Open AccessBals masqués et costumés au xixe siècle : pourquoi, et comment, en faire l’histoire ?
Author(s) -
Corinne Legoy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
didactica historica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2297-7465
DOI - 10.33055/didacticahistorica.2018.004.01.35
Subject(s) - silence , humanities , field (mathematics) , art , history , ethnology , sociology , aesthetics , mathematics , pure mathematics
The entire 19th century was filled with masked and costume balls. Countless sources attest to these celebrations, private or public, official or oppositional, aristocratic or popular. In view of this, the silence of historians is striking; they have largely ignored this field of festive masquerading. Our contribution proposes to explore the reasons that compel us – as historians but also as teachers and citizens – to break this silence.