Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Europäische Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit

Inès Saugné, M.A.

Name
Inès Saugné M.A.
Status
Doktorand/in
E-Mail
saugnein (at) hu-berlin.de
Supervisor
Prof. Dr. Matthias Pohlig (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Second supervisor
Prof. Julien Goeury (Sorbonne Université, Paris)
Funding
Elsa-Neumann scholarship

DISSERTATIONSVORHABEN

The Reception of German Historians in France in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Translation, Circulation and Use

This thesis project proposes to locate, situate, and characterize the historiographical works of German historians of the sixteenth century on the basis of their French translations published during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. It aims to evaluate the presence and influence of the writings, ideas, political and religious themes favoured by German historiography in early modern France.

This dissertation focuses on the study of a corpus composed of French translations of works by Laurentius Surius, Johannes Sleidanus, Johannes Carion, Philipp Melanchthon/Caspar Peucer, Philipp Camerarius and Johannes Boemus, covering genres such as universal history, chronicles, commentary and cosmography (other, more occasional translations in shorter formats such as political statements will also be considered in the study, but outside the main corpus). Particular attention is paid to the analysis of paratexts and the revision work carried out by the translators, considering the impact of their confessional identity on the translation process. The study also examines the networks of printers active in France who made the diffusion and circulation of these translated editions possible. Finally, the dissertation concludes with an analysis of how French historians made use of these translations and the precise historiographical functions attributed to them.

 

CIERA Junior-Colloquium 2025

The CIERA Junior Colloquium 2025, titled "Des imprimés en mouvement: Réception et circulation du livre entre les espaces francophones et germanophones à l’époque moderne", will take place on October 16–17, 2025, at the Department of History (Friedrichstraße 191, Room 5028) (more).