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The spoked-wheel fields of Montady are the result of a 13th-century project to transform a disease-ridden swamp into productive farmland: 400 hectares divided into 80 slices by 120 kilometres of drainage ditches. #Frhistory
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The extraordinary field system of Montady — www.colinduncantaylor.com
THE EXTRAORDINARY FIELD SYSTEM OF MONTADY / The spoked-wheel fields of Montady are the result of a 13th-century project to transform a disease-ridden swamp into productive farmland: 400 hectares divid...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:13 AM
frenchhistory.bsky.social
Read the reviews, and read this important book.

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willpooley.bsky.social will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 2d
Brilliant round table online ahead of print from @frenchhistory.bsky.social on “Colonisations: notre histoire”, a history in reverse of France and empire, written by 268 contributors (!!!)

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To summarize, the landscape of academia, just like the rest of the global political economy, is marked by a huge fracture engendered by colonialism that continues to operate as well as mutate. This book observes it and attempts to address it, but it is not in itself sufficient repair. We hope that it will act as a preliminary point d'étape in what remains an incomplete process of trying to produce a genuinely global form of knowledge that can help us navigate our shared, divided, burning world.
January 15, 2026 at 8:02 AM
jenwhy.bsky.social
In 1803 Napoleon sold off an enormous amount of land (mostly lived on by first peoples rather than by the French or Spanish), doubling the size of the USA. Counter-intuitively, this was partly because the French had just lost Haiti. Interesting podcast #FRhistory www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Short History Of... - The Louisiana Purchase - BBC Sounds
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased 820,000 square miles of land from Napoleon.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
colinduncantaylor.bsky.social
Today, Marianne is the symbol of the French republic, but she was not a real person. Like Eleanor Rigby or Maggie May, she was dreamt up for a song. www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/mariann... #FrHistory
Marianne, symbol of the French republic
​A few weeks ago, my local town opened a museum dedicated to the symbol of the French Republic. This reminded me that Marianne was born here in Puylaurens, a hilltop town in Occitanie.   Today in...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
colinduncantaylor.bsky.social
One of the few surviving examples of a traditional dessert from the south of France is the mesturet (locals pronounce all the letters). Why did other Occitan pastries disappear, such as the rauzel, the feuilleté or the autrichien? #Frhistory #cooking www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/discove...
Discover and make mesturets – an elusive dessert from the south of France
One of the few surviving examples of a traditional dessert from the south of France is the mesturet (locals pronounce all the letters). It originated in the department of the Tarn, but its principal.....
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December 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
historian1661.bsky.social
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Early modern France and Austria as baroque states
The paper is a comparison of the political systems of early modern France and the Habsburg empire, especially as it pertains to representative institutions. Like France, the Habsburg state possessed i...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:24 PM
jenwhy.bsky.social
One of those trick questions for #Frhistory nerds to present to their students: 'Where was Anne d'Autriche from? (along with 'Who ruled France between Napoleon I and Napoleon III?') Find out in this enjoyable biography in a series of five mini #Frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Anne d’Autriche, comment la mère de Louis XIV est-elle devenue régente absolue ? : un podcast à écouter en ligne | France Inter
Quelle est la place d'Anne d'Autriche dans notre mémoire collective ? Avec Joël Cornette, cette série raconte la vie de cette jeune Espagnole timide et maltraitée qui va se métamorphoser en véritable ...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
jenwhy.bsky.social
Interesting podcast on the experiences of two Tahitian travelers to Enlightenment Europe in the 18thC, Ahutoru in France and Mai in England (& some discussion of Loti's later Tahitian novel) with Antoine Lilti, on his new book. #Frenchpodcast #FrHistory
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
jenwhy.bsky.social
Sad to be missing the Louvre exhibition on Jacques-Louis David (died 1825). Here's a #frenchpodcast on him moving from avid Republican to Bonaparte-enthusiast, and painting all his figures naked even when he was going to put clothes on them later. #FRhistory shows.acast.com/storiavoce/e...
Qui était David, empereur des peintres ? avec David Chanteranne | Storiavoce
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November 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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asmcf.bsky.social asmcf.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social · Nov 19
We are delighted to share details of the 16th Douglas Johnson Memorial Lecture, organised by @frenchhistory.bsky.social & @asmcf.bsky.social to be held on Monday 12th January 2026, at the Institut Français, London.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
colinduncantaylor.bsky.social
In English, isatis tinctoria is commonly known as woad. In Toulouse it was pastel. Extracting the blue dye from these green leaves was a long and complicated process, but it generated enormous wealth for south-west France during the Renaissance. #FrHistory www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/the-sec...
The secret of pastel, or how to turn a green plant into blue and gold
Between 1460 and 1560, the merchants of Toulouse became extraordinarily rich thanks to a plant called isatis tinctoria. In the city, they built magnificent mansions, and in the surrounding...
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November 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
jenwhy.bsky.social
The 100 years war presented as a '200 years' war, and a key period in the formation of the French nation, in this pod on the book by @michaellivingston.com. Not the 'boys' own adventure' approach to Agincourt. #FRhistory podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/2...
200 Years' War - Michael Livingston
Podcast Episode · Gone Medieval · 07/11/2025 · 51m
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November 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
jenwhy.bsky.social
François 1er thought he could take on the Emperor Charles V - it all went pear-shaped at the battle of Pavia and the King of France was a prisoner in Spain until he swapped places with his young sons (the future Henri II among them). All in this podcast. #FRHistory podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/k...
King vs. Emperor: The Battle of Pavia, 1525
Podcast Episode · Not Just the Tudors · 03/11/2025 · 55m
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November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
lafayettepodcast.com
New episode! Napoléon III: France’s Last Monarch. Join us as we explore the life of the most famous nephew in history, from his beginnings as an imperial prince to his downfall at the hands of Bismarck, and his ill-fated adventures in Mexico. #podcast #history #FRhistory
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Napoléon III. France's Last Monarch
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
colinduncantaylor.bsky.social
Raimon de Miraval was a troubadour who truly lived his art. This poor knight fell hopelessly in love with the wives of the two brothers who owned the bigger château next door, and in his old age, he tried to save the Cathars from the Crusaders. www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/raimon-... #Frhistory
Raimon de Miraval – the trials and tribulations of a 12th century troubadour
A castle mound surrounded by wooded mountain slopes. Forlorn sections of crumbling fortifications. A plaque informing any visitor who can read Occitan that the troubadour Raimon de Miraval was born...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
jenwhy.bsky.social
This #frenchpodcast filled in a lot that I didn't know about Saint-Simon, proto-socialist thinker of the post-revolutionary period, who believed in work and private entreprise and managed to make, and lose, a fortune. #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Pourquoi lire Saint-Simon aujourd'hui ? : épisode du podcast Saint-Simon (1760-1825), dans l'atelier d'un visionnaire
AUDIO • Saint-Simon (1760-1825), dans l'atelier d'un visionnaire, épisode : Pourquoi lire Saint-Simon aujourd'hui ? . Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Avec philosophie, et décou...
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October 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
colinduncantaylor.bsky.social
In 1910, Armand Viguier built a pedal-powered aeroplane in his village church. When war broke out in 1914, he served successively as cavalryman, bomber pilot and fighter pilot. Learn more about his extraordinary career. #Frhistory #aviation www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/astonis...
Astonishing tales from the earliest days of French aviation
​Péchaudier in the south of France is blessed with a pretty little church. For no obvious reason, it stands alone in open fields a kilometre outside its village. Viewed against the backdrop of the...
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October 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
colinduncantaylor.bsky.social
If you travel through the gorgeous countryside of the south of France with your eyes open, you will soon spot plenty of pigeonniers, or dovecotes. But you can also find some fine examples in the urban landscape of Toulouse. #FrHistory #Toulouse #pigeonniers www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/pigeonn...
Pigeonniers in the urban landscape of Toulouse
If you travel through the gorgeous countryside of Occitanie with your eyes open, you will soon spot plenty of pigeonniers , or dovecotes. There are 6,000 of them, and they are just as much a part of.....
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October 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
jenwhy.bsky.social
Le Puy du Fou, the French historical (re?)enactment entertainment park that is aiming to open a new branch near Oxford, has a somewhat divisive background in reactionary French politics. A very topical #frenchpodcast. #Frhistory www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Le Puy du Fou : visiter et revisiter l’Histoire
Aujourd’hui dans Affaires Sensibles, le Puy-du-Fou : visiter et revisiter l’Histoire
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October 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
jenwhy.bsky.social
Research on the wedding night in 19thC France took Aïcha Limbada to the Vatican archives to look at cases for divorce (other sources include publications by well-meaning doctors and... George Sand). #Frenchpodcast #Frhistory shows.acast.com/storiavoce/e...
La nuit de noces au XIXᵉ siècle, avec Aïcha Limbada | Storiavoce
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October 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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rmesch.bsky.social Rachel Mesch @rmesch.bsky.social · Sep 30
Please join us on Friday to hear @hannahfrydman.bsky.social speak with Raisa Rexer about her brilliant new book, Between the Sheets: Sexuality, Classified Advertising, and the Moral Threat to Press Freedom in France!!! 🔥🔥🔥
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September 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
willpooley.bsky.social
“Without the ideas+perspective of ECRs… there will be no new generation of scholars to take up ideas and push them in new directions”

