Friday, 12 April 2024

Robespierre letter (update)

 On 11th April the French Minister of Culture issued a statement defending the State's decision not to preempt the iconic letter from Robespierre to Danton, which was auctioned by Osenat in Versailles on 12th March 1793. 
See my post of 02/03/23.

Wednesday, 10 April 2024

Memoirs of Élisabeth Le Bas

A critical edition of the memoirs of Élisabeth Le Bas by Michel Biard is published by Lemme Edit on 12th April 2024. 

Tuesday, 9 April 2024

Chevalier de Saint-Georges - on JStor

 JStor Daily posts an open-access article on the life of the Black musician Joseph Bologne de Saint-Georges, subject of the recent biopic Chevalier.  The research resources cited are also made available free-to-view. 

Friday, 5 April 2024

Luxury objects at the Musée Cognacq-Jay

 A new exhibition  "Luxe de poche - Petits objets précieux au siècle des Lumières" runs at the Musée Cognacq-Jay until 29th September 2024.

Sunday, 31 March 2024

On Colin Jones

The journal French History publishes a special issue, "Revolution, Art, and Medicine in French History: Essays in Honour of Colin Jones".   

Tuesday, 19 March 2024

Jean-Clément Martin - the Great Fear (new book)

Jean-Clément Martin's new book, La Grande Peur de Juillet 1789, is published by Tallandier on 21st March.

Monday, 18 March 2024

Age of Revolutions

 The open-access journal "Age of Revolutions" publishes an interview with historian Nathan Perl-Posenthal whose book The Age of Revolutions and the Generations who made it was published on 14th March.

Saturday, 9 March 2024

Women at the Chapelle expiatoire

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.

Friday, 8 March 2024

Snapchat the 18th century!

Snapchat has launched "8th of March, 8 Women", a new augmented reality experience for International Women’s Day. 

Marie-Antoinette - last days (film)

 An English version of the 2019 telefilm on Marie-Antoinette's trial, directed by Alain Brunard,  has now been made available on the You Tube channel SLICE WHO?

Tuesday, 5 March 2024

Measuring the Earth

 History Today 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.

Saturday, 2 March 2024

Flour wars

 JStor Daily 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.