Love, Death and Money in the Pays d'Oc

by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie

English, French (translation)

Genres: History

597 pages, Hardcover

Published January 17, 1982

About the author

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie was a French historian whose work is mainly focused upon Languedoc in the ancient regime, particularly the history of the peasantry.

Emmanuel Ladurie was professor at the Collège de France and, since 1973, chair, department of history of modern civilization. He has had a distinguished career, serving as Administrateur Général of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (1987-94); member of the Institute (Academy of Moral and Political Sciences); Agrégé of the University, Doctor of Letters; Commander of the Legion of Honor (1996); and has taught at the universities of Montpellier, the Sorbonne, and Paris VII. Dr. Ladurie is the author of many historical works, including Les Paysans de Languedoc (1966), Histoire du Climat depuis l'An Mil (second ed., 1983), Montaillou, village occitan (1975), Le Territoire, de l'Historien (2 vols., 1973, 1978), Le Carnaval de Romans, 1579-1580 (1980), L'Etat royal (1987), L'Ancien Regime (1991), Le Siècle de Platter (1995), and Saint-Simon, le systeme de la Cour (1997).

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thought this book would be a look at 18th century Languedocian social history through the lens of a contemporary novella (Fabre’s “Jean-l’on-pris”, written in 1753). There were a few elements of that, but the author dedicates most of the book to tracing the folkloric influences on the novella, making this piece more a comparative lit study than history. Extremely researched for what it is— Ladurie pursues potential sources with the zeal of biblical scholars look for the book of J— but very dense for anyone other than those truly interested in Occitan literature and European folklore symbolism.

[Saara]

Read only the English translation of Joan Batista Favre's "Istòria de Joan-l’an-pres," which is printed in this book. Funny!

[Brian Gowthorpe · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good piece of historical detective work but not as compelling as some of his other work.