L’oralité fantasmée de l’histoire

When the French army under the command of Louis XIV crossed the Rhine in 1672, many historians tried to record the event as collective memory with various endeavours to celebrate the King: newspapers, poems, or medals. Despite the absence of precise testimony, each author invented a fictitious form...

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Published in:Cahiers d'études romanes (Aix-en-Provence) Vol. 47; pp. 137 - 156
Main Author: Léo Stambul
Format: Journal Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Université d'Aix-Marseille 01-12-2023
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Summary:When the French army under the command of Louis XIV crossed the Rhine in 1672, many historians tried to record the event as collective memory with various endeavours to celebrate the King: newspapers, poems, or medals. Despite the absence of precise testimony, each author invented a fictitious form of orality supposedly produced and recorded on the spot and in awe. Comparing the ways orality was resorted to helps questioning the fantasy which pervades the different modalities to write history in the context of absolute monarchy.
ISSN:0180-684X
2271-1465