Mourir à Paris (XVIe-XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles) - article ; n°1 ; vol.31, pg 29-50

Annales. Économies, Sociétés, Civilisations - Année 1976 - Volume 31 - Numéro 1 - Pages 29-50
This article outlines a research project currently being directed by the author on the attitudes of the inhabitants of Paris towards death in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Three principal sources: post-mortem inventories, images volantes, wills contained in the Central Records of the Parisian Notaries (Minutier Central des Notaires parisiens). Ten thousand wills (out of nearly 450,000 preserved) were used. The study confirms the conclusions of Michel Vovelle for Provence and the analysis of Philippe Aries. In Paris, the reaction is more rapid than in Provence. Especially noteworthy are the abbreviated formulations of the Mérites du Christ in the invocation to the will (dominant from the end of the 16th to the beginning of the 18th century) and the importance of the Church's deductions on inheritances, around 10% for the middle of the 18th century, at the height of the Catholic Reformation.
22 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.