L’homme propose et Dieu dispose : la perception du surnaturel dans le Journal d’un bourgeois de Paris (1405-1449)

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Supervisors

Bertrand, Paul

Faculty

Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres

Degree label

Master [60] en histoire

Abstract

enA medieval chronicle written during the first half of the 15th century, the Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris is a record of daily life in the largest city in the West at the height of the Hundred Years' War. Far from the pomp of the princely courts and the exaltation of the sovereign, its author recounts the events that bloodied France through the prism of those who suffered them. In the heart of Paris, in this uncertain era of deprivation and violence, the author scatters extraordinary events in his pages that he cannot explain. This study aims to analyse the author's perception of the supernatural by noting the various occurrences and classifying them according to their nature. This allows us to study his sensitivity to the marvellous to understand whether these were real extraordinary events for him or just literary figures of speech.