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Collects the eleven essays that consider the texts and places that make up the collective memory of the history of France, a country whose people are extraordinarily conscious of history and their place in it. This title looks at the medieval Grands chroniques de France and the monasteries and chancelleries that produced them.

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"The grandest, most ambitious effort to dissect, interpret, and celebrate the French fascination with their own past." - "Los Angeles Times" "A magnificent achievement.... It is not only a work of history, it is also something of a historical document itself." - "New Republic"

Rethinking France

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/07/2010
      ISBN13: 9780226591353, 978-0226591353
      ISBN10: 0226591352

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Collects the eleven essays that consider the texts and places that make up the collective memory of the history of France, a country whose people are extraordinarily conscious of history and their place in it. This title looks at the medieval Grands chroniques de France and the monasteries and chancelleries that produced them.

      Trade Review
      "The grandest, most ambitious effort to dissect, interpret, and celebrate the French fascination with their own past." - "Los Angeles Times" "A magnificent achievement.... It is not only a work of history, it is also something of a historical document itself." - "New Republic"

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