Notre-Dame : the soul of France
Poirier, Agnès Catherine2020
Book
The profound emotion felt around the world upon seeing images of Notre-Dame in flames opens up a series of questions: Why was everyone so deeply moved? Why does Notre-Dame so clearly crystallise what our civilisation is about? What makes 'Our Lady of Paris' the soul of a nation and a symbol of human achievement? What is it that speaks so directly to us today? In answer, Agnès Poirier turns to the defining moments in Notre-Dame's history. Beginning with the laying of the corner stone in 1163, she recounts the conversion of Henri IV to Catholicism, the coronation of Napoleon, Victor Hugo's 19th-century campaign to preserve the cathedral, Baron Haussmann's clearing of the streets in front of it, the Liberation in 1944, the 1950s film of 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame', and the state funeral of Charles de Gaulle, before returning to the present.
Main title:
Notre-Dame : the soul of France / Agnès Poirier.
Author:
Poirier, Agnès Catherine, author
Imprint:
London : Oneworld, 2020.
Collation:
240 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781786077998 (hbk)
Dewey class:
726.60944361726.609443
Language:
English
BRN:
2946619