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Titre :
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Conspiracies and conspiracy : theory in early modern europe ; from the Waldensians to the French Revolution
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Auteurs :
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Barry Coward, Éditeur scientifique ;
Julian Swann, Éditeur scientifique
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Type de document :
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texte imprimé
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Editeur :
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Burlington : Ashgate Publishing Company, 2004
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN :
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978-0-7546-3564-2
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Format :
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276 p.
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Index. décimale :
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940.2 (Histoire générale de l'Europe (1453 à nos jours : Temps modernes))
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Mots-clés:
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Europe
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histoire
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complot
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Résumé :
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For many generations, Guy Fawkes and his gunpowder plot, the 'Man in the Iron Mask' and the 'Devils of Loudun' have offered some of the most compelling images of the early modern period. Conspiracies, real or imagined, were an essential feature of early modern life, offering a seemingly rational and convincing explanation for patterns of political and social behaviour. This volume examines conspiracies and conspiracy theory from a broad historical and interdisciplinary perspective, by combining the theoretical approach of the history of ideas with specific examples from the period.
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