In the uncertain world of the Wars of Religion (1562-1598), survival was an art. How do you lie, disguise, escape, simulate or conceal your religious confession? How do you sneak up on, deceive or surprise your adversary? What, in short, are the tactics for holding your own in a suddenly hostile world, in which your neighbor can denounce you, the butcher can poison you, your accent can betray you, your son can slit your throat, your husband can lie, and the once-familiar street can become an ambush?
Montaigne writes: "For in matters of internal war, your valet may be of the party you fear. And when religion is used as a pretext, even kinship becomes unreliable". Civil war undermines what seemed best established.
The conference will shed light on the know-how and savoir-vivre of living with disorder at the time of the Wars of Religion, viewed through the prism of the condition of uncertainty.
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Montaigne writes: "For in matters of internal war, your valet may be of the party you fear. And when religion is used as a pretext, even kinship becomes unreliable". Civil war undermines what seemed best established.
The conference will shed light on the know-how and savoir-vivre of living with disorder at the time of the Wars of Religion, viewed through the prism of the condition of uncertainty.
Only in French
Free