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Belon, Palissy, Ronsard and the War for the Forests of France
Broomhall, Susan
Broomhall, Susan
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[Extract] Well beyond their role as a basic resource for fuel, housing, and shipbuilding, early modern French forests provided pasture for livestock during the year and supplied food provisions of their own with the fauna that inhabited them. Forests supported a diverse range of occupations that were dependent upon their resources and were also sources of pleasure, not least the game hunting enjoyed by the aristocratic elite. Scholars have recognized the enormous range of forests’ impact and influence in early modern French economic and social culture.¹ The relationship between forests and contemporary religious experiences has perhaps seen less study to date...
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2021
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Literature, emotions, and pre-modern war : Conflict in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
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179-198
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Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
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