Jean Bérenger (born October 2, 1934) is a French

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, director of research at the CNRS, professor at the Faculty of

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of the

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and, starting from 1990, at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. Bérenger specializes in the history of the countries of Central and

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and in military history, mainly of the modern era,Notice sur bibliomonde
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. His doctorate dealt with the history of

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and

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in the 17th century.

Work

In 1974, he suggested other historians of the 17th century to "see, and study, minister-favorites not only in a national context but as a 'European phenomenon.'" His seminal 1974 ''Annales'' article on "royal

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s" has been credited as an important comparative study on the subject. He argued that the simultaneous success of several 17th-century minister-favorites in their respective countries was not coincidental, but reflected some change that took place in the period. J.H. Elliot and Lawrence Brockliss's work (that culminated in the collection of essays ''The World of the Favuorite''), undertaken to explore the matter put forward by Bérenger, became the most important comparative treatment of this subject. In 1975, he published what in the 2020s was still the only modern survey of the financial relationship between Government and Estates in the period between the Peace of Westphalia and the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

Incomplete list of works

* ''Tolérance ou paix de religion en Europe centrale : 1415-1792'',

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, 2000 :: - Prix Monseigneur-Marcel 2001 of the Académie française * ''L'Autriche-Hongrie, 1815-1918'',

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, 1998 * ''La révolution militaire en Europe (XV^e-XVIII^e siècles)'',

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, 1998 sous la direction de Jean Bérenger. * ''Guerre et paix dans l'Europe du XVII^e siècle'',

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, 1995, trois tomes. , * ''Histoire de l'Autriche'', Presses universitaires de France, 1994 (collection

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n° 222) * ''Histoire de l'empire des Habsbourg, 1273-1918'',

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, 1990 * ''Turenne'',

, 1987 - nombreuses rééditions - ''Une biographie de ce grand seigneur du XVII^e siècle qui s'inscrit dans le double registre de l'histoire militaire élargie à la géopolitique et de l'histoire sociale''. * ''La Tchécoslovaquie'', Presses universitaires de France, 1978 (collection

n° 1726) * ''La République autrichienne'' de 1919 à nos jours, Klincksieck/ Didier, 1971 * '' Joseph d'Autriche : serviteur de l'État'',

, 2007 *‘Pour une enquête européenne, l’histoire du ministeriat au XVIIe siècle’, ''Annales Economies Sociétés Civilisations'', 29, 1, février 1974, p. 166-192.

References

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