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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kuperty-Tsur, Nadine

Titel

Noises and News in the Pierre de L’Estoile’s Journal

Ist Teil von

• Parlement[s], histoire et politique, 2017-01, Vol.1 (25), p.141

Ort / Verlag

Paris: CAIRN

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The history of the French Religious Wars (1561-1598) is full of rumours and false news reflecting the people’s anxiety in times of troubles and bloodsheds. Though the rumour’s sources are difficult to trace, their reception however shows a growing ability to take a critical stand towards them. The naïve belief turns into critical thinking and leads to a systematic inquiry about the information’s credibility. This new intellectual ability inherited from the Humanism is at work in the recent edition of Pierre de L’Estoile, Journal of Henry the IVth’s reign (1592-1594). L’Estoile’s list of rumours runs from false news of the king’s capture, of sudden death, echoes from the international scene’s rumours such as the Ottoman threat, to stories on rumours and defamation “ad hominem”. This list goes along with the denunciation of the manipulations standing behind them and fights the League’s propaganda which took hold of Paris. The demand for a critical evaluation of the information’s truth shows the humanist background of the Parisian Parliamentarian as well as his sharp political awareness and his strong refusal of the League’s enterprise at which he often mocks. The Journal witnesses the birth of public opinion within the Parisian’s public space, a new social phenomenon described by Habermas, linked to the political consciousness of a certain part of the population during the religious wars. When King Henry IV victoriously enters Paris, the people, tried by the war, do not hide their joy at the return of the king and the promise of peace it represents.