Category Archives: French History

H-France Webinars

Posted on August 6, 2011 by briansandberg

H-France is launching a webinar series beginning this fall. Graduate students in History at NIU, as well as undergraduate students in HIST 311 Early Modern France, 1500-1789 and HIST 423 French Revolution and Napoleon will be interested in this series. … Continue reading →

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The Occitan War

Posted on August 6, 2011 by briansandberg

Southern France has certainly seen its share of religious conflict and civil warfare.  My own research explores violence in the French Wars of Religion of 1562-1629, especially focusing on the latter stages of those conflicts. Larry Marvin, one of my … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Early Modern Europe, French History, Languedoc and Southern France, Religious Violence, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

America, France, and Revolutionary Film

Posted on July 25, 2011 by briansandberg

United States and French histories have been closely intertwined since the American and French Revolutions of the eighteenth century.  American and French identities have been constructed in part through the concepts of sister republics, Franco-American friendship, and military alliance. Americans … Continue reading →

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United States Debt Crisis and the French Revolution

Posted on July 24, 2011 by briansandberg

The current debt crisis in the United States in some ways echoes the financial crisis in monarchical France during the 1780s. French historian Lloyd Kramer, Professor of History at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has published an interesting … Continue reading →

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French Rocker in American Press

Posted on July 16, 2011 by briansandberg

It is rare to see French rock music discussed in American popular culture, but the New York Times ran a fairly long story today about the iconic French rocker Johnny Hallyday. Johnny Hallyday is an aging rock star and national … Continue reading →

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Mediterraneans Abandon Diet

Posted on July 14, 2011 by briansandberg

For decades, nutritionists have celebrated the concept of the “Mediterranean Diet,” touted for its focus on vegetables, fish, and minimal meat. Historians and anthropologists have long considered the concept problematic, since actual diets vary widely across Mediterranean societies. Whatever the … Continue reading →

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US-France Women’s World Cup Match

Posted on July 14, 2011 by briansandberg

French historian Laurent Dubois commented on the US-France Women’s World Cup match yesterday. Dubois is a historian of the French Revolution in the Caribbean, but he recently published a book on soccer and politics in France. Dubois’s comments on the … Continue reading →

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Case Against DSK May Collapse

Posted on July 1, 2011 by briansandberg

The case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn now appears close to collapse, after prosecutors discovered serious credibility problems with the testimony of the housekeeper who accused him of sexual assault.  The New York Times reports on the developments in the case and … Continue reading →

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France Arms Rebels in Libya

Posted on June 29, 2011 by briansandberg

The French government now admits that it is arming rebels in Libya in an overt attempt to oust Muammar el-Qaddafi. Col. Thierry Burkhard, a French military spokesperson, said that French forces “airdropped water, food and medical supplies” to Misurata and … Continue reading →

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Manuscript Research at the BNF

Posted on June 28, 2011 by briansandberg

I recently returned from a short research trip to France, where I was conducting research on manuscript collections dating from the French Wars of Religion (1562-1629) held at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) in Paris.  The manuscript collections are … Continue reading →

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