FERRER-BARTOMEU Jérémie

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FERRER-BARTOMEU Jérémie

Faculté de Philosophie et lettres
Département des sciences historiques
Histoire du Moyen Age tardif et de la Renaissance

ULiège address
Bât. A4 Histoire du Moyen Age tardif et de la Renaissance
quai Roosevelt 1b
4000 Liège
Belgique
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Personal website (s)
Carnet de recherches (personnel)
Personal website (s)
La République européenne des bureaux. Écrits, pouvoirs et représentations de la modernité en Europe
Personal website (s)
Anthropologie politique et religieuse de la parole à l'époque moderne
Twitter Link
https://twitter.com/mrpdhistoires/

University degrees
2017: Doctorat d'histoire moderne (École nationale des chartes (Paris)
2011: Diplôme (École normale supérieure de la rue d'Ulm)
2011: Master d'histoire de la Renaissance (Sorbonne-Université)

Biography

My research focuses on the cultural history of the State and its administrations, the offices of writing during civil wars, and the history of law and institutions during the Renaissance. I am particularly intrigued by the politization agents, namely the secretaries of early modernity, who represented a progressively administrative society that was relatively homogeneous and constituted the vanguard of the political society. These administrators, alongside their counterparts from both allied and adversarial powers, formed an early European republic of offices.

In my book, L¿État à la lettre. Écrit politique et société administrative en France au temps des guerres de religion (vers 1560 - vers 1620) [2022, Champ Vallon], I delve into the establishment, within the immediate vicinity of the sovereign, of specialized offices adept in the handling, dissemination, and reception of political information. These offices, staffed by relatively new figures in the courtly systems, were agents of politization and were embroiled in factional struggles among opposing camps in France and Europe during the confessional conflicts of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Their daily operations not only reshaped the exercise of power but also crafted a novel political theory, underpinning the administrative monarchy that truly surfaced during the second modernity.

Thus, examining the interplay between the State's use of writing and writing's influence on the State is not merely a rhetorical shift but is also essential to understanding the overarching dynamics during the Wars of Religion. A period marked by chaos and upheaval, it was also one of the most institutionally and politically rich eras in both practice and political theory.

I am currently dedicated to tracing the narratives that the administration constructs about itself, its operations, and its stance within institutional configurations.

These inquiries are part of a comprehensive project, supported by F.R.S.-FNRS: "Materializing and Projecting Power. The visual representations of administrators and their writing practices (France, Spanish Netherlands, c. 1540-c. 1650)".

Beyond this primary project, I align my research with two other international groups: one devoted to the political and religious anthropology of speech during the modern era (Uni. Luxembourg, Uni. Geneva, ULiège); the other focused on the history and anthropology of the State (F.R.S.-FNRS contact group).

Research field

  • Histoire des temps modernes
  • Histoire politique
  • Institutions internes des états
  • Iconographie
  • Paléographie - archivistique
  • Anthropologie de la communication
  • Sociologie politique

Duties or mandates

  • Représentant élu de la Faculté de Philosophie & Lettres au Conseil du Corps Scientifique (CCS) de l'Université de Liège
  • Membre du conseil scientifique de l'UR Transitions
  • Secrétaire du groupe de contact F.R.S.-FNRS « Histoire et Anthropologie de l'État », avec Manuel Cervera-Marzal (FNRS/ULiège)
  • Membre du comité de pilotage du groupe de contact F.R.S.-FNRS « ModerNum. Réseau des modernistes francophones de Belgique »
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