tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59195082358371020412024-03-28T02:28:53.998-07:00Rodama NewsA round-up from 18th-century and Revolutionary FranceRodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.comBlogger193125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-46716879380482705372024-03-25T10:21:00.000-07:002024-03-27T12:54:14.065-07:00Versailles on "Substack"<p>David Gemeinhardt's blog "Versailles Century" has recently transferred to the "Substack" platform platform: <a href="https://versaillescentury.substack.com/">https://versaillescentury.substack.com/</a> </p><p></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieani76p8KI1bywuEM7EzHDML5sDblMzbPknYyVBDin87C1cVbO0bEvHFD6oC1cQhc6OIO_CTangVeCqssyP6ZbtLSaSIdHhRN3zfLvZXUjNOJ0o7swS_1qqyiYWKzgDEGGpFzxe209JJQXVgXAMFqCvtTQKoHDQKqkc24_mGiEsO07kW4rFN2rdF9bkI2/s318/david's%20substack.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="318" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieani76p8KI1bywuEM7EzHDML5sDblMzbPknYyVBDin87C1cVbO0bEvHFD6oC1cQhc6OIO_CTangVeCqssyP6ZbtLSaSIdHhRN3zfLvZXUjNOJ0o7swS_1qqyiYWKzgDEGGpFzxe209JJQXVgXAMFqCvtTQKoHDQKqkc24_mGiEsO07kW4rFN2rdF9bkI2/s1600/david's%20substack.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><p>Substack (<a href="https://substack.com/">https://substack.com/</a>) is a new subscription-based platform for independent writers and bloggers, which allows email notifications. Content can be free or paid as the creator wishes. "Versailles Century" is still free to viewand the email notifications are optional. There is still also a live <a href="https://www.facebook.com/versaillescentury">Facebook feed</a></p><p>It is a little hard to see what other content be available on substack. Another substack I was offered was this one on G. Le Notre (in French): <a href="https://www.glenotre.fr/">https://www.glenotre.fr/</a></p><p>...And here is David A. Bell's blog, <i>French Reflections</i>: <a href="https://davidabell.substack.com/">https://davidabell.substack.com/</a></p><p></p>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-8970663219082465502024-03-19T12:43:00.000-07:002024-03-28T02:28:23.056-07:00Jean-Clément Martin - the Great Fear (new book)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jean-Clément Martin's new book, <i>La Grande Peur de Juillet 1789</i>, is published by Tallandier on 21st March.</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmn5Xj2Z9BFyhGbG0OChd4k52tFFVyuDrZP_WP-AkYeWZBJTkmFIUXWdyggZ5JYNwl2T4qMsfUfhZ7dQD36pLrrnnDvZEgXMtmNTRtaOmfg6PF62cQhzw5wJfH2Q8dQ3YiCvUfy_zNI4ffE3wiWismCtCuvAxkWUexrd5659CgakwbUsjC9se3HKNsSHf/s300/Capture-decran-2024-03-20-a-15.56.21-206x300.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="206" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmn5Xj2Z9BFyhGbG0OChd4k52tFFVyuDrZP_WP-AkYeWZBJTkmFIUXWdyggZ5JYNwl2T4qMsfUfhZ7dQD36pLrrnnDvZEgXMtmNTRtaOmfg6PF62cQhzw5wJfH2Q8dQ3YiCvUfy_zNI4ffE3wiWismCtCuvAxkWUexrd5659CgakwbUsjC9se3HKNsSHf/s1600/Capture-decran-2024-03-20-a-15.56.21-206x300.png" width="206" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.tallandier.com/livre/la-grande-peur-de-juillet-1789/">La grande peur de juillet 1789 - Éditions Tallandier</a></div><div><a href="https://r.cantook.com/eden/sample/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZWRlbmxpdnJlcy5mci9zYW1wbGUvNzk2MDM3L3dlYl9yZWFkZXJfbWFuaWZlc3Q_Zm9ybWF0X25hdHVyZT1wZGYmc2lnaWQ9MTY4NzkyMzY5MiZzaWduYXR1cmU9ZDE1NmM1NzAwZGM3NDM1YWM5NjQ2ZDhlYTkyNTljYTdjZWExZmZiNmZiOWQ4MzNjY2Q0NjA1MTM2OTIyZmEwNA">Extract (cantook.com)</a></div><div><br /></div> "This book was born from the discovery of "thousands of little pieces of paper in a forgotten cardboard box", which proved to be notes by Georges Lefebvre for his classic study <i>La Grande Peur de 1789</i> published in 1932. Jean-Clément Martin reopens the investigation...."<p></p><p>For some reason almost none of Jean-Clément Martin's work has ever been translated into English...</p>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-82078666388917050722024-03-18T11:00:00.000-07:002024-03-25T09:19:20.987-07:00Age of Revolutions <p> The open-access journal "Age of Revolutions" publishes an interview with historian Nathan Perl-Posenthal whose book T<i>he Age of Revolutions and the Generations who made it </i>was published on 14th March.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><a href="https://ageofrevolutions.com/2024/03/11/generating-the-age-of-revolutions-an-interview-with-nathan-perl-rosenthal/?fbclid=IwAR1VvGGLpNW30PWv7-pLvOtJwG0YrqOQBq6rmcDSDH4xEckQZ8gLbMssud0">Generating the Age of Revolutions: An Interview with Nathan Perl-Rosenthal – Age of Revolutions</a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hpgVQRDGAglFtTSk8ExO4_2oxam8OLu_oUiaKCQlJfnMGQt-1BVSQZaMIo3cm3FFSxLc8ykR87pxJa4AkgGncU_sJowQKX6B38xQo7y6qpqCxEExoHuo7Y2zkYRw1bl07nGpmseiXpA9b_i2dNzeYtZelH1vCEx28OGqH8B15BJh4-7R3z5mXC081FP3/s1000/Age%20of%20Revolutions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="645" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3hpgVQRDGAglFtTSk8ExO4_2oxam8OLu_oUiaKCQlJfnMGQt-1BVSQZaMIo3cm3FFSxLc8ykR87pxJa4AkgGncU_sJowQKX6B38xQo7y6qpqCxEExoHuo7Y2zkYRw1bl07nGpmseiXpA9b_i2dNzeYtZelH1vCEx28OGqH8B15BJh4-7R3z5mXC081FP3/s320/Age%20of%20Revolutions.jpg" width="206" /></a>. <b>"A