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French History is an international forum for major new articles on the entire range of French history from the early middle ages to the twenty-first century.
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French History (Journal) @frenchhistory.bsky.social · Nov 11
Hello new followers! If you work in the field of french history, do please reply to this below and we will do our best to follow back. The volume of new followers has made this impossible from the notification tab! 🗃️
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For any fellow educators/academics interested in French history, this thread is a treasure trove of people to follow!
frenchhistory.bsky.social French History (Journal) @frenchhistory.bsky.social · Nov 11
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October 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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New article by Chiara Lereda, 'Official tone and private judgement: the comte de Vergennes and the rhetoric of diplomacy in the Russo–Ottoman crisis (1786)' on the structural contradictions of French foreign policy pre-Revolution 🥳🙌💾

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Official tone and private judgement: the comte de Vergennes and the rhetoric of diplomacy in the Russo–Ottoman crisis (1786)
Abstract. This article explores the dual diplomatic voice of Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes—Louis XVI’s foreign minister—through two letters sent on 2
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October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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laprofmme.bsky.social
I was deeply disappointed by the renovation of the Musée Carnavalet, one of my favorite Parisian museums. The editors of @frenchhistory.bsky.social kindly invited me to explain why.

Mille mercis to @eldrclaire.bsky.social and @tombhamilton.bsky.social for their feedback and tolerance.
An unworldly world museum: the new Musée Carnavalet– Histoire de Paris
When the Musée Carnavalet, the history museum of the city of Paris, closed for renovations in 2016, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo declared that the twin goals o
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September 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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tombhamilton.bsky.social
Excited to see this published @frenchhistory.bsky.social! ‘Only illusions are amusing …’: nature, artifice and femininity in eighteenth-century France through the lens of Louis de Carmontelle' by @zarakesterton.bsky.social 🌼🌺🌸🎨

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‘Only illusions are amusing …’: nature, artifice and femininity in eighteenth-century France through the lens of Louis de Carmontelle
Abstract. This article considers the watercolour portraits of Louis de Carmontelle as a commentary on the relationships between illusion, reality, artifice
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July 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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frenchhistory.bsky.social
Hello new followers! If you work in the field of french history, do please reply to this below and we will do our best to follow back. The volume of new followers has made this impossible from the notification tab! 🗃️
November 11, 2024 at 2:05 PM
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tombhamilton.bsky.social
Fascinating new article on late medieval lordship by Margreet Brandsma, 'Shifting power relations in seigneuries of the southern Low Countries (Hainaut, twelfth–fifteenth century)': doi.org/10.1093/fh/c...

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Shifting power relations in seigneuries of the southern Low Countries (Hainaut, twelfth–fifteenth century)
Abstract. Based on seigneurial legislation from the French-speaking principality of Hainaut in the southern Low Countries, this article discerns long-term
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July 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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tombhamilton.bsky.social
New article by Déborah Cohen – 'Denouncing charlatans at the end of the eighteenth century: the politics of constituting a medical public' doi.org/10.1093/fh/c...

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Denouncing charlatans at the end of the eighteenth century: the politics of constituting a medical public
Abstract. This article explores the porous boundary between medical and political publics at the end of the eighteenth century, based on letters sent to th
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September 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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I am delighted that my latest article was highly commended by the judges of the @frenchhistory.bsky.social 2024 article prize. Congratulations to the winner, Niall Ó Súilleabháin!
French History article prize
The Society for the Study of French History and the editors of French History, in conjunction with Oxford Journals, wish to announce the creation of a prize, t
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June 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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smidbob.bsky.social
We've updated the Society for the Study of French History website with new increased funding amounts for all available schemes. These are central to the society's activity & a great way to support scholarship 🗃️ #frenchhistory #skystorians @frenchhistory.bsky.social frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/grants/
Grants – SSFH
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July 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Heartfelt thanks to the organizers of the French History Global Consortium for a wonderful conference Paris 15-19July. Special thnx to Solveig Serre & Luc Robene + execs of @sfhs.bsky.social @hfrancewebsite.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social SSFS (@frenchhistory.bsky.social) + George Rude Society.Merci!
July 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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brandsmargreet.bsky.social
To those still out there during the summer break: I am happy to share that my paper on shifting power relations in seigneuries of the southern Low Countries (Hainaut, twelfth-fifteenth century) is out now in @frenchhistory.bsky.social

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July 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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jeanneologist.bsky.social
Very excited to see this excellent piece of research on medieval lordship by @brandsmargreet.bsky.social in print—now available as an advance article in @frenchhistory.bsky.social! academic.oup.com/fh/article-a...
Shifting power relations in seigneuries of the southern Low Countries (Hainaut, twelfth–fifteenth century)
Abstract. Based on seigneurial legislation from the French-speaking principality of Hainaut in the southern Low Countries, this article discerns long-term
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July 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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My review of Mélanie Plouviez’s L'injustice en héritage is now online in @frenchhistory.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/fh/advance-a...

