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• 25 jan 2018

  Neuchâtel

  Call for papers - History

  The Business of Faith

  Economic reform and social change in the age of reformation

  En critiquant le monopole exercé par Rome dans l'administration des biens du salut ainsi que leur marchandisation, les mouvements réformateurs ébranlent toute l’économie traditionnelle de la foi. Sur le plan théologique, l’économie du salut passe du modèle de l’achat (rachat de la faute) à celui du don gratuit (effacement gracieux de la dette). Sur le plan pécuniaire, la gestion vénale de la fortune terrestre de l’Église est dénoncée. Mais les réformateurs s'emparent aussi d’autres questions, renouvelant les discours sur la dette, le prêt à intérêt, la charité publique, etc. Reste à savoir si la refonte de l’économie de la foi opérée par la Réforme a vraiment donné lieu à l’émergence de nouvelles pratiques, éthiques et conduites économiques.

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• 07 mai 2013	14 mai 2013	18 mai 2013
  21 mai 2013	28 mai 2013

  Neuchâtel

  Lecture series - History

  Manufacturers and merchants : making and exporting clocks and other luxury goods in the 18th century

  Roger Smith is an independent historian who was educated at the University of London. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2006. He is chiefly interested in the organisation of the manufacture and sale of clocks, watches and related luxury articles in the eighteenth century, including international aspects like the migration of craftsmen. He has done much research into the Anglo-Swiss watchmaking firm of Vulliamy of London, and is currently working on a major study of James Cox and his competitors in the trade in clocks and watches from Western Europe to Asia. As well as publishing extensively on such topics, he has acted as historical adviser to museums and auction houses, including the loan exhibition SingSong, Treasures from the Forbidden City at the Museum Speelklok, Utrecht in 2010-11.

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