panoramic new history of the revolutionary decades between 1760 and 1825, from North America and Europe to Haiti and Spanish America, showing how progress and reaction went hand in hand</b></p><p>The revolutions that raged across Europe and the Americas over seven decades, from 1760 to 1825, created the modern world. Revolutionaries shattered empires, toppled social hierarchies, and birthed a world of republics. But old injustices lingered on and the powerful engines of revolutionary change created new and insidious forms of inequality. </p><p>In The<i> Age of Revolutions, </i>historian Nathan Perl-Rosenthal offers the first narrative history of this entire era. Through a kaleidoscope of lives both familiar and unknown—from John Adams, Toussaint Louverture, and Napoleon to an ambitious French naturalist and a seditious Peruvian nun—he retells the revolutionary epic as a generational story. The first revolutionary generation, fired by radical ideas, struggled to slip the hierarchical bonds of the old order. Their failures molded a second generation, more adept at mass organizing but with an illiberal tint. The sweeping political transformations they accomplished after 1800 etched social and racial inequalities into the foundations of modern democracy. "</p>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-30042246117506392962024-03-09T01:53:00.000-08:002024-03-09T01:53:41.491-08:00Women at the Chapelle expiatoire<p>On Friday, 8th March, to mark International Women's Day, flowers from the President of the Republic were left at the tomb of Olympe de Gouges at the Chapelle expiatoire in Paris.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO74YsDY7K4dctIcAD6rKcg_aMZC8IYG3q7pwfuW72hWAhfl-uUJtx11BKWLm9mgJ_YhtA1Krw349iewD3IJ_8tF8jqLqq1kOZR1Ff8fGc3xDQJj0M94zjQdTuyP6uWeREij-Lurv1oJiob_JpzPUJ1ns2iK2ETLH1ubQbfOMrKYc7sszKswYjofmoDUD8/s701/431800280_739450358285328_2212066353248328124_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO74YsDY7K4dctIcAD6rKcg_aMZC8IYG3q7pwfuW72hWAhfl-uUJtx11BKWLm9mgJ_YhtA1Krw349iewD3IJ_8tF8jqLqq1kOZR1Ff8fGc3xDQJj0M94zjQdTuyP6uWeREij-Lurv1oJiob_JpzPUJ1ns2iK2ETLH1ubQbfOMrKYc7sszKswYjofmoDUD8/s320/431800280_739450358285328_2212066353248328124_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>The Chapelle marked the day with a guided visit themed on women of the Revolution: Olympe de Gouges, Charlotte Corday et Manon Roland. Further tours are scheduled to explore visits on Olympe de Gouges, the duchesse d’Angoulême and the trial of Marie-Antoinette.</p><p><a href="https://www.chapelle-expiatoire-paris.fr/">Bienvenue à la Chapelle expiatoire (chapelle-expiatoire-paris.fr)</a></p>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-66811916019208038492024-03-08T08:07:00.000-08:002024-03-09T08:12:42.146-08:00Snapchat the 18th century!<p>Snapchat has launched "8th of March, 8 Women", a new augmented reality experience for International Women’s Day. </p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_T5Ua2-82jjmUTQ9FQ_G7tqHvNKYFxeoFEPROCPVhKaouDdER9Ddt5QXKiHlWg-wI8VaVPDmLTOZNXstkrhNekYhOVBwD7u0RWNpLUIxYAykKI-LzZy35ocg1Trm6gA74ss5qjVck3Wcx7QQsqeKKh-NVKSAZbah9PeWn2sqEWt_H9gw6DN82fGIWvAP/s643/Snapchat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="359" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu_T5Ua2-82jjmUTQ9FQ_G7tqHvNKYFxeoFEPROCPVhKaouDdER9Ddt5QXKiHlWg-wI8VaVPDmLTOZNXstkrhNekYhOVBwD7u0RWNpLUIxYAykKI-LzZy35ocg1Trm6gA74ss5qjVck3Wcx7QQsqeKKh-NVKSAZbah9PeWn2sqEWt_H9gw6DN82fGIWvAP/w224-h400/Snapchat.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><p> Statues of prominent men in French cities (Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Lille, Strasbourg, Metz and Nantes) trigger AR representations of their female counterparts. There are three 18th-century women chosen: Madame de Graffigny, Olympe de Gouges and Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun.</p><p>Cool but, I fear, unlikely to reverse Snapchat's flagging popularity. </p><p> <a href="https://newsroom.snap.com/en-GB/international-womens-day-ar-studio">8th of March, 8 women (snap.com)</a></p>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-47509909475101885802024-03-05T09:21:00.000-08:002024-03-11T10:32:04.757-07:00Measuring the Earth <p> <i>History Today </i>publishes a free article by Patricia Fara on the French geodesic expeditions in the 1730s, by La Condamine to Ecuador and Maupertius to the Arctic Circle.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiltUqb2wlF6SnqI1x6mIwUqpiSpuEyixXzfhLdyS-LsZ-2JcEvRo6YFC2yF6HrEJs-m-827938kxDr_SY1JGsGhS8B9CZQyqAZ-Wu8Y9M0_zW32QCgtLTSgtloE0UTjX71UYkAZLHfswhtEDv2E0HHgqR54EaJ5S3mpiPRR1ZdcEjBX1IkRoZFIEo0Xrh/s2316/pierre_maupertuis_earth_shape_history_today.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiltUqb2wlF6SnqI1x6mIwUqpiSpuEyixXzfhLdyS-LsZ-2JcEvRo6YFC2yF6HrEJs-m-827938kxDr_SY1JGsGhS8B9CZQyqAZ-Wu8Y9M0_zW32QCgtLTSgtloE0UTjX71UYkAZLHfswhtEDv2E0HHgqR54EaJ5S3mpiPRR1ZdcEjBX1IkRoZFIEo0Xrh/w276-h400/pierre_maupertuis_earth_shape_history_today.