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100	1	0	_aTouati, François-Olivier _eauthor
245	0	0	_aDoes It Merit a Laugh?
260			_c2003.
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520			_aIn contrast with Rigord’s definition of his profession as a physician and historiographer of the king of France at the same time, his chronicle doesn’t reflect any distinctive interest in medical or pathological realities: is this lack of attention due to his own mediocrity or, more basically, to the genre of historical writings during the Middle Ages? A detailed study of the narrative and of its successive dedications leads one to call the legitimacy of his qualifications to question. The deadly criticism or ironical denigration formulated by his contemporaries against Rigord are quite revealing of the historiographical issues of the time.
690			_achronicle
690			_amedicine
690			_aMiddle Ages
690			_aking of France
690			_aSaint-Denis
786	0		_nRevue historique | o 626 | 2 | 2003-06-01 | p. 243-265 | 0035-3264
856	4	1	_uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-historique-2003-2-page-243?lang=en
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