Regions and Regionalism in Early Modern France

(panel session)

The Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America

Chicago, IL

3-5 April 2008

In the 15th and 16th centuries, many independent territories were annexed to the French realm. Yet, the political annexation of a territory did not necessary guarantee the automatic cultural and social assimilation of the people living there. An inevitable complication arose: how could one be both French and other at the same time? This panel will explore the relationships between regional and national identities in Early Modern France, and, specifically, how different authors negotiate between those

identities.

Areas of interest include (but are not limited to) geography/cartography, historiography, language, patronage, publication practices, and religion.

Papers on any aspect of this topic are welcome, as are papers with an interdisciplinary focus.

Please send a 150-word abstract, a short CV, and contact information to

Katherine Maynard via email at