Introduction. Writing or rewriting the history of the Sorbonne? Historiographical paths and their origins since the seventeenth century
Amalou, Thierry
Introduction. Writing or rewriting the history of the Sorbonne? Historiographical paths and their origins since the seventeenth century - 2019.
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There is a striking gap between the contemporary historiography of the Sorbonne, heir to the prejudices of the Enlightenment, and the real vitality of this university institution in the seventeenth century. Thus, the creation of royal chairs under the first Bourbons reinvigorated teaching methods. It offered great flexibility to ecclesiological and doctrinal positions and motivated the desire to write the history of the institution. This historiography was amplified throughout the century by the librarians of the College of Sorbonne. But most of their work remained as manuscripts because it was more in the service of a place of knowledge than the edification of the public. On the other hand, the history of competing academic institutions would have a lasting success, which, in contrast, consigned the Sorbonne to a black legend.
Introduction. Writing or rewriting the history of the Sorbonne? Historiographical paths and their origins since the seventeenth century - 2019.
7
There is a striking gap between the contemporary historiography of the Sorbonne, heir to the prejudices of the Enlightenment, and the real vitality of this university institution in the seventeenth century. Thus, the creation of royal chairs under the first Bourbons reinvigorated teaching methods. It offered great flexibility to ecclesiological and doctrinal positions and motivated the desire to write the history of the institution. This historiography was amplified throughout the century by the librarians of the College of Sorbonne. But most of their work remained as manuscripts because it was more in the service of a place of knowledge than the edification of the public. On the other hand, the history of competing academic institutions would have a lasting success, which, in contrast, consigned the Sorbonne to a black legend.
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