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L’injustice en héritage
Paris, 2 April 1791: Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti de Mirabeau is on his deathbed. In his final act of faith, he entrusts Talleyrand with his final speech, which
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July 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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I am extremely grateful to the Society for #FrenchHistory @frenchhistory.bsky.social for the research grant that enabled me to participate in this unique opportunity to sail through the landscapes of my doctoral research. /end
August 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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tombhamilton.bsky.social
New in French History: Jennifer Sessions' powerful decolonial critique of the re-opened Musée Carnavalet in Paris doi.org/10.1093/fh/c...

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An unworldly world museum: the new Musée Carnavalet– Histoire de Paris
When the Musée Carnavalet, the history museum of the city of Paris, closed for renovations in 2016, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo declared that the twin goals o
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September 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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smidbob.bsky.social
You can read all about the 10th anniversary of D Day in my @frenchhistory.bsky.social article 🗃️ doi.org/10.1093/fh/c...
Crises of commemoration: Cold War, decolonization and the bungled 1954 D-Day commemoration
Abstract. In 1954, international dignitaries and veterans joined the commemoration of the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy, though not everything
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June 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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tombhamilton.bsky.social
If you published your first book in French history in 2024, you might like to submit it for the Society for the Study of French History Book Prize, deadline 31 July 2025 and more details here: frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/ssfh-book-pr...

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SSFH Book Prize – SSFH
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June 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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smidbob.bsky.social
Question for historians of France - can you help me work out any big anniversaries for 2027? It's the 70th anniv of Treaty of Rome. Also the end of the War of the First Coalition in 1797 (perhaps a stretch). Can you think of any more big anniversaries for 2027? @frenchhistory.bsky.social 🗃️
June 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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tombhamilton.bsky.social
New article by Samuel Weber, 'Unmanning the author: Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy and anti-fandom in eighteenth-century France' – ribbons, anti-clericalism, dirty jokes, and a new take on pre-Revolutionary libel culture...

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Unmanning the author: Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy and anti-fandom in eighteenth-century France
Abstract. This article examines the negative reader response to the publication of Jean-Joseph Languet de Gergy’s hagiography of Marguerite-Marie Alacoque
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May 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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eldrclaire.bsky.social
Many congratulations to @historybeagle.bsky.social and @rouge1767.bsky.social for this well deserved recognition of their excellent @frenchhistory.bsky.social article on women medical enterpreneurs.
historybeagle.bsky.social Lisa Smith @historybeagle.bsky.social · May 27
Cathy McClive (rouge1767.bksy.social) and I are absolutely delighted with this good news, and to be included in the list with such excellent scholars as Deirdre Lyons (also honorable mention) and Charles Begué Fawell (winner). #EarlyModern #Skystorians
May 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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historybeagle.bsky.social
Cathy McClive (rouge1767.bksy.social) and I are absolutely delighted with this good news, and to be included in the list with such excellent scholars as Deirdre Lyons (also honorable mention) and Charles Begué Fawell (winner). #EarlyModern #Skystorians
May 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
frenchhistory.bsky.social
Congratulations to Cathy McClive and @historybeagle.bsky.social for their honorable mention in the 2025 Koren Prize for this #OA piece in French History!

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Women at the centre: medical entrepreneurialism and ‘la grande médecine’ in eighteenth-century Lyon
Abstract. We draw on Colin Jones’ framing of the Sisters of Charity as medical practitioners rather than charitable carers (1989) to centre the entrepreneu
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May 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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lrhodges.bsky.social
I'm very excited to be joining the team at French History! Looking forward to working with the team and helping to publish excellent research on the history of France and the Francophone world!
frenchhistory.bsky.social French History (Journal) @frenchhistory.bsky.social · May 19
French History is delighted to announce that we have welcomed the @lrhodges.bsky.social to our editorial team as an Associate Editor.

You can find full details of the rest of the team and the editorial board here:

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Editors: Professor Claire Eldridge C.Eldridge@leeds.ac.uk University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT Dr Tom Hamilton tom.b.hamilton@durham.ac.uk Department of History
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May 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
frenchhistory.bsky.social
French History is delighted to announce that we have welcomed the @lrhodges.bsky.social to our editorial team as an Associate Editor.

You can find full details of the rest of the team and the editorial board here:

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Editorial_Board
Editors: Professor Claire Eldridge C.Eldridge@leeds.ac.uk University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT Dr Tom Hamilton tom.b.hamilton@durham.ac.uk Department of History
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May 19, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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manchesterup.bsky.social
Publishing today in Modern History ✨⬇️

FERTILE EXPECTATIONS - a #SSFH publication on involuntary childlessness in #20thc France

BRUTAL TREATMENTS - a @sshmedicine.bsky.social publication on medicine & colonial violence at the end of empire

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May 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM