The Episteme of the Gallic Past: French Historical Research in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries...

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Lisa Regazzoni (University of Bielefeld, Germany)

The Episteme of the Gallic Past

French Historical Research in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Lisa Regazzoni (University of Bielefeld, Germany)

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Routledge
02 December 2024

History: theory & methods; European history; Early modern history: c 1450 to c 1700; Social & cultural history

Series: Routledge Research in Early Modern History

This book aims to reconceive the field of knowledge of the “Gallic past” in French discourse of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by focusing on the monument as an object capable of underpinning insights into that past, the evolution of the concept, and the epistemic practices used to produce it.

Through monuments, the book redirects our gaze toward the French provinces, where material and immaterial evidence of the Gallic past was “discovered” and transformed into epistemic objects. This perspective results in a “provincialization” of Paris as a site of knowledge production and sheds light on the crucial role of provincial scholarship, not only in the “invention” of the Gallic past but also in methodological and epistemological renewal. The result is a revision of recent historiography, which interpreted the narrative of an “autochthonous” pre-Roman, Gallic past as nation-building.

This volume offers a pioneering contribution toward new directions in historical epistemology focused on the historicity of the “species” of evidence of each epoch.

By: Lisa Regazzoni (University of Bielefeld Germany)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032408781
ISBN 10: 1032408782
Series: Routledge Research in Early Modern History
Pages: 388
Publication Date: 02 December 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction. Prologue: Monuments as “Materials for Our Historical Work”: A Problem-Oriented Excursus on the Monument as an Epistemological Object 1. Monuments – What Were They? 2. Gallic Monuments Between Christian Universalism and an Autochthonous Past 3. Provincializing Paris: Gallic Monuments Viewed from the Provinces 4. Monuments for the French People: The People as Monument. Epilogue

Lisa Regazzoni is a professor of the Theory of History and head of the Center for Theories in Historical Research at the University of Bielefeld. Her research interests focus on the theory and epistemology of historical materials, the history of historiography, and the history of knowledge in France.

Reviews for The Episteme of the Gallic Past: French Historical Research in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

“The overarching interest of this remarkable monograph… raises fundamental questions of historiography: What kind of thing is it that historians cite as proof of historical truth? Just what is historical evidence?” Helmut Zedelmaier, LMU Munich, Germany “Lisa Regazzoni’s work is a great gain for the history of historiography.” Joëlle Weis, Trier University, Germany “I highly recommend this book to everyone who relishes the complexity of early modern scholarly landscapes.” Tobias Winnerling, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany