This biannual course is taught on years 2015-2016, 2017-2018, ....
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The final written examination will be include the summary of an article, its commentary, and a short composition ' thus requiring both knowledge and critical mind.
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The course deals with the various players of power inside the Burgundian space, putting emphasis on the northern part of these territories ('pays de par-deçà'). Whereas historians are debating the reality of a state-building project by the Valois dukes, it is certainly important to investigate the motivations and means of the people who kept political life going in these principalities. Considering in the first place the values and convictions which were displayed by princes, we will study the tangible aspects of authority, through its transfer (duchess, governor, ambassador), its emotional and even passionate sides (councillors and protégés), its chaotic routine (officials) and the continuous dialogue with subjects (representative assemblies and rebellions). Far from a fruitless description of the mere institutions, we hope to present power as a living and incarnate topic.
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