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><p><a href="https://www.historytoday.com/archive/great-debates/measuring-shape-earth">Measuring the Shape of the Earth | History Today</a></p><div style="text-align: left;">The mission of La Condamine is also the subject of a "Travel Through Time" podcast by Nicolas Crane, author of the 2021 book, <i>Latitude.<br /></i><a href="https://www.tttpodcast.com/season-4/latitude-nicholas-crane-1739">French Geodesic Mission (Podcast) | Travels Through Time (tttpodcast.com)</a></div>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-60872101170383339472024-03-02T10:06:00.000-08:002024-03-25T09:05:34.063-07:00Flour wars<p> <b>JStor Daily </b>posts an open-access article on the Flour War of 1775 and its relation to the French Revolution. The research articles cited are also made available free-to-view. <span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIA9TOausJo493qGDzH-CKARrPiKcrwYkBaGXYIYUEhlPCik_pR2E_CxzosS_sg2NGTkEI-p2sqb1iV08Y8KncTTee6uMyFg5xSDwK7rpJQXsPDr-jkPqBCiO4KOuVsWvOQdtB4PnDcPgTQ1tb9Qt8iyuPcOcJWK80TZKtHkmvEgGDQazFNgOKhXrYmFAx/s908/flour%20war.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="908" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIA9TOausJo493qGDzH-CKARrPiKcrwYkBaGXYIYUEhlPCik_pR2E_CxzosS_sg2NGTkEI-p2sqb1iV08Y8KncTTee6uMyFg5xSDwK7rpJQXsPDr-jkPqBCiO4KOuVsWvOQdtB4PnDcPgTQ1tb9Qt8iyuPcOcJWK80TZKtHkmvEgGDQazFNgOKhXrYmFAx/s320/flour%20war.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/the-flour-war/">https://daily.jstor.org/the-flour-war/</a></p>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-6394771509327337802024-02-29T09:46:00.000-08:002024-03-21T10:58:46.142-07:00The Louvre secure's Chardin's Strawberries<p> The Louvre has confirmed today that the final €1.6 m has been raised by public subscription to secure Chardin's <i>The Basket of Wild Strawberries </i>for the museum. </p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19l-LcPV7rAX-QgOoOrCdi9qByhK6WrvEkkM8uxtfMZAgZZSw5Je9s5prcX6cZUYnCeIzTh8kjJfWAs5DtQ2QBDAZAQ4ARW9KM_YZ9pqsJateOe5e_-2cXJqjA1lMTOqqHVFVteLM8TYht9GW75Ph3rlttjaMXU_KLxpP1r9UzKHAJSW2ngXdZgg5yiMr/s1500/df8510bb0bd62be565abd994416f5911-1500x572.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="1500" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg19l-LcPV7rAX-QgOoOrCdi9qByhK6WrvEkkM8uxtfMZAgZZSw5Je9s5prcX6cZUYnCeIzTh8kjJfWAs5DtQ2QBDAZAQ4ARW9KM_YZ9pqsJateOe5e_-2cXJqjA1lMTOqqHVFVteLM8TYht9GW75Ph3rlttjaMXU_KLxpP1r9UzKHAJSW2ngXdZgg5yiMr/w400-h153/df8510bb0bd62be565abd994416f5911-1500x572.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>The painting was originally auctioned in May 2022. It is scheduled to do a short tour of provincial galleries in the summer and autumn before returning to the Louvre permanently next year</p><p><a href="https://www.arthistorynews.com/articles/7834_Louvre_Secures_Chardins_Strawberries">Louvre Secures Chardin's Strawberries! - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor</a></p><p><a href="https://presse.louvre.fr/un-record-pour-tous-mecenes-le-panier-de-fraises-fait-son-entree-au-musee-du-louvre/">Un record pour « Tous Mécènes! »Le Panier de fraises fait son entrée au musée du Louvre - Espace presse du musée du Louvre</a>/</p>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-89148801592396942092024-02-26T09:20:00.000-08:002024-03-09T09:10:26.394-08:00New Marie-Antoinette biography <p> A new biography of Marie-Antoinette by Charles-Éloi Vial was published on 4th January.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhUBEuXM7Th0C0yy4JZ-4rFCITuhyR1iy-TgnTm9BpEaKEYWe4Jy5Rdq6syRBx2nFyXIf56lAtyaYCw57XxYs9QPL_OkIzuqVMHMw6HmeQc9BF1hjxM27IPdAgh-UryaEYiwyzlhKE9GM3ROJxwcpZ-8Tq7h9DiI1Jjn6P8VRtUo_nqKdJvh4HMK6QcgE/s421/Marie-Antoinette.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="285" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhUBEuXM7Th0C0yy4JZ-4rFCITuhyR1iy-TgnTm9BpEaKEYWe4Jy5Rdq6syRBx2nFyXIf56lAtyaYCw57XxYs9QPL_OkIzuqVMHMw6HmeQc9BF1hjxM27IPdAgh-UryaEYiwyzlhKE9GM3ROJxwcpZ-8Tq7h9DiI1Jjn6P8VRtUo_nqKdJvh4HMK6QcgE/s320/Marie-Antoinette.png" width="217" /></a></div><div><b><br /></b></div><b>Charles-Éloi Vial, <i>Marie-Antoinette</i>, Éditions Perrin, Paris, 2024, 770 pages</b><br /><p>Vial, who is an archivist and curator of manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale, promises new sources, notably the diary of the Queen's confessor abbé Maudoux and the papers of the maréchal de Castries. </p><p>At 770 pages, it is not going to be a quick read, even if your French is up to the challenge. (I still have John Hardman's biography on my bookshelf, which is probably more than enough for me.)</p><p><a href="https://actualnewsmagazine.com/english/the-last-secrets-of-marie-antoinette/">2024 - The last secrets of Marie-Antoinette (actualnewsmagazine.com)</a></p><p>Here is the charismatic Vial on the book:</p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="210" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DQ3P9d_Okec?si=Z_-DAmgcejHp6R2r" title="YouTube video player" width="373"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-29908889551782952582024-02-23T12:34:00.000-08:002024-03-25T09:01:00.593-07:00Horace Vernet at Versailles <p>A major exhibition of the work of Horace Vernet runs at the Château de Versailles to 17th March.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p><br /></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="210" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zXouYQJJfxU?si=GcoLNLaPYm1fuXM0" title="YouTube video player" width="373"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.arthistorynews.com/articles/7811_Horace_Vernet_at_Versailles#:~:text=Apologies%2C%20I%20failed%20to%20notice,finished%20on%2017th%20March%202024.">Horace Vernet at Versailles - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://en.chateauversailles.fr/sites/default/files/presse/documents/dp_expo_vernet_en_20112023_jp_ok_bd.pdf">Press Release pdf.</a></div>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-23506486998265286942024-02-21T09:16:00.000-08:002024-03-09T09:45:22.112-08:00The Last Revolutionaries (book)<p><i> French History</i> for February feature a review of a book I missed before, Laura Mason's <i>The Last Revolutionaries: Gracchus Babeuf and the Equals</i>, published in 2022.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjym-HqSlFnQT4UJkxyhcowfA5qLcXK6m9MvgB2pG0qEg3G6xLF2jcleM-_RymPcP646g4vL5HoonsLIQRgZXISsRy6f22ErbB85N_t69hQbp-Ry9z_CNiIuFWE2tYjObxhwUnu8BrL7M5HlRtiq8lpLYMPwIzzNlOCfMKsc-fa4mbwmubLGnJ3TaxsIxWa/s443/Last%20Revolutionariess.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="299" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjym-HqSlFnQT4UJkxyhcowfA5qLcXK6m9MvgB2pG0qEg3G6xLF2jcleM-_RymPcP646g4vL5HoonsLIQRgZXISsRy6f22ErbB85N_t69hQbp-Ry9z_CNiIuFWE2tYjObxhwUnu8BrL7M5HlRtiq8lpLYMPwIzzNlOCfMKsc-fa4mbwmubLGnJ3TaxsIxWa/s320/Last%20Revolutionariess.JPG" width="216" /></a></div><p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/fh/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/fh/crae006/7613997?redirectedFrom=fulltext">Review: Last Revolutionaries: The Conspiracy Trial of Gracchus Babeuf and the Equals | French History | Oxford Academic (oup.com)</a> [Abstract only freely available]</p><p><a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lYxhEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false">Preview on Google Books</a> </p><div style="text-align: left;">You can hear Laura Mason discussing her work here:<br /><a href="https://shows.acast.com/jacobin-radio/episodes/dig-conspiracy-of-equals-w-laura-mason">Dig: Conspiracy of Equals w/ Laura Mason - Jacobin Radio | Acast</a></div>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-62714822982162886672024-02-13T09:57:00.000-08:002024-03-11T11:04:49.439-07:00"A drink with Robert Darnton" (Video)<p> A video clip posted by <i>The Idler</i> on 9th February in its "A drink with..." series features an informal discussion with Robert Darnton on "The Revolutionary Temper". </p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="210" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/85SA8BTvRCA?si=qyhFEeituaKtcFxi" title="YouTube video player" width="373"></iframe>
<br /></p><p>"Idler editor Tom Hodgkinson talks to historian Robert Darnton about the gossip, pamphlets and mistrust that primed eighteenth-century Parisians for revolution.</p><p>In this clip, Robert takes us through the strategies and mechanisms in place for information dissemination in eighteenth-century France. " </p>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-13222997575311947302024-02-10T09:36:00.000-08:002024-02-23T09:52:28.764-08:00Marie-Antoinette's chocolate money<p> The website of design magazine <i>Wallpaper</i> features an article on the famous Paris chocolatier Debauve et Gallais, which was founded by Sulpice Debauve, pharmacist to the court of Louis XVI.</p><span></span><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>Debauve's signature chocolate ‘pistoles’ (named after the gold coins) were developed as a way of making bitter medicines more palatable for Marie-Antoinette. <p></p><p>The firm still takes full advantage of this heritage as a marketing concept:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbIPHCJ8hyphenhyphenZ0EbsB81an86cfXMAOirPZ0dd1DTS7CjyNpVDasYlewUX4aTT1Q7TwbmAWj_3NdhlUaEuYG2C4UoVstMpzD7u3V1Ht-Tg0vV120s4XhSzUEAMP5i3rj_V7ht4e37IZDYTyBCx65sEI3CqtPdIFhXI5jsjQaUj2pbZI__foV_dAuERkbdJzT/s787/pistoles.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="787" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbIPHCJ8hyphenhyphenZ0EbsB81an86cfXMAOirPZ0dd1DTS7CjyNpVDasYlewUX4aTT1Q7TwbmAWj_3NdhlUaEuYG2C4UoVstMpzD7u3V1Ht-Tg0vV120s4XhSzUEAMP5i3rj_V7ht4e37IZDYTyBCx65sEI3CqtPdIFhXI5jsjQaUj2pbZI__foV_dAuERkbdJzT/w400-h171/pistoles.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>"Les pistoles de Marie Antoinette" retail at 25€ – 58€; let's hope there aren't too many chocolate-lovers with a state to bankrupt!