young men walking in the wind, is ...

The Merovingians (458-751) Childeric I (458-481) Clovis I (481-511) Clothaire I (511-561) Chilperic I (561-584) Clothaire II (584-628) Dagobert I (623-639) Clovis II (639-657) ...

Mr stating the obvious, grand marshal of France, gave its name to the famous "truisms." Yet there is not much, it was enough to die in the war for his soldiers ...

Seen as a French particularity, secularism celebrated its centenary in 2005. Yet it is more than ever criticized and challenged on the right and left, so the law of separation of church ...

The assassination of the Duke of Burgundy John the Fearless 10 September 1419 triggered a civil war in France between Armagnacs and Burgundians. Four years ago, King Henry V of England landed ...

Since his coronation at Reims in 1429, the life of Charles VII is studded with victory over the English and France gradually regained at the end of war which lasted one hundred years (1348-1453). The king, who until ...

To mark the 40th anniversary of the death of General de Gaulle, this impressive box set (with multiple objects collector) shall, from documents and testimony may be scarce, a portrait ...

Next is the European channel Arte tonight to propose a political biography of Philippe Petain, whose legend title "Winner of Verdun," "Savior of the Nation", head of the regime ...

It's a little known episode in the history of France. During World War II, 19,000 young French people (men and women), crossed the Pyrenees to the risk of their lives. They volunteered ...

Immortalized in film by actress Isabelle Adjani, Queen Margot was not the "flapper" that novelists have described. She was the daughter of Queen foremost, sister of King, Queen herself. ...

What is a diamond in history? This is an exhibit, a manuscript, an engraving, a painting, an object, a photograph that gives the historical moment the whole part of life and emotion ...

A play ... a melodrama ... three actors, three acts, three days! The shouting and crying of the first, the anxiety of the second ... and the triumph of the third! The main day of the November 11, 1630, ...

Of the four chief valet of the Sun King, Alexandre Bontemps remained in the history of France for being the most famous, most gracious, the most beloved of the king, but the most feared ...

The diamonds in history, is a richly illustrated book with over 400 documents, manuscripts, photographs, objects, paintings, letters, many of them unpublished. Archival treasures gathered ...

Nine renowned historians, including Roger Chartier, Jacques Le Goff and Arlette Farge, call "dangerous project" House of the history of France that is moving to the National Archives in Paris, ...

"A beautiful woman who has the qualities of a good man is what is the world's most delicious. It is in it all the credit. "Thus spoke about La Bruyere Ninon ...

After Alain Minc and Eric Zemmour, it was the turn of François Reynaert, a journalist with the Nouvel Observateur and other "historian of Sunday," to address this national story is the history of France. ...

This magnificent building, located in the Marais Paris, made the headlines in recent days. First Mansion de Clisson, then Hotel de Guise and de Soubise, it became the seat of ...

Through archival footage and testimonies, rediscover the Passion Coffret de Gaulle one of the emblematic figures of the French political landscape. Generally, resistant, President, ...

Since last July, a group (1) called "Our history is our future" has launched a campaign "to promote and defend the history of France and its teaching in public education." ...

The public has a misunderstanding of historical research, its vitality, and thus often the vision of a discipline, history, which would be a bit dusty or sclerotic. It also tends ...

The martyrdom of early Christians under the Roman Empire to the law of separation of church and state in 1905, the history of Christianity is identified with the history of France. On the occasion of the release ...

Telling the three major conflicts that have marked recent history: from 1870 to 1945 through the "all wars", from texts of the time, is what provides the musical tonight ...

After the publication of a book containing the contributions of his students (sovereign violence in the Middle Ages), the great medievalist Claude Gauvard is offered for "Mixtures", an academic tradition ...

"Never in history a woman was no longer pursued by the evil" state with clarity the Duchess of Dino. Was actually Marie Therese Charlotte de France Duchess of Angouleme, ...

The 13th Rendez-vous in the history of Blois will take place from Thursday 14 to Sunday, October 17. This 2010 edition has the theme "Doing Justice". The festival will bring together scholars and host count ...

With "The Fog of Austerlitz," Francoise and Gerard Goupy offer a new interpretation of the battle of Austerlitz, and return to this great battle, not to recount the events ...

The last magazine Secrets History Stéphane Bern this Wednesday, August 25 will probably be the most interesting of the four numbers issued this month as dedicated to Anne of Austria, mother of Louis ...

The Fronde is a series of revolts against the French monarchy, which burst out from 1648 to 1653, under the regency of Anne of Austria. Revolt of parliaments and princes, it degenerated into civil war. ...

The radio programs devoted to the history are all too rare not to mention the initiative of the device RTL radio that runs from August 28 a "Grand Quiz stories of France" with ...

The show Secrets History on last night at the Princess Palatine was watched by 2.9 million viewers, beating the previous episode dedicated to Diane de Poitiers. It was an opportunity ...

The third part of the show Secrets History aired tonight on France 2 is devoted to Charlotte Elizabeth of Bavaria, better known under the title "Princess Palatine." With an outspoken ...

The show "History Detectives", led by Laurent Joffrin, returns tonight on the mysteries surrounding the death of Napoleon Bonaparte. Since the 60s, the hypothesis of poisoning ...

The show Secrets History devoted yesterday to Diane de Poitiers has suffered stiff competition from a football game broadcast at the same time. Queen of the favorites nonetheless gathered in front of the TV ...

Conflict that involved France since 1945, the war in Indochina is certainly the least well known. Begun in the delicate context of reconstruction, she was often relegated to ...

The Musée Condé in Chantilly offers until August 16, 2010 an exhibition devoted to Henry IV, essential person in the history of France, from paintings, sculptures, drawings, tapestries, miniatures, ...

If it is a period in the history of France that comes up regularly in the debate, probably with the Revolution, it is that religious wars. It discusses their influence on the collage ...

The magnificent Palace of Versailles has about 3 million visitors a year, 70% foreigners. Everyone can discover the gardens of the King, make a trip to the Queen's Hamlet, stop ...

Secrets of history, the summer show on France 2 returns this August with four portraits of famous women who have marked the history of France, Empress Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III, ...

1943: British armies, Canadian and American landing in Sicily. 1940: Parliament gathered in the Grand Casino de Vichy vote by the end of the Third Republic, by 569 votes against 80 and 19 ...

Here is a beautiful book that brings together everything you need to know about the history of France in 150 dates! Although some key events in the history of France have marked our memory and our imagination ...

History of France This section proposes to rediscover the history of France through various articles and comprehensive. Of Gaul of Vercingetorix, the Fifth Republic through ...

1987: The Rhone Assize Court condemns Klaus Barbie, former Gestapo chief in Lyon, to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity. 1904: Start of construction of the Panama Canal. 1776 ...

1940 And if France had continued the war, shows the kind of alternative history or alternate history. In the hex it is customary to associate this type of works to the literature of science fiction ...

1789. The third estate by 490 votes against 90 decided to constitute the National Assembly. Soon joined by the clergy and nobility, it will be the first parliamentary assembly of the modern history ...

The Battle of Poitiers is still considered one of the great dates in the history of France. Its evocation always causes much debate and recoveries, despite the work ...

1971: The 58th congress of the SFIO opens in Epinay-sur-Seine, which lead to the creation of the Socialist Party, led by François Mitterrand. 1942: The Afrika Korps, German expeditionary force as ...

On the death of Champlain, New France exists but is still very low. We'll have to keep it alive and make it grow in a hostile environment. In 1636 a new governor, ...

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