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Depuis l'achèvement de sa restauration, le plus haut donjon d'Europe a retrouvé sa splendeur. Mais sait-on que le château de Vincennes, résidence royale des Capétiens devenue cantonnement par l'installation temporaire de l'École royale militaire sous Louis XV, n'a dû sa survie qu'à sa vocation de place militaire, affirmée sous l'Empire ? Profondément remanié, modelant(...)
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Depuis l'achèvement de sa restauration, le plus haut donjon d'Europe a retrouvé sa splendeur. Mais sait-on que le château de Vincennes, résidence royale des Capétiens devenue cantonnement par l'installation temporaire de l'École royale militaire sous Louis XV, n'a dû sa survie qu'à sa vocation de place militaire, affirmée sous l'Empire ? Profondément remanié, modelant(...)
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Le château de Vincennes : une histoire militaire
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Depuis l'achèvement de sa restauration, le plus haut donjon d'Europe a retrouvé sa splendeur. Mais sait-on que le château de Vincennes, résidence royale des Capétiens devenue cantonnement par l'installation temporaire de l'École royale militaire sous Louis XV, n'a dû sa survie qu'à sa vocation de place militaire, affirmée sous l'Empire ? Profondément remanié, modelant l'espace autour de lui - Fort neuf, quartier Carnot, hôpital Bégin -, le château traverse ainsi deux siècles. Place forte, véritable laboratoire des techniques de guerre, il est aussi au cœur des heures sombres ou glorieuses de l'histoire de France; pages d'histoire qui trouvent leur aboutissement dans l'installation récente du service historique de la Défense. C'est cet héritage peu connu, dont la ville et le Bois portent aujourd'hui l'empreinte, que cet ouvrage veut transmettre.
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Depuis l'achèvement de sa restauration, le plus haut donjon d'Europe a retrouvé sa splendeur. Mais sait-on que le château de Vincennes, résidence royale des Capétiens devenue cantonnement par l'installation temporaire de l'École royale militaire sous Louis XV, n'a dû sa survie qu'à sa vocation de place militaire, affirmée sous l'Empire ? Profondément remanié, modelant l'espace autour de lui - Fort neuf, quartier Carnot, hôpital Bégin -, le château traverse ainsi deux siècles. Place forte, véritable laboratoire des techniques de guerre, il est aussi au cœur des heures sombres ou glorieuses de l'histoire de France; pages d'histoire qui trouvent leur aboutissement dans l'installation récente du service historique de la Défense. C'est cet héritage peu connu, dont la ville et le Bois portent aujourd'hui l'empreinte, que cet ouvrage veut transmettre.
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L'abbaye de Cluny
L'abbaye de Cluny
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Une vie de silence et de prière. Un ordre, Cluny. Une règle, celle des bénédictins. Un rayonnement s'étendant à tout l'Occident médiéval. Voici l'ouvrage de référence sur la célèbre abbatiale fondée en 909 par Guillaume le Pieux, devenue le symbole du renouveau monastique en Europe. La plus grande église de la chrétienté jusqu'à l'édification de Saint-Pierre de Rome, cinq(...)
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Une vie de silence et de prière. Un ordre, Cluny. Une règle, celle des bénédictins. Un rayonnement s'étendant à tout l'Occident médiéval. Voici l'ouvrage de référence sur la célèbre abbatiale fondée en 909 par Guillaume le Pieux, devenue le symbole du renouveau monastique en Europe. La plus grande église de la chrétienté jusqu'à l'édification de Saint-Pierre de Rome, cinq(...)
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L'abbaye de Cluny
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Une vie de silence et de prière. Un ordre, Cluny. Une règle, celle des bénédictins. Un rayonnement s'étendant à tout l'Occident médiéval. Voici l'ouvrage de référence sur la célèbre abbatiale fondée en 909 par Guillaume le Pieux, devenue le symbole du renouveau monastique en Europe. La plus grande église de la chrétienté jusqu'à l'édification de Saint-Pierre de Rome, cinq siècles plus tard. Un décor de pierre monumental, fleuron de l'art roman, un lieu de pèlerinage et un foyer intellectuel témoignant du dynamisme des moines bâtisseurs.