@wadehistory.bsky.social on “What can be done?” for the French History Network’s ECR in 2025 series

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Let me be blunt: senior colleagues, institutions and organisations need to act in accordance with the mentality that French history in Britain is on the verge of extinction, because it is. Based on the nature of the job market today, the majority of ECRs in French history are, realistically, looking for permanent positions in European (or possibly global) history or in a particular subdiscipline of history (e.g. political history, economic history, social history, and so on). This puts them in fierce competition with historians studying other countries, all of whom face the same challenges. If ECRs in French history do not manage to secure permanent positions, the entire French history community will suffer: without the ideas and perspective of ECRs, senior scholars will only be able to have conversations with each other, and there will be no new generation of scholars to take up their ideas and push them in new directions. Put another way, senior scholars who do not wish to see their books merely gathering dust in libraries twenty years from now need to be doing whatever they can to support ECRs on the job market.
September 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
sthosdkane.bsky.social
This week I wrote about Thevet’s claim that wine is necessary for human life and the role of alcohol in culture & ritual. #earlymodern #winehistory #frhistory wednesdayblog.org/2025/09/24/o...
On Drink
This week, bringing together my research and my life through wine.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
laprofmme.bsky.social
Part 2 is as essential reading as Part 1. In re the point raised about preparation for non-academic careers, the @thewsfh.bsky.social Bridges Project, which aims to support students, advisors, and academics at any stage in precisely this with resources & networking #FRHistory 🗃️
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
willpooley.bsky.social
Treat ECRs like people, prepare ECRs in our fields for other careers, only supervise students if you can really commit. It’s sad this stuff still needs saying.

2nd anon post in ECR in 2025 series on the French History Network asks “What can be done?”

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frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6693/
ECR in 2025: Part Two- What can be done? – SSFH
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September 24, 2025 at 7:33 AM