This important book about life in Paris in the Middle Ages is written in the best tradition of the Annales -School.

Le Bourgeois de Paris au Moyen Âge
Jean Favier
Series: Texto
Tallandier 2015
ISBN : 9791021008472

ABSTRACT:

This is the latest work by  one of the greatest historians of the twentieth century. The Burghers of Paris in the Middle Ages tells the story  of traders, shopkeepers, artisans, financiers, doctors, employees of the royal administration, lawyers, clerics – who, together with the king, made Paris the first city in Europe.

From the pen of Jean Favier we get picturesque details and anecdotes, which punctuate the narrative of the daily life in a city, which had no parallel in France in the Middle Ages. The medieval history of the Paris comes alive here. The book has been published posthumously.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Jean Favier (2 April 1932 – 12 August 2014) was a French historian, who specialized in Medieval history. From 1975 to 1994, he was director of the French National Archives. From 1994 to 1997, he was president of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. He was a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres since 1985