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Une vie de silence et de prière. Un ordre, Cluny. Une règle, celle des bénédictins. Un rayonnement s'étendant à tout l'Occident médiéval. Voici l'ouvrage de référence sur la célèbre abbatiale fondée en 909 par Guillaume le Pieux, devenue le symbole du renouveau monastique en Europe. La plus grande église de la chrétienté jusqu'à l'édification de Saint-Pierre de Rome, cinq siècles plus tard. Un décor de pierre monumental, fleuron de l'art roman, un lieu de pèlerinage et un foyer intellectuel témoignant du dynamisme des moines bâtisseurs.
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July 2009
July 2009
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The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most famous palace, painting a picture of the way its residents truly lived and examining the palace's legacy, from French history through today. Using eyewitness testimony as well as the latest historical research, Spawforth offers the first full account of Versailles in over thirty years. Versailles: a biography of a palace(...)
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The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most famous palace, painting a picture of the way its residents truly lived and examining the palace's legacy, from French history through today. Using eyewitness testimony as well as the latest historical research, Spawforth offers the first full account of Versailles in over thirty years. Versailles: a biography of a palace(...)
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Versailles: a biography of a palace
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The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most famous palace, painting a picture of the way its residents truly lived and examining the palace's legacy, from French history through today. Using eyewitness testimony as well as the latest historical research, Spawforth offers the first full account of Versailles in over thirty years. Versailles: a biography of a palace brings out the fateful consequences for the French monarchy of its relocation to Versailles and also examines the changing place of Versailles in France's national identity since 1789.
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The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most famous palace, painting a picture of the way its residents truly lived and examining the palace's legacy, from French history through today. Using eyewitness testimony as well as the latest historical research, Spawforth offers the first full account of Versailles in over thirty years. Versailles: a biography of a palace brings out the fateful consequences for the French monarchy of its relocation to Versailles and also examines the changing place of Versailles in France's national identity since 1789.
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October 2008
October 2008
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Le présent ouvrage nous invite à un tour de France richement illustré de la fortification, depuis le Moyen Age jusqu'à l'époque contemporaine.
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Le présent ouvrage nous invite à un tour de France richement illustré de la fortification, depuis le Moyen Age jusqu'à l'époque contemporaine.
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La France fortifiée: Châteaux, citadelles et forteresses
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Le présent ouvrage nous invite à un tour de France richement illustré de la fortification, depuis le Moyen Age jusqu'à l'époque contemporaine.
La France fortifiée: Châteaux, citadelles et forteresses
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Le présent ouvrage nous invite à un tour de France richement illustré de la fortification, depuis le Moyen Age jusqu'à l'époque contemporaine.
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April 2010
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Au cours du XIXe siècle, " on n'a bâti qu'un seul monument original, un monument qui ne soit copié nulle part, qui ait poussé naturellement dans le sol de l'époque ; ce sont les Halles centrales, une oeuvre crâne, " écrivait Zola. Ce sont pourtant ces bâtiments magnifiques, construits par Baltard en 1853, que les années 1970 ont osé détruire au nom du modernisme, au(...)
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Au cours du XIXe siècle, " on n'a bâti qu'un seul monument original, un monument qui ne soit copié nulle part, qui ait poussé naturellement dans le sol de l'époque ; ce sont les Halles centrales, une oeuvre crâne, " écrivait Zola. Ce sont pourtant ces bâtiments magnifiques, construits par Baltard en 1853, que les années 1970 ont osé détruire au nom du modernisme, au(...)
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June 2010
June 2010
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Baltard: Les halles de Paris 1853-1973
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Au cours du XIXe siècle, " on n'a bâti qu'un seul monument original, un monument qui ne soit copié nulle part, qui ait poussé naturellement dans le sol de l'époque ; ce sont les Halles centrales, une oeuvre crâne, " écrivait Zola. Ce sont pourtant ces bâtiments magnifiques, construits par Baltard en 1853, que les années 1970 ont osé détruire au nom du modernisme, au moment où l'on anéantissait le quartier Montparnasse en y plantant sa haute tour solitaire. Certes, il était urgent que les Halles quittent le coeur de Paris pour rejoindre Rungis. Mais pourquoi avoir détruit ces chefs-d'oeuvre de l'architecture de métal et de verre - le style appelé aujourd'hui "Baltard" -, qui auraient pu être préservés en abritant des galeries d'art, des boutiques de mode, et même un centre commercial ? C'est l'histoire emblématique de leur construction, de leur vie jusqu'à leur massacre que raconte ce livre, images à l'appui, dont la fin a été miraculeusement photographiée par Gérard Glanard qui en fut un témoin tristement privilégié.
