5.00 credits
22.5 h
Q1
This biannual learning unit is being organized in 2023-2024
Teacher(s)
Lecuppre Gilles;
Language
French
Content
Disobeying the sovereign (Low Countries, France, England, 16th century)
Monarchical power kept asserting itself, and demanded an unconditional obedience from its subjects as soon as 1530. And yet, the latter hanged on to their values, to their faith, to their privileges. Renaissance, Reform and Modernity provided them with new weapons. Disobedience was a fact: we will try to analyze its various levels and nuances (insubordination / opposition / revolt / rebellion / resistance, and so on), but also to distinguish - in a resolutely comparative way - new claims from traditional recriminations among various social groups: peasants, towns, noblemen, soldiers, and even the "national" community.
Monarchical power kept asserting itself, and demanded an unconditional obedience from its subjects as soon as 1530. And yet, the latter hanged on to their values, to their faith, to their privileges. Renaissance, Reform and Modernity provided them with new weapons. Disobedience was a fact: we will try to analyze its various levels and nuances (insubordination / opposition / revolt / rebellion / resistance, and so on), but also to distinguish - in a resolutely comparative way - new claims from traditional recriminations among various social groups: peasants, towns, noblemen, soldiers, and even the "national" community.
Teaching methods
A "lecture" course, with a strong emphasis on the inclusion of sources of various kinds, will be followed by exercise sessions based on concrete documents.
Evaluation methods
The final written examination will consist in commenting on a historical document - which requires both knowledge and a critical mind.
Faculty or entity
EHAC
