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Fragile Lives
The lives of ordinary Parisians in the eighteenth-century are the topic of this vivid and important study. Through the experiences of men, women and children, Arlette Farge traces …
Subversive Words
This important and original book addresses the nature of public opinion, the relation between rulers and ruled, and the role of popular rumours in eighteenth century France. …
The Vanishing Children of Paris: Rumor and Politics Before the French Revolution
In the spring of 1750 a two-day series of riots erupted in Paris when the populace discovered that police were sweeping children off the streets in an overzealous attempt to …
Der Geschmack des Archivs
Disorderly Families
The first English translation of letters of arrest from eighteenth century France held in the archives of the Bastille Drunken and debauched husbands; libertine wives; vagabonding …
History of Women in the West
Volume III of A History of Women draws a richly detailed picture of women in early modern Europe, considering them in a context of work, marriage, and family. At the heart of this …