Au récit de la maladie et de la mort de ce grand homme. L’art de mourir, d’après une étude comparée des récits de la mort de Michel de Marillac et de celle de François Sublet de Noyers
This article is devoted to the study of the chapter on the death of Michel de Marillac, in parallel with the other narrative of death of François Sublet de Noyers, a figure of secular devotion in the first seventeenth century, which was found in a private fund of archives in the Departmental Archiv...
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| Language: | fra |
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Groupe de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur l'Histoire du Littéraire
2011-11-01
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| Series: | Les Dossiers du GRIHL |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/dossiersgrihl/4710 |
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| Summary: | This article is devoted to the study of the chapter on the death of Michel de Marillac, in parallel with the other narrative of death of François Sublet de Noyers, a figure of secular devotion in the first seventeenth century, which was found in a private fund of archives in the Departmental Archives of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It seemed interesting to read both texts together, not only one compared to the other, but also in relation to other narratives of death in the same period. In the differences and silences, takes shape in a hollow a (sometimes subversive) image of the devout, who is considered in his lifetime almost as a saint due to his faith, and because of it; and this image allows him to dispense with the standards of his social condition – especially through the political disgrace experienced as a liberation. Are these figures exceptions or models of devotion? A fringe of pious devotees, but also secular clergy (including parish priests, in Paris but also in the country, and also often the nuns of the convent from the Counter-Reformation as the Carmelites), told or narrated these deaths, especially in their correspondences, and made them objects of admiration and even reverence. At the crossroads of social, political and religious aspirations, the story of the death of Michel de Marillac like the death of François Sublet de Noyers, is a reflection of cultural circulation of devout spirituality models in the time of the Counter-Reformation. |
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| ISSN: | 1958-9247 |