Passion for History: Conversations with Denis Crouzet (Early Modern Studies #4)

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Synopsis
The pathbreaking work of renowned historian Natalie Zemon Davis has added profoundly to our understanding of early modern society and culture. She rescues men and women from oblivion using her unique combination of rich imagination, keen intelligence, and archival sleuthing to uncover the past. Davis brings to life a dazzling cast of extraordinary people, revealing their thoughts, emotions, and choices in the world in which they lived. Thanks to Davis we can meet the impostor Arnaud du Tilh in her classic, The Return of Martin Guerre, follow three remarkable lives in Women on the Margins, and journey alongside a traveler and scholar in Trickster Travels as he moves between the Muslim and Christian worlds.In these conversations with Denis Crouzet, professor of history at the Sorbonne and well-known specialist on the French Wars of Religion, Natalie Zemon Davis examines the practices of history and controversies in historical method. Their discussion reveals how Davis has always pursued the thrill and joy of discovery through historical research. Her quest is influenced by growing up Jewish in the Midwest as a descendant of emigrants from Eastern Europe. She recounts how her own life as a citizen, a woman, and a scholar compels her to ceaselessly examine and transcend received opinions and certitudes. Davis reminds the reader of the broad possibilities to be found by studying the lives of those who came before us, and teaches us how to give voice to what was once silent.
Copyright:
2010

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
232 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781935503576
Related ISBNs:
9781935503071
Publisher:
Truman State University Press
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Copyrighted By:
Truman State University Press, Kirksville, Missouri USA
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No
Language:
English
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Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Language Arts
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Michael Wolfe

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