Title & Author:

Creating French culture : treasures from the Bibliothèque nationale de France / introduction by Emmanuel LeRoy Ladurie ; edited by Marie-Hélène Tesnière and Prosser Gifford.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press ; Washington : Library of Congress ; Paris : Bibliothèque nationale de France, [1995]

Description:

xxxix, 479 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm

Notes:
Online version of the exhibition available on the Library of Congress Exhibitions Web site.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Images of power and culture in the Carolingian and monastic periods : from the eighth to the twelfth century / John J. Contreni -- Medieval collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France : from the eighth to the fifteenth century / Marie-Hélène Tesnière -- The religion of royalty : from Saint Louis to Henry IV (1226-1589) / Elizabeth A.R. Brown -- The first libraries : Blois, Fontainebleau, Paris / Antoine Coron -- "It's for the king" : sacred and absolute monarchy (1600-1789) / Orest Ranum -- The grand siècle to the French Revolution (1661-1799) / Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie -- From the French Revolution to the present / Peter Gay -- National collections and private donors / Florence Callu.
Published in association with the Library of Congress, Washington and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.

Summary:

"This book explores the changing relationship between power and culture in France as seen in the history of its national library."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0300062834 (alk. paper)
9780300062830 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Bibliothèque nationale (France) Exhibitions.
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bibliotheque nationale (France) Exhibitions.
Bibliothèque nationale (France)
Paris / Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
Rare books France Paris Bibliography Exhibitions.
Manuscripts France Paris Exhibitions.
Rare books.
Civilization history
Rare Books
Livres rares France Paris Livres Expositions.
Livres rares.
Rare books Exhibitions. France Paris.
Manuscripts Exhibitions. France Paris.
Manuscritos Exposiciones
Libros raros Exposiciones
Civilization
Manuscripts
Zimelie
Kultur
Handschriften.
Boeken.
Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
France Civilization Exhibitions.
France Civilisation Expositions.
France
France Paris
Frankreich
Washington <DC, 1993>
Culture.

Form/genre:

Government publications United States.
Exhibition.
Exhibition catalogues
exhibition catalogs.
Bibliographies
Exhibition catalogs
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Tesnière, Marie-Hélène, editor.
Gifford, Prosser, editor.
Le Roy Ladurie, Emmanuel, writer of introduction.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 115780
Call No.: ID Z798.P22 C7; ID:96-B289
Status: Available