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Société D'étude Du XVIIe Siècle
The Société d'étude du XVIIe is a French learned society established in Paris in 1948 along the status of an Journal officiel du 22 avril 1948 in order to bring together specialists (historians, literary historians, art historians ...) of this period and to develop studies on this century. The society The society was established in 1948 by Georges Mongrédien, Monseigneur Marius-Henri Guervin and E. Houdart de La Motte. List of presidents *1948-? : Georges Mongrédien (1901–1980). *1978–1984: Jean Mesnard. * 1985–1989: Jacques Truchet. * 1990–1996 : Nicole Ferrier-Caverivière. *1997–2002: Jean-Robert Armogathe. *2002–2009: Yves-Marie Bercé. *2009–2015: Jean-Marie Constant *2015–...: Jean-Robert Armogathe The prize XVIIe Each year since 1984 the Society bestows a prize for the most significant work of the previous year, covering the seventeenth and which may be an audiovisual work. * 1985: Jean-Pierre Labatut, ''Louis XIV, roi de gloire'', Paris, éditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Learned Society
A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an discipline (academia), academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honour conferred by election. Most learned societies are non-profit organizations, and many are professional associations. Their activities typically include holding regular academic conference, conferences for the presentation and discussion of new research results and publishing or sponsoring academic journals in their discipline. Some also act as Professional association, professional bodies, regulating the activities of their members in the public interest or the collective interest of the membership. History Some of the oldest learned societies are the Académie des Jeux floraux (founded 1323), the Sodalitas Litterarum Vistulana (founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes ( ; 5/15 April 1588 – 4/14 December 1679) was an English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Hobbes is best known for his 1651 book ''Leviathan'', in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. In addition to political philosophy, Hobbes contributed to a diverse array of other fields, including history, jurisprudence, geometry, theology, and ethics, as well as philosophy in general. Biography Early life Thomas Hobbes was born on 5 April 1588 (Old Style), in Westport, now part of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, England. Having been born prematurely when his mother heard of the coming invasion of the Spanish Armada, Hobbes later reported that "my mother gave birth to twins: myself and fear." Hobbes had a brother, Edmund, about two years older, as well as a sister named Anne. Although Thomas Hobbes's childhood is unknown to a large extent, as is his mother's name, it is known that Hobbes's fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ERIH PLUS
ERIH PLUS (originally called the European Reference Index for the Humanities or ERIH) is an index containing bibliographic information on academic journals in the humanities and social sciences (SSH). The index includes all journals that meet the following requirements: "explicit procedures for external peer review; an academic editorial board, with members affiliated with universities or other independent research organizations; a valid ISSN code, confirmed by the international ISSN register; abstracts in English and/or another international language relevant for the field for all published articles; information on author affiliations and addresses; a maximum two thirds of the authors published in the journal from the same institution". ERIH was originally established by the European Science Foundation and was transferred to the NSD - Norwegian Centre for Research Data in 2014, mainly because it already operated thNorwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and PublisersG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand Jestaz
Bertrand Jestaz, 2 February 1939 in Fontainebleau, is a French art historian, specialized in French and Italian Renaissance and in French classical art. Biography A student of the École Nationale des Chartes and the École du Louvre, he dedicated his archivist and palaeographer thesis to Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1962). After graduating from the École des chartes, he was appointed to the , then at the École française de Rome. As curator, he organized several exhibitions including (with and Colombe Samoyault-Verlet) ''Dix siècles de joaillerie française'' (Louvre, 1962), (with Michel Laclotte and Sylvie Béguin) ''L'École de Fontainebleau'' (Grand Palais, 1972–1973). In 1980, he succeeded André Chastel at the Renaissance Art History chair at the École pratique des hautes études. Meanwhile, he was a professor at the Ecole du Louvre and at the École des chartes until 2003. Jestaz was awarded the Prize XVIIe in 2009 for his biography of Jules Hardouin-Mansart. Main pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Bost
Hubert is a Germanic masculine given name, from ''hug'' "mind" and ''beraht'' "bright". It also occurs as a surname. Saint Hubertus or Hubert (c. 656 – 30 May 727) is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians, and metalworkers. People with the given name Hubert This is a small selection of articles on people named Hubert; for a comprehensive list see instead . * Hubert Aaronson (1924–2005), F. Mehl University Professor at Carnegie Mellon University *Hubert Adair (1917–1940), World War II Royal Air Force pilot *Hubert Boulard, a French comics creator who is unusually credited as "Hubert" * Hubert Brasier (1917–1981), a Church of England clergyman, more famously the father of UK Prime Minister Theresa May *Hubert Buchanan (born 1941), a United States Air Force captain and fighter pilot * Hubert Chevis (1902–1931), a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery of the British Army who died of strychnine poisoning in June 1931 * Hubert Davies, British playwright and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