Baltard: Les halles de Paris 1853-1973
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Au cours du XIXe siècle, " on n'a bâti qu'un seul monument original, un monument qui ne soit copié nulle part, qui ait poussé naturellement dans le sol de l'époque ; ce sont les Halles centrales, une oeuvre crâne, " écrivait Zola. Ce sont pourtant ces bâtiments magnifiques, construits par Baltard en 1853, que les années 1970 ont osé détruire au nom du modernisme, au moment où l'on anéantissait le quartier Montparnasse en y plantant sa haute tour solitaire. Certes, il était urgent que les Halles quittent le coeur de Paris pour rejoindre Rungis. Mais pourquoi avoir détruit ces chefs-d'oeuvre de l'architecture de métal et de verre - le style appelé aujourd'hui "Baltard" -, qui auraient pu être préservés en abritant des galeries d'art, des boutiques de mode, et même un centre commercial ? C'est l'histoire emblématique de leur construction, de leur vie jusqu'à leur massacre que raconte ce livre, images à l'appui, dont la fin a été miraculeusement photographiée par Gérard Glanard qui en fut un témoin tristement privilégié.
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June 2010
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Paris, 1200
Paris, 1200
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Paris in 1200 was a city in transition. The great cathedral of Notre Dame was halfway through its construction and walls were being built to enclose the new, larger limits of the city. Pope Innocent III ordered all French churches closed to punish King Philip Augustus for his remarriage; the king himself negotiated an unprecedented truce with the English; and the students(...)
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Paris in 1200 was a city in transition. The great cathedral of Notre Dame was halfway through its construction and walls were being built to enclose the new, larger limits of the city. Pope Innocent III ordered all French churches closed to punish King Philip Augustus for his remarriage; the king himself negotiated an unprecedented truce with the English; and the students(...)
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Paris, 1200
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Paris in 1200 was a city in transition. The great cathedral of Notre Dame was halfway through its construction and walls were being built to enclose the new, larger limits of the city. Pope Innocent III ordered all French churches closed to punish King Philip Augustus for his remarriage; the king himself negotiated an unprecedented truce with the English; and the students of Paris threatened a general strike, punctuated with incidents of violence, to protest infringements of their rights. John W. Baldwin resurrects this key moment in Parisian history using documents only from 1190 to 1210 — a narrow focus made possible by the availability of collections of the Capetian monarchy and the medieval scholastic thinkers. This unique approach results in a vivid snapshot of the city at the turn of the thirteenth century. "Paris, 1200" introduces the reader to the city itself and its inhabitants. Three "faces" exemplify these inhabitants : that of the celebrated scholar Pierre the Chanter, of King Philip Augustus, and of the more deeply hidden visages of women. The book examines the city's primary institutions : the royal government, the Church, and its celebrated schools that evolved into the university at Paris. Finally, it offers an account of the delights and pleasures, as well as the fears and sorrows, of Parisian life in this period.
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Paris in 1200 was a city in transition. The great cathedral of Notre Dame was halfway through its construction and walls were being built to enclose the new, larger limits of the city. Pope Innocent III ordered all French churches closed to punish King Philip Augustus for his remarriage; the king himself negotiated an unprecedented truce with the English; and the students of Paris threatened a general strike, punctuated with incidents of violence, to protest infringements of their rights. John W. Baldwin resurrects this key moment in Parisian history using documents only from 1190 to 1210 — a narrow focus made possible by the availability of collections of the Capetian monarchy and the medieval scholastic thinkers. This unique approach results in a vivid snapshot of the city at the turn of the thirteenth century. "Paris, 1200" introduces the reader to the city itself and its inhabitants. Three "faces" exemplify these inhabitants : that of the celebrated scholar Pierre the Chanter, of King Philip Augustus, and of the more deeply hidden visages of women. The book examines the city's primary institutions : the royal government, the Church, and its celebrated schools that evolved into the university at Paris. Finally, it offers an account of the delights and pleasures, as well as the fears and sorrows, of Parisian life in this period.
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October 2010
October 2010
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Paris under water
Paris under water
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Jeffrey Jackson captures here for the first time the epic story of the great flood. In the winter of 1910, the river that brought life to Paris—the Seine—became a force of destruction in a matter of hours. while the sewers, Métro, and electricity failed around them, Parisians of all backgrounds rallied to save the city and one another. Improvising techniques to keep(...)
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Jeffrey Jackson captures here for the first time the epic story of the great flood. In the winter of 1910, the river that brought life to Paris—the Seine—became a force of destruction in a matter of hours. while the sewers, Métro, and electricity failed around them, Parisians of all backgrounds rallied to save the city and one another. Improvising techniques to keep(...)
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Paris under water
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Jeffrey Jackson captures here for the first time the epic story of the great flood. In the winter of 1910, the river that brought life to Paris—the Seine—became a force of destruction in a matter of hours. while the sewers, Métro, and electricity failed around them, Parisians of all backgrounds rallied to save the city and one another. Improvising techniques to keep Paris functioning and braving the dangers of collapsing infrastructure and looters, leaders and residents alike answered the call to action.
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Jeffrey Jackson captures here for the first time the epic story of the great flood. In the winter of 1910, the river that brought life to Paris—the Seine—became a force of destruction in a matter of hours. while the sewers, Métro, and electricity failed around them, Parisians of all backgrounds rallied to save the city and one another. Improvising techniques to keep Paris functioning and braving the dangers of collapsing infrastructure and looters, leaders and residents alike answered the call to action.
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January 2010
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Dairy queens: The politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine De' Medici to Marie-Antoinette
Dairy queens: The politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine De' Medici to Marie-Antoinette
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Meredith Martin tells the story of a royal and aristocratic building type that has been largely forgotten today: the pleasure dairy of early modern France. These garden structures—most famously the faux-rustic, white marble dairy built for Marie-Antoinette’s Hameau at Versailles—have long been dismissed as the trifling follies of a reckless elite. Martin challenges such(...)
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Meredith Martin tells the story of a royal and aristocratic building type that has been largely forgotten today: the pleasure dairy of early modern France. These garden structures—most famously the faux-rustic, white marble dairy built for Marie-Antoinette’s Hameau at Versailles—have long been dismissed as the trifling follies of a reckless elite. Martin challenges such(...)
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Dairy queens: The politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine De' Medici to Marie-Antoinette
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Meredith Martin tells the story of a royal and aristocratic building type that has been largely forgotten today: the pleasure dairy of early modern France. These garden structures—most famously the faux-rustic, white marble dairy built for Marie-Antoinette’s Hameau at Versailles—have long been dismissed as the trifling follies of a reckless elite. Martin challenges such assumptions and reveals the pivotal role that pleasure dairies played in cultural and political life, especially with respect to polarizing debates about nobility, femininity, and domesticity. Together with other forms of pastoral architecture such as model farms and hermitages, pleasure dairies were crucial arenas for elite women to exercise and experiment with identity and power. Opening with Catherine de’ Medici’s lavish dairy at Fontainebleau, Martin’s book explores how French queens and noblewomen used pleasure dairies to naturalize their status, display their cultivated tastes, and proclaim their virtue as nurturing mothers and capable estate managers.
Dairy queens: The politics of pastoral architecture from Catherine De' Medici to Marie-Antoinette
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Meredith Martin tells the story of a royal and aristocratic building type that has been largely forgotten today: the pleasure dairy of early modern France. These garden structures—most famously the faux-rustic, white marble dairy built for Marie-Antoinette’s Hameau at Versailles—have long been dismissed as the trifling follies of a reckless elite. Martin challenges such assumptions and reveals the pivotal role that pleasure dairies played in cultural and political life, especially with respect to polarizing debates about nobility, femininity, and domesticity. Together with other forms of pastoral architecture such as model farms and hermitages, pleasure dairies were crucial arenas for elite women to exercise and experiment with identity and power. Opening with Catherine de’ Medici’s lavish dairy at Fontainebleau, Martin’s book explores how French queens and noblewomen used pleasure dairies to naturalize their status, display their cultivated tastes, and proclaim their virtue as nurturing mothers and capable estate managers.
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February 2011
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The insurgent barricade
The insurgent barricade
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This definitive history of the barricade charts the origins, development, and diffusion of a uniquely European revolutionary tradition. Mark Traugott traces the barricade from its beginnings in the sixteenth century, to its refinement in the insurrectionary struggles of the long nineteenth century, on through its emergence as an icon of an international culture of(...)
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This definitive history of the barricade charts the origins, development, and diffusion of a uniquely European revolutionary tradition. Mark Traugott traces the barricade from its beginnings in the sixteenth century, to its refinement in the insurrectionary struggles of the long nineteenth century, on through its emergence as an icon of an international culture of(...)
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This definitive history of the barricade charts the origins, development, and diffusion of a uniquely European revolutionary tradition. Mark Traugott traces the barricade from its beginnings in the sixteenth century, to its refinement in the insurrectionary struggles of the long nineteenth century, on through its emergence as an icon of an international culture of revolution. Exploring the most compelling moments of its history, Traugott finds that the barricade is more than a physical structure; it is part of a continuous insurrectionary lineage that features spontaneous collaboration even as it relies on recurrent patterns of self-conscious collective action. A case study in how techniques of protest originate and evolve, The Insurgent Barricade tells how the French perfected a repertoire of revolution over three centuries, and how students, exiles, and itinerant workers helped it spread across Europe.
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This definitive history of the barricade charts the origins, development, and diffusion of a uniquely European revolutionary tradition. Mark Traugott traces the barricade from its beginnings in the sixteenth century, to its refinement in the insurrectionary struggles of the long nineteenth century, on through its emergence as an icon of an international culture of revolution. Exploring the most compelling moments of its history, Traugott finds that the barricade is more than a physical structure; it is part of a continuous insurrectionary lineage that features spontaneous collaboration even as it relies on recurrent patterns of self-conscious collective action. A case study in how techniques of protest originate and evolve, The Insurgent Barricade tells how the French perfected a repertoire of revolution over three centuries, and how students, exiles, and itinerant workers helped it spread across Europe.
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Histoire de Paris
Histoire de Paris
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Du site néolithique aux vingt arrondissements actuels, des fondations de Lutèce à la nouvelle Bnf en passant par la construction de Notre-Dame, l’histoire de Paris a toujours été un peu plus que celle de la capitale de la France. Comme le démontre cet ouvrage, Paris pèse en effet d’un poids particulier, politique, économique et culturel, dans l’édification et l’activité(...)
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Du site néolithique aux vingt arrondissements actuels, des fondations de Lutèce à la nouvelle Bnf en passant par la construction de Notre-Dame, l’histoire de Paris a toujours été un peu plus que celle de la capitale de la France. Comme le démontre cet ouvrage, Paris pèse en effet d’un poids particulier, politique, économique et culturel, dans l’édification et l’activité(...)
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Du site néolithique aux vingt arrondissements actuels, des fondations de Lutèce à la nouvelle Bnf en passant par la construction de Notre-Dame, l’histoire de Paris a toujours été un peu plus que celle de la capitale de la France. Comme le démontre cet ouvrage, Paris pèse en effet d’un poids particulier, politique, économique et culturel, dans l’édification et l’activité du pays. Au cœur d’une agglomération de plus de dix millions d’habitants, elle connaît un très large rayonnement international.
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Du site néolithique aux vingt arrondissements actuels, des fondations de Lutèce à la nouvelle Bnf en passant par la construction de Notre-Dame, l’histoire de Paris a toujours été un peu plus que celle de la capitale de la France. Comme le démontre cet ouvrage, Paris pèse en effet d’un poids particulier, politique, économique et culturel, dans l’édification et l’activité du pays. Au cœur d’une agglomération de plus de dix millions d’habitants, elle connaît un très large rayonnement international.
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