Sara Barker
This blog is a place to collect and share materials and ideas I come across in my teaching and research on France in the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
It is designed to be used by undergraduate students taking modules on early modern France, but it might also be of interest to postgraduates, people doing school projects, teachers, scholars and tutors.
One priority is to provide information about materials in English, but there will also be links to items in French.
My name is Sara Barker, and I'm a lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Leeds.
Categories used most frequently by the blogger:
Books and printing Professional Research Research trips Advice Books Libraries Media Sources Personal
Making the most of the reading room
26 August 2020
This post is part of a series I have written arising from my British Academy SRG, where I have been thinking about the processes and practicalities of doing research in rare books...
Sara’s essential reading room kit
26 August 2020
This is part of a series arising from my British Academy SRG project on pamphlet reprinting and copying during the French Wars of Religion. Working in a rare books room for...
Planning a research trip – before I go
25 August 2020
This post is part of a series about preparing for and undertaking research trips in rare books rooms and libraries which arises from a British Academy Small Research Grant I held between...
Working in rare books rooms – some (partly pre-pandemic) thoughts.
25 August 2020
The great joy of my research is that I have been able to work with rare books collections all over France and further afield. When I started my latest project on provincial reprinting...