Les Bourgeois Gentilshommes: An Essay on the Definition of Elites in Renaissance France

Politics & Social Sciences

Huppert, George

Social Sciences

Univ of Chicago Pr

The Idea of Perfect History. Historical Erudition and Historical Philosophy in Renaissance France

History

Europe

University of Illinois Press

After discovering the autobiography of the Austrian communist and writer Hugo Huppert (1902–1982), historian George Huppert became absorbed in the life and work of this man, a Jew, perhaps a relative, who was born a few months after George’s father and grew up just miles away. Hugo seemed to embody a distinctly central European experience of his time, of people trapped between Hitler and Stalin. Using the unvarnished account found in Hugo’s notebooks, George Huppert takes the reader on a tour of the writer’s life from his provincial youth to his education and radicalization in Vienna; to Moscow where he meets Mayakovski and where he is imprisoned during Stalin’s purges; through the difficult war years and return to Vienna; to his further struggles with the communist party and his blossoming as a writer in the 1950s. Through all the twists and turns of this story, George remains a faithful presence, guiding the way and placing Hugo’s remarkable life in context. Comrade Huppert is a story of displacement and exile, the price of party loyalty, and the toll of war and terror on the mind of this emblematic figure.

Comrade Huppert: A Poet in Stalin's World

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Indiana University Press

A work of genuine social history, this book leads the reader, as concretely as possible, into the real v illages and cities of European society. It begins with a des cription of family and community structure, social conflict and religious beliefs. '

After the Black Death: A Social History of Early Modern Europe (Interdisciplinary Studies in History)

Praise for the first edition:
"To give a sense of immediacy and vividness to the long period in such a short space is a major achievement." ―History
"Huppert's book is a little masterpiece every teacher should welcome." ―Renaissance Quarterly
A work of genuine social history, After the Black Death leads the reader into the real villages and cities of European society. For this second edition, George Huppert has added a new chapter on the incessant warfare of the age and thoroughly updated the bibliographical essay.

... impressive and challenging reevaluation of the sixteenth-century origins of the Enlightenment." ―Sixteenth Century JournalIn this book, George Huppert introduces the reader to a group of talented young men, some of them teenagers, who were the talk of the town in Renaissance Paris. They called themselves philosophes, they wrote poetry, they studied Greek and mathematics―and they entertained subversive notions concerning religion and politics. Classically trained, they wrote, nevertheless, in French, so as to reach the widest possible audience. These young radicals fostered a succession of disciples who expressed confidence in the eventual enlightenment of humankind and whose ideas would bear fruit two centuries later.

The Style of Paris: Renaissance Origins of the French Enlightenment

Praise for the first edition: "An eminently approachable text...To give a sense of immediacy and vividness to the long period in such a short space is a major achievement." - Thomas Munck, "History". "Huppert's book is a little masterpiece every teacher should welcome." - Arthur J. Slavin, "Renaissance Quarterly". "[T]his superb synthesis will surely stand out...[It is] beautifully written, soundly researched, and highly knowledgeable." - "Book Review". "...thoroughly engrossing ...an excellent introduction" - "Libraries and Culture". "Lively and clear enough for undergraduates; sophisticated and analytical enough for mature scholars." - Donald Weinstein, University of Arizona. A work of genuine social history, "After the Black Death" leads the reader, as concretely as possible, into the real villages and cities of European society. The book begins with a description of family and community structure, social conflict, and religious beliefs. Once the fundamental traits of both rural and urban society are noted, it considers the elites, armed rebellion, poverty, criminality, sexual behavior, and marriage practices. For this second edition, George Huppert has added a new chapter on the incessant warfare that was characteristic of this age and on its transformation by the new commercial capitalism. He has also thoroughly revised and updated the bibliographical essay. "Interdisciplinary Studies in History", Harvey J. Graff, General Editor.

Americas

Indiana Univ. Pr

"... impressive and challenging reevaluation of the sixteenth-century origins of the Enlightenment." —Sixteenth Century JournalIn this book, George Huppert introduces the reader to a group of talented young men, some of them teenagers, who were the talk of the town in Renaissance Paris. They called themselves Âphilosophes, they wrote poetry, they studied Greek and mathematics—and they entertained subversive notions concerning religion and politics. Classically trained, they wrote, nevertheless, in French, so as to reach the widest possible audience. These young radicals fostered a succession of disciples who expressed confidence in the eventual enlightenment of humankind and whose ideas would bear fruit two centuries later.

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Les Bourgeois Gentilshommes: An Essay on the Definition of Elites in Renaissance France

The Idea of Perfect History. Historical Erudition and Historical Philosophy in Renaissance France

Comrade Huppert: A Poet in Stalin's World

After the Black Death: A Social History of Early Modern Europe (Interdisciplinary Studies in History)

After the Black Death: A Social History of Early Modern Europe (Interdisciplinary Studies in History)

The Style of Paris: Renaissance Origins of the French Enlightenment

After the Black Death: A Social History of Early Modern Europe (Interdisciplinary Studies in History)

The Style of Paris: Renaissance Origins of the French Enlightenment