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éditions Belin
Éditions Belin, or Belin éditeur, is a French publishing house. It was founded in 1777 and specializes in university, school and extracurricular works. Until 2014, Belin was the oldest still-independent French publishing house. On October 30, 2014, reinsurer SCOR SE, managed by Denis Kessler, acquired 100% of Belin's capital, end the family's ownership. A merger with Presses Universitaires de France led to the creation of Humensis in December 2016. History François Belin-Jacques (1748–1808) founded the house under the name of Librairie Belin on March 10, 1777. in Paris. He was a printer-bookseller from Haute-Marne. Its catalog is eclectic. In 1785, the University of Paris chose its titles to reward students. During the revolutionary period, François published the French Constitution decreed by the National Constituent Assembly and accepted by the King (1792). He was arrested in April 1794 for a subversive act, but was released shortly after the arrest of Robespierre. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SCOR SE
SCOR SE is a France, French tier 1 reinsurance company providing Property and Casualty (P&C) and Life reinsurance. It is one of the leading reinsurers in the world. Created in 1970 with the backing of the French government, its original name was ''Société Commerciale de Réassurance'', hence "SCOR". The SE acronym indicates that the company is a ''Societas Europaea'' (European company). In 2007, it became the first French listed company to use the SE acronym in its name. History SCOR SE was founded in 1970 in Paris, France. SCOR today is the world's fourth largest reinsurer and has a presence in 160 countries worldwide with more than 3,000 employees. In 1996, SCOR acquired the reinsurance business of Allstate. In 2002, Denis Kessler was named the chairman and CEO after a near collapse of the company. Kessler was brought on board in order to restore the reinsurer's financial performance. Kessler made a number of acquisitions throughout his tenure. These include ReMark, Revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Yves Mollier
Jean-Yves Mollier (born 5 November 1947) is a French contemporary history teacher. Biography Mollier is teacher at the Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University. He is specialized in the history of publishing. He has dedicated his doctoral thesis in French literature at ''Noël Parfait'' (1978) and his PhD in History (PhD in Humanities) to "political and cultural history at the heart of the French nineteenth-century" (1986). He managed the ''Centre d'histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines'' (Center of contemporary societies Cultural History) from 1998 to 2005, and the Graduate School "Cultures, Organizations, laws" from 2005 to 2007. He is vice-president of the ''Association pour le Développement de l’Histoire Culturelle et de la Société des Études romantiques'' (Association for the Development of Cultural History and Society of Romantic Studies). Bibliography * ''Dans les bagnes de Napoléon III'' (In the prisons of Napoleon III), Paris, Presses uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presses Universitaires De France
Presses universitaires de France (PUF; ), founded in 1921 by Paul Angoulvent (1899–1976), is a French publishing house. Recent company history The financial and legal structure of the Presses Universitaires de France was completely restructured in 2000, when the original cooperative A cooperative (also known as co-operative, coöperative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomy, autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned a ... structure was abandoned. Companies that then took stakes in PUF included Flammarion Publishing (17% in 2000, 18% currently) and insurer Maaf Assurances (9%, 8% currently). In 2006, another insurance giant Garantie Mutuelle des Fonctionnaires (GMF) injected capital into the PUF, taking a 16.4% stake in the publisher. ''Que sais-je?'' The paperback series '' Que sais-je?'' ("What do I know?", a quotation from Montaigne) was created by Paul An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belin Frere
Belin may refer to: People *Belinus, called "the Great", a legendary 4th-century BC king of the Britons * Albert Belin, French bishop and writer * Augusto Belin, Argentinian writer and diplomat * Bruno Belin, Croatian footballer * Chuck Belin, American footballer * David W. Belin, American businessman *Édouard Belin, Swiss photographer * Fred de Belin, Australian rugby footballer * Jack de Belin, Australian rugby footballer * Jean-Baptiste Belin, French painter *René Belin (1898–1977), French trade unionist and politician *Rudolf Belin, Croatian footballer *Valérie Belin, French photographer Places * BelÃn, Rimavská Sobota District, village and municipality in the Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia *Belin-Béliet, a commune in the Gironde department, France * Belin, Covasna, a commune in Covasna County, Romania *Belin, Myanmar, a town in Mon State, Burma *Belin, Poland, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowe Miasto, Poland *Belin (river), a river in Tuva, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Constitution
The current Constitution of France was adopted on 4 October 1958. It is typically called the Constitution of the Fifth Republic , and it replaced the Constitution of the Fourth Republic of 1946 with the exception of the preamble per a 1971 decision of the Constitutional Council. The current Constitution regards the separation of church and state, democracy, social welfare, and indivisibility as core principles of the French state. Charles de Gaulle was the main driving force in introducing the new constitution and inaugurating the Fifth Republic, while the text was drafted by Michel Debré. Since then, the constitution has been amended twenty-five times, notably in 2008 and most recently in 2024. Provisions Preamble The preamble of the constitution recalls the '' Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen'' from 1789 and establishes France as a secular and democratic country, deriving its sovereignty from the people. Since 2005 it includes the ten articl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Constituent Assembly (France)
