Category Archives: Political Culture

Historical Memory of the Spanish Civil War

Posted on January 26, 2019 by briansandberg

The historical memory of the Spanish Civil War is being contested regularly in modern Spanish society and in the European Union. Historians such as Jay Winter and Pierre Nora have been studying the construction of historical memory through memorial, commemorations, … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, European History, European Union, History of Violence, Human Rights, Italian History, Political Culture, Revolts and Revolutions, War and Society, War, Culture, and Society | Leave a comment

A Rehearsal for a Government Shutdown

Posted on January 25, 2019 by briansandberg

Daily headlines relate the grim details of the current U.S. federal government shutdown of December 2018 to January 2019, now the longest in the history of the United States.  Detailed news reports analyze the growing economic and social impact of … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Research, Education Policy, Graduate Work in History, Humanities Education, Northern Illinois University, Political Culture | Leave a comment

French Revolution and the Let Them Eat Cake Shutdown

Posted on January 25, 2019 by briansandberg

Welcome to the “Let Them Eat Cake Shutdown.” The French Revolution has now entered into the current federal government shutdown in the United States. The BBC reports that “US commerce secretary Wilbur Ross has attracted scorn for suggesting workers affected … Continue reading →

Posted in Comparative Revolutions, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, History in the Media, Political Culture, Revolts and Revolutions | Leave a comment

Religion, Politics, and Violence in Early Modern France at the ASCH 2019

Posted on January 7, 2019 by briansandberg

Historians discussed religion, politics, and violence in early modern France at the American Society of Church History (ASCH) conference in Chicago this weekend. The ASCH promotes the academic study of the history of Christianity and is one of the affiliated … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Early Modern Europe, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Revolution and Napoleon, French Wars of Religion, Political Culture, Reformation History, Religious History, Religious Politics, Religious Violence | Leave a comment

Suffocating Democracy

Posted on October 5, 2018 by briansandberg

Historian Christopher R. Browning (who is professor emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) just published a provocative essay on the suffocation of democracy in the United States, drawing comparisons between current American politics and the politics … Continue reading →

Posted in European History, History in the Media, Political Culture, State Development Theory, War, Culture, and Society | Leave a comment

Femmes à la Cour de France

Posted on August 25, 2018 by briansandberg

Femmes à la cour de France. Charges et fonctions (XVe – XIXe siècle), ed. Caroline zum Kolk, Kathleen Wilson-Chevalier (Villeneuve d’Ascq, Septentrion, 2018), ISBN-102757423614, will soon be published.   This collective volume on women at the royal court of France … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French History, French Wars of Religion, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Paris History, Political Culture, Women and Gender History | Leave a comment

Aristocratic Souls in Democratic Times

Posted on April 14, 2018 by briansandberg

Aristocratic Souls in Democratic Times, edited by Richard Avramenko and Ethan Alexander-Davey (Lexington Books, 2018) is currently being published. This collective volume examines elites, political culture, and political theory from a variety of perspectives. The book includes an essay I wrote … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, French History, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, State Development Theory | Leave a comment

H-France Forum on Fanny Cosandey’s Le Rang

Posted on April 4, 2018 by briansandberg

The latest H-France Forum, volume 13, number 1, has been published online.   This issue of H-France Forum includes review essays on Fanny Cosandey’s Le rang. Préséances et hierarchies dans la France d’Ancien Régime (Paris: Gallimard, 2016). The forum on … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural History, Current Research, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, French History, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, State Development Theory | Leave a comment

Presentation at the University of Chicago

Posted on January 26, 2018 by briansandberg

I am looking forward to presenting at the Early Modern and Mediterranean Worlds Workshop at the University of Chicago next week. Brian Sandberg, “Conversion, Confessional Politics, and Violence in the Final Stages of the French Wars of Religion, 1598-1629” Early … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Cultural History, Early Modern Europe, Early Modern World, European History, European Wars of Religion, French Wars of Religion, History of Violence, Languedoc and Southern France, Political Culture, Reformation History, Religious History, Religious Politics, Religious Violence, Renaissance Art and History, Warfare in the Early Modern World | Leave a comment

Cultures of Voting in Pre-Modern Europe

Posted on January 2, 2018 by briansandberg

I am happy to report that my latest publication has been released, just in time for the new year.  Happy 2018! My chapter on “Municipal elections and contested religious space: electoral practices and confessional politics in Mediterranean France during the … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Modern Europe, European History, European Wars of Religion, French Wars of Religion, Mediterranean World, Noble Culture and History of Elites, Political Culture, Religious Politics, Renaissance Art and History, State Development Theory | Leave a comment