</p><p><a href="https://www.wallpaper.com/entertaining/food-drink/debauve-et-gallais-chocolates">How Debauve et Gallais and Marie Antoinette sparked a chocolate revolution | Wallpaper</a></p>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-66779109112979252342024-02-09T09:44:00.000-08:002024-03-11T10:52:38.933-07:00Franklin - Apple TV series<p> Apple TV announces an upcoming historical drama series "Franklin", starring and produced by Michael Douglas. </p><span></span><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a>The series, which centres on Benjamin Franklin's eight-year French mission, is based on Stacy Schiff’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, <i>A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America.</i><div><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_zaxSqUvl-1EMlbFvUgBpQP49bkzQl7vHzFhwMHdtpj6lMCo1llZofBQ_UOhESrLjoagqkkjWFJWJVVbUK-xUTuBicHsnA5akBAooxyG38pvoC35bbcbWTWGI3oqtmf0nG-yKUszVHj9h7KthkPnG2nNf_D8VeLbxScy6Q5zhhmKXvbzqE3DUDbxK2IR/s1960/020524_apple_tv_franklin_a_new_limited_series_starring_and_executive_produced_by_michael_douglas_Big_Image_01_big_image_post.jpg.slideshow_large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1960" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie_zaxSqUvl-1EMlbFvUgBpQP49bkzQl7vHzFhwMHdtpj6lMCo1llZofBQ_UOhESrLjoagqkkjWFJWJVVbUK-xUTuBicHsnA5akBAooxyG38pvoC35bbcbWTWGI3oqtmf0nG-yKUszVHj9h7KthkPnG2nNf_D8VeLbxScy6Q5zhhmKXvbzqE3DUDbxK2IR/w400-h225/020524_apple_tv_franklin_a_new_limited_series_starring_and_executive_produced_by_michael_douglas_Big_Image_01_big_image_post.jpg.slideshow_large.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><a href="https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2024/02/franklin-a-new-limited-series-starring-and-executive-produced-by-michael-douglas-to-premiere-globally-friday-april-12-2024/?fbclid=IwAR0hqi5GojVA9ENrpqJW3suH5M_yP38fI-8fphUtZpcL5LbZFgkf86zDnow#:~:text=Today%20at%20the%202024%20Winter,episodes%20of%20its%20eight-episode">“Franklin,” a new limited series starring and executive produced by Michael Douglas, to premiere globally on Friday, April 12, 2024 - Apple TV+ Press</a></p></div>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-68758351881608741602024-02-08T09:21:00.000-08:002024-03-09T08:33:55.066-08:00Remembering Bernard Plongeron<p>Father Bernard Plongeron, historian of the 18th-century Church, has died at the age of 93 on 31st January.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAUkQZzeyoDfvgnaLVzi3nhr4_7vCb5Y3JFp2DSra2yQugu9zXNJRKmMDFGpylzGLkwOnBwYYaAmeUsGqDBDa_qYaYgwNGyvfunQPMpFJ8gddQtHjqn8XIBpUcCPIk4hq1bjJzyLR9z1R1zCjWNECENvXbfFuzK_LmbTOpPg-kc9ydzOD6ZLynKZz6PFa/s291/GExanLEW4AEM1lL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="291" data-original-width="253" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAUkQZzeyoDfvgnaLVzi3nhr4_7vCb5Y3JFp2DSra2yQugu9zXNJRKmMDFGpylzGLkwOnBwYYaAmeUsGqDBDa_qYaYgwNGyvfunQPMpFJ8gddQtHjqn8XIBpUcCPIk4hq1bjJzyLR9z1R1zCjWNECENvXbfFuzK_LmbTOpPg-kc9ydzOD6ZLynKZz6PFa/w174-h200/GExanLEW4AEM1lL.jpg" width="174" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ordained a priest in 1964, Father Plongeron was a researcher at the CNRS from 1963 and also taught at the Institut catholique in Paris. He played a prominent role in debates on "popular Catholicism" in the 1970s and was an influential figure in framing the concept of Catholic Enlightenment. <p></p><p><a href="https://www.paudal.com/2024/02/02/death-of-father-bernard-plongeron-historian-and-sociologist-of-french-catholicism/">Death of Father Bernard Plongeron, historian and sociologist of French Catholicism - Paudal</a></p><p>(This is all I can find in English! Don't think any of his books have been translated.)</p><div style="text-align: left;"> In French:<br /><a href="https://www.etudesrobespierristes.com/2024/02/27/hommage-a-bernard-plongeron-par-philippe-boutry-et-paul-chopelin/">Hommage à Bernard Plongeron, par Philippe Boutry et Paul Chopelin – Etudes Robespierristes<br /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.whoswho.fr/decede/biographie-bernard-plongeron_22064">Biographie Bernard Plongeron Ecclésiastique, Enseignant, Chercheur (whoswho.fr)</a></div>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-85024061198292551532024-02-06T12:29:00.000-08:002024-03-11T10:54:02.124-07:00Revolutionary DNA Archives <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What do you know about DNA-based archival technology?? The website <i>Medium </i>tells us that in 2021 two metallic capsules, containing a phenomenal 100 billion copies of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen and the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, were ceremonially deposited in the French National Archives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUbAw51kPATPU1w1ydoLIvkdP5KCqu_Cp4W2TbSnsZbUXDAa1Vn4fI1HuXl7iSEz731O50iQVJOSRSYvivdz4isZkYfWTpPav9ACO5POvdu7C6Foo8b5V-CA_pUkDJ3B58DFxigS19gNRHPaHXIaaG8psvzTjsew5Zu1uhcNGTYEL-moufJurLNFGLP9_0/s658/DNA1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="658" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUbAw51kPATPU1w1ydoLIvkdP5KCqu_Cp4W2TbSnsZbUXDAa1Vn4fI1HuXl7iSEz731O50iQVJOSRSYvivdz4isZkYfWTpPav9ACO5POvdu7C6Foo8b5V-CA_pUkDJ3B58DFxigS19gNRHPaHXIaaG8psvzTjsew5Zu1uhcNGTYEL-moufJurLNFGLP9_0/s320/DNA1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0000ee; text-decoration-line: underline;">Utopian Optics of DNA Data Storage | Medium</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPiGXvanWdfblsPujAxtQpODHPoKRy3aPeSuINVQxNeXgBcAirkgFc_jjL72PLfawvz-aFnLdyAK8hp2ZJybSyORDWoskWo7wIMh3vhGE3MdGG0JF7v8AJObGr8B4Ld3yjJMjrh-C_nk15PymY6GNLjkN7vGsEjx5UgxaXwllq3jzaR63lmPzIq4lAQ_9/s252/capsules.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="87" data-original-width="252" height="87" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhPiGXvanWdfblsPujAxtQpODHPoKRy3aPeSuINVQxNeXgBcAirkgFc_jjL72PLfawvz-aFnLdyAK8hp2ZJybSyORDWoskWo7wIMh3vhGE3MdGG0JF7v8AJObGr8B4Ld3yjJMjrh-C_nk15PymY6GNLjkN7vGsEjx5UgxaXwllq3jzaR63lmPzIq4lAQ_9/s1600/capsules.JPG" width="252" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They take their place in the "Armoire de Fer" constructed in 1790, which houses France's most precious documents and national artifacts:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSxpjbXSyfXxm85tdiw3FfcyXW9jhka3-NOMRmGmKyLZGRMm-hDFJXu3ZYWJEsn2jJfpiYSyGcpECX4NZslPiDqL3MmiEbgv6f_unlApFd82UwozOZJFm8IdpR7a9rxnGn5oLIcR8do1fXZ49X8rVHem-gwir9KfSGBnxl1sGvcO-BjtFiDCbgfgIZ9d-/s640/Archives_nationales_(Paris)_L'armoire_de_fer_ouverte_(Grands_D%C3%A9p%C3%B4ts).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="640" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSxpjbXSyfXxm85tdiw3FfcyXW9jhka3-NOMRmGmKyLZGRMm-hDFJXu3ZYWJEsn2jJfpiYSyGcpECX4NZslPiDqL3MmiEbgv6f_unlApFd82UwozOZJFm8IdpR7a9rxnGn5oLIcR8do1fXZ49X8rVHem-gwir9KfSGBnxl1sGvcO-BjtFiDCbgfgIZ9d-/w400-h313/Archives_nationales_(Paris)_L'armoire_de_fer_ouverte_(Grands_D%C3%A9p%C3%B4ts).png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://worldinparis.com/armoire-de-fer-archives-nationales-paris">L'Armoire de Fer - Archives Nationales Paris | World In Paris</a></div><p></p>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-59707557935871502822024-02-02T03:41:00.000-08:002024-02-02T03:41:10.508-08:00Vigée Lebrun self-portrait - auction result<p>It is confirmed that the 1816 Vigée Lebrun self-portrait in travelling costume from the collection of Joseph Baillio was sold by Sotheby's New York on 31st January for a cool $3,085,000, three times the estimate.</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRj6KMJAs_qN8ThuH03_zNM-5urjjMtHTMNJQme4QoMQoNersPRjXX4-vcq7htmnZYgMvnKk3rCMKDxIFiEPWU6zUlsS7VXXj5cudNlEtVhQiQQLLK-NllK0UQcVbaM76OMAM-8VjHO5Iz3mF3jeOUpsQSTjqhAL0DjyNcZIyQZwOs8M0uBW7hdw61SJKg/s624/Lebrun%20self-portrait.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="518" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRj6KMJAs_qN8ThuH03_zNM-5urjjMtHTMNJQme4QoMQoNersPRjXX4-vcq7htmnZYgMvnKk3rCMKDxIFiEPWU6zUlsS7VXXj5cudNlEtVhQiQQLLK-NllK0UQcVbaM76OMAM-8VjHO5Iz3mF3jeOUpsQSTjqhAL0DjyNcZIyQZwOs8M0uBW7hdw61SJKg/w333-h400/Lebrun%20self-portrait.jpg" width="333" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/auction-catalogue/2024/a-scholar-collects?s=intro&locale=en">A Scholar CollectsSotheby's (sothebys.com)</a></div>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-42591571064990770852024-01-20T10:12:00.000-08:002024-01-22T11:29:17.405-08:00Digital Enlightenment studies<p>The Voltaire Foundation announces the launch of its new open-access peer-reviewed online journal <i>Digital Enlightenment Studies. </i></p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><i>"Digital Enlightenment Studies (DES) is an open-access, international, peer-reviewed online scholarly journal published by the Voltaire Foundation (University of Oxford), dedicated to the application and exploration of new digital methodologies and resources for the interdisciplinary field of eighteenth-century studies."</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbMYoKxIjKLda0XhSJLhSEjbnGTpj_LTj8HVoNesC4dQ6xWZIFO192HOPJIpIwPdkGnuarS53ji5GAp45d__arfyOQl_TtlvEpxGFWTWX2ArzpfrvqwDT1KnIUPyL0YMtuqmMoq51WDxzh60IbA9_q0L1lyLLdIpf0b7eCsjPw6ArYZAUfmYMwDoDSmxZ/s750/books-and-networks%20(1).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="324" data-original-width="750" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbMYoKxIjKLda0XhSJLhSEjbnGTpj_LTj8HVoNesC4dQ6xWZIFO192HOPJIpIwPdkGnuarS53ji5GAp45d__arfyOQl_TtlvEpxGFWTWX2ArzpfrvqwDT1KnIUPyL0YMtuqmMoq51WDxzh60IbA9_q0L1lyLLdIpf0b7eCsjPw6ArYZAUfmYMwDoDSmxZ/w400-h173/books-and-networks%20(1).png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><a href="https://voltairefoundation.wordpress.com/2024/01/18/introducing-the-voltaire-foundations-open-access-journal-digital-enlightenment-studies/">Introducing Digital Enlightenment Studies | Voltaire Foundation (wordpress.com)</a></p><p>Journal website: <a href="https://digitalenlightenmentstudies.org/">Digital Enlightenment Studies</a></p><p>For those who can get to Oxford, the Foundation is also running is a series of four lectures on Digital Scholarship this year, starting 15th February.