The National Constituent Assembly () was a constituent assembly in the Kingdom of France formed from the National Assembly (French Revolution), National Assembly on 9 July 1789 during the first stages of the French Revolution. It dissolved on 30 September 1791 and was succeeded by the Legislative Assembly (France), Legislative Assembly. Background Estates-General The Estates General of 1789, ''(Etats Généraux)'' made up of representatives of the three estates, which had not been convened since 1614, met on 5 May 1789. The Estates-General reached a deadlock in its deliberations by 6 May. The representatives of the Third Estate attempted to make the whole body more effective and so met separately from 11 May as the ''Communes''. On 12 June, the ''Communes'' invited the other Estates to join them: some members of the Estates of the realm#First Estate, First Estate did so the following day. On 17 June 1789, the ''Communes'' approved s:Motion of Abbé Sieyès, the motion made by Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robespierre
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (; ; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognised as one of the most influential and controversial figures of the French Revolution. Robespierre fervently campaigned for the voting rights of all men and their unimpeded admission to the National Guard. Additionally, he advocated the right to petition, the right to bear arms in self-defence, and the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade. A radical Jacobin leader, Robespierre was elected as a deputy to the National Convention in September 1792, and in July 1793, he was appointed a member of the Committee of Public Safety. Robespierre faced growing disillusionment due in part to the politically motivated violence associated with him. Increasingly, members of the Convention turned against him, and accusations came to a head on 9 Thermidor. Robespierre was arrested and with around 90 others, he was executed without trial. A figure deeply ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sézanne
Sézanne () is a commune in the Marne department and Grand Est region in north-eastern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Sézannais''. Population Notable people * Leonie Aviat, Saint * Floresca Guépin (1813–1889), feminist, teacher, school founder * Raymond Marcellin, Politician See also *Communes of the Marne department The following is a list of the 610 communes in the French department of Marne. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Marne (department) {{Épernay-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couverture Bussard , also spelled couverture, a doctrine in common law relating to a wife's legal status
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Couverture, the French word for "cover", may refer to: * Couverture chocolate, a high-quality grade of chocolate * Couverture maladie universelle, a French public health programme * Coverture Coverture was a legal doctrine in English common law under which a married woman's legal existence was considered to be merged with that of her husband. Upon marriage, she had no independent legal existence of her own, in keeping with society's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Monde
(; ) is a mass media in France, French daily afternoon list of newspapers in France, newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average print circulation, circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including 40,000 sold abroad. It has been available online since 1995, and it is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It should not be confused with the monthly publication ', of which has 51% ownership but is editorially independent. is considered one of the French newspapers of record, along with ''Libération'' and . A Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Reuters Institute poll in 2021 found that is the most trusted French newspaper. The paper's journalistic side has a collegial form of organization, in which most journalists are tenured, unionized, and financial stakeholders in the business. While shareholders appoint the company's CEO, the editor is elected by ''Le Monde''s journali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livres Hebdo
Livre may refer to: Currency * French livre, one of a number of obsolete units of currency of France * Livre tournois, one particular obsolete unit of currency of France * Livre parisis, another particular obsolete unit of currency of France * French colonial livre, an obsolete unit of currency used in some French colonies * Haitian livre, an obsolete currency of Haiti * Luxembourg livre, an obsolete currency of Luxembourg * New France livre, an obsolete currency of New France * Saint Lucia livre, an obsolete currency of Saint Lucia * Jersey livre, an obsolete currency of the island of Jersey * Guadeloupe livre, an obsolete currency of Guadeloupe * Lebanese pound (), the currency of Lebanon * Syrian pound, the currency of Syria, formerly with the French name Other uses * LIVRE, a Portuguese politically green and liberal socialist political party * One of a number of units of mass; see: pound (mass) * One of a number of units of currency; see: pound (currency) * A rating of the Bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Publishing Companies Of France
Publishing is the activities of making information, literature, music, software, and other content, physical or digital, available to the public for sale or free of charge. Traditionally, the term publishing refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, comic books, newspapers, and magazines to the public. With the advent of digital information systems, the scope has expanded to include digital publishing such as e-books, digital magazines, websites, social media, music, and video game publishing. The commercial publishing industry ranges from large multinational conglomerates such as News Corp, Pearson, Penguin Random House, and Thomson Reuters to major retail brands and thousands of small independent publishers. It has various divisions such as trade/retail publishing of fiction and non-fiction, educational publishing, and academic and scientific publishing. Publishing is also undertaken by governments, civil society, and private companies for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