</p><p><a href="https://www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/news-item/voltaire-foundation-lecture-series-in-digital-scholarship/">Voltaire Foundation Lecture Series in Digital Scholarship - Voltaire Foundation (ox.ac.uk)</a></p>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-6309930616468235642024-01-16T04:04:00.000-08:002024-03-09T09:46:56.677-08:00On Colin Jones <p>The journal <i>French History</i> publishes a special issue, "Revolution, Art, and Medicine in French History: Essays in Honour of Colin Jones". </p><span></span><span><a name='more'></a></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9j6cnycvFI7yJJr81ANj_HSXhCoGGhOAqFjHGiq-NQp4p5oV_X2mj7mj6f5FZ_MtD_l9WWzCrjulYON5GLvbnN7EY2etBIZ03xxNmEH0UzDcW8BlCXCjRPLHLf94gdx2sszUnukEpc0aECg2A09fyiJJ-CST0m6CS2EQQprty7KiJqBaDopJCCzH3I9m/s552/colin%20jones.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="348" data-original-width="552" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin9j6cnycvFI7yJJr81ANj_HSXhCoGGhOAqFjHGiq-NQp4p5oV_X2mj7mj6f5FZ_MtD_l9WWzCrjulYON5GLvbnN7EY2etBIZ03xxNmEH0UzDcW8BlCXCjRPLHLf94gdx2sszUnukEpc0aECg2A09fyiJJ-CST0m6CS2EQQprty7KiJqBaDopJCCzH3I9m/s320/colin%20jones.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Two of the articles, which discuss Colin Jones's work directly, are available on open access: </p><div style="text-align: left;">J. B. Shank, "The Colin Jones way, or historical scholarship with a wink and a smile",<br /><a href="https://academic.oup.com/fh/advance-article/doi/10.1093/fh/crad061/7513098">https://doi.org/10.1093/fh/crad061</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sarah Easterby-Smith et al. "Colin Jones: fox and hedgehog historian of France" <a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/fh/crad063">https://doi.org/10.1093/fh/crad063</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>PS. Why do Robespierre experts always look so happy? Is it because they know no-one can guillotine them? (Below: Peter Mcphee and Hervé Leuwers) <br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4K_4uac-HVZ_ar2mUPvmyA9mr9upNKkg-l5zFu_dv8wFt8OfMl7e6M0riZspDYgvMcVhR6VNBVs9rSHswFvbYq_IL6Em1WT6vov08eYT5YKfTqyUmVTtVj0pAHc9crD8y3ecg1SFNwk7sjkTYGHRw_l2v0EwJ1AVBZY702wwwVtQKYX1IFYjd5iOjbUt/s1280/Peter%20Mcphee.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn4K_4uac-HVZ_ar2mUPvmyA9mr9upNKkg-l5zFu_dv8wFt8OfMl7e6M0riZspDYgvMcVhR6VNBVs9rSHswFvbYq_IL6Em1WT6vov08eYT5YKfTqyUmVTtVj0pAHc9crD8y3ecg1SFNwk7sjkTYGHRw_l2v0EwJ1AVBZY702wwwVtQKYX1IFYjd5iOjbUt/s320/Peter%20Mcphee.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeP5bfPoTxWlv0r8ULI-EFJFmTxT2HEMlV34np4-5Tsd6kcKErvGZ-ShmQ63bg3FveFmPkRsKd5_u8bj20_zXp_BguOxDSTFtUFjrff_Qf1obentXmx7cfje4c22WhOKQ9OoZHi0nkkdWcrnhngs4ZDjFTnVeUXlZcCNBE5TcV1KZx4HxkaSJac2LsG-2/s377/herve%20leuwers.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather;"><i>"A total of 150 items from the collection of the Palace of Versailles will be exhibited in the Palace Museum in Beijing with a focus on how ties were forged between the two nations during the 17th and 18th centuries, especially under King Louis XIV and the Kangxi Emperor with the arrival of French Jesuit priests at the Chinese court in 1685."</i></span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #121212; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></p><div style="text-align: left;">A bit of a long journey for most of us, but hopefully there will be more details on the internet nearer the time. Meanwhile, here is the brochure from the exhibition<i> CHINA at Versailles. Art and Diplomacy in the 18th Century </i>held at Versailles in 2014.<br /><a href="https://issuu.com/baranes/docs/china_at_versailles_bd">https://issuu.com/baranes/docs/china_at_versailles_bd</a></div>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-11838044484614813882024-01-02T09:13:00.000-08:002024-01-02T09:13:59.388-08:00Fabric of Democracy (exhibition)<p>The exhibition <i>Fabric of Democracy: Propaganda Textiles from the French Revolution to Brexit,</i> curated by design historian Amber Butchart, runs at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London, from 29th September 2023 to 3rd March 2024. <span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><span></span><p>The exhibition "traces how fabric designers and manufacturers have responded to political upheaval from the French Revolution through to Brexit". A small section on Revolutionary textiles showcases a printed fabric from the Musée de la Toile de Jouy depicting the Fête de la Fédération of 1790. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQf_vMZfg6C20ha169ffl5LeK0WulLSvzAT0jN2tY0Fq-_sXpwNssy4woaFWxGz_KR-6GSXZ-63PxX7POg1bORlChpFPQN08JqsYkF02yQi2aH-0i2dTMKN5QNEGQ9oWdGV1TOZ6ITlJpfTH_GTvqi0lLZ6bLmLFGOqn0iHSxiyobOeMfxmM_qvOWDX9VV/s700/The_Fashion_of_Democracy_exhibition_display.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="700" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQf_vMZfg6C20ha169ffl5LeK0WulLSvzAT0jN2tY0Fq-_sXpwNssy4woaFWxGz_KR-6GSXZ-63PxX7POg1bORlChpFPQN08JqsYkF02yQi2aH-0i2dTMKN5QNEGQ9oWdGV1TOZ6ITlJpfTH_GTvqi0lLZ6bLmLFGOqn0iHSxiyobOeMfxmM_qvOWDX9VV/w400-h274/The_Fashion_of_Democracy_exhibition_display.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="672" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8TmADRm3r8L0AHe1NxzzHFujlAaqWwEdOKTDBU6EzZkbIXl0YIUaWbfXSymaOYz29Fdgcv2iqCGXlV6HNDZrWKBzGY5xX9TcxXUjpEkOF12CQpeCba3pBv560lchoYqdJFHyJBRyZ9PzKvzbg-mLgOnh9yS6cFO3W_bylw1HfLlLHEuf9PeJxklObU8o7/w400-h200/Toile2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.fashiontextilemuseum.org/exhibitions/the-fabric-of-democracy">The Fabric of Democracy: Propaganda Textiles from the French Revolution to Brexit | Fashion and Textile Museum (fashiontextilemuseum.org)</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Article by Amber Butchart, 5th October.<br /><a href="https://www.worldofinteriors.com/story/the-fabric-of-democracy-propaganda-textiles">Fashion and Textile Museum presents revolutionary fabrics | THE WORLD OF INTERIORS</a></div>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-24336766145490954582024-01-01T10:13:00.000-08:002024-01-01T10:13:09.667-08:00A Voltaire timeline<p>The Voltaire Foundation has published an attractive online timeline of the "Life and Works of Voltaire". </p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_l1YbkBxd9ADKwLsgHcFZSB_wzGTTTswQlgtmxjZSuyme64N08vbphHwoTHFnNjWbySvl7HtUHwI9v3ucEGAelppiwDh0kOPJow5Fs-1f8-ne61qvcK5-oikPlxriQnIWeTCvQOy6eAnnBXFpnfNJMjMaomusq9miVHUDC4f7ecIXc6d4DkSmGmLx47w/s1141/Timeline.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1141" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg_l1YbkBxd9ADKwLsgHcFZSB_wzGTTTswQlgtmxjZSuyme64N08vbphHwoTHFnNjWbySvl7HtUHwI9v3ucEGAelppiwDh0kOPJow5Fs-1f8-ne61qvcK5-oikPlxriQnIWeTCvQOy6eAnnBXFpnfNJMjMaomusq9miVHUDC4f7ecIXc6d4DkSmGmLx47w/s320/Timeline.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p><a href="https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=10ksDfg8bojD_XLRdhSuVfUr3XdWZBWYCWu68wVFAQyQ&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650">TimelineJS Embed (knightlab.com)</a></p><p> The timeline is the work of Charlotte White, a student on a six-week placement funded by Oxford University's UNIQ+ Research Internship scheme. </p><div style="text-align: left;">For background to the project, see Charlotte's post on the Voltaire Foundation blog (21st December):<br /><a href="https://voltairefoundation.wordpress.com/2023/12/21/the-life-and-works-of-voltaire-a-timeline/">The life and works of Voltaire: a timeline | Voltaire Foundation (wordpress.com)</a></div>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5919508235837102041.post-72877048266054015352023-12-30T12:41:00.000-08:002024-01-02T06:10:47.438-08:00An Unknown Fragonard<p>A newly discovered portrait by Fragonard depicting a "Young Girl in a Hat", was sold by Boisgirard-Antonini on 21st December. It fetched €3.25m, against an estimate of €400,000 - 600,000.</p><span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><a name='more'></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsPgfiR8wFfsp_UPD7x4xNTMX7tDprcwzB93w6rVAPHUSjx0OUqL6-CZMmdGt78eDfuVYuQ8VjKizzH_s6VyY3pJWmzjd0lwhY3OS2LVAb5zvFBLphdCW4faeyqEQwc8le4TcrU80y0Oy86sDAqXBIm-f7JaL7NvuER8NSaw3uiL7ybeSAstjxXQMHVXJ/s1599/136168.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="1311" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsPgfiR8wFfsp_UPD7x4xNTMX7tDprcwzB93w6rVAPHUSjx0OUqL6-CZMmdGt78eDfuVYuQ8VjKizzH_s6VyY3pJWmzjd0lwhY3OS2LVAb5zvFBLphdCW4faeyqEQwc8le4TcrU80y0Oy86sDAqXBIm-f7JaL7NvuER8NSaw3uiL7ybeSAstjxXQMHVXJ/s320/136168.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><a href="https://drouot.com/en/hotel-drouot/actualite/95134-boisgirard-antonini--fragonard-revele--la-jeune-fille-au-chapeau">BOISGIRARD-ANTONINI - Fragonard Revealed: La jeune fille… | Drouot.com</a><p></p><p>The painting originally belonged to Dominique Magaud (1722-1806),<i> procurateur du roi, </i>then deputy to the Estates-General for Puy de Dôme. Fragonard's <i>The Philosopher Reading,</i> which was rediscovered in 2021, was part of the same collection. </p><p>According to<i> Art History News</i>: "Although perhaps not the most visually appealing subject out there by the artist, the exquisite condition and 'fresh to the market' qualities obviously won out! It also shows that an enticing estimate, in this case €400,000 - 600,000, did its job well."<br /><a href="https://www.arthistorynews.com/articles/7653_Fragonard_realises_325m">Fragonard realises €3.25m - Art History News - by Bendor Grosvenor</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: left;">The painting was identified by Stephan Pinta of the Cabinet Turquin, which has been behind manymajor French art finds in recent years:<br /><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world-archives/eric-turquin-profile-2085629">Meet Eric Turquin, the Art Historian-Detective Who Keeps Finding Multimillion-Dollar Old Masters Hiding in Plain Sight (artnet.com)</a></div>Rodama1789http://www.blogger.com/profile/06617445289314104257noreply@blogger.com0