A story along the water: Paris and its environment, 16th-18th century.
Ehess| N° d'inventaire | 31206 |
| Format | 14 x 21.5 |
| Détails | 290 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2024 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782713233838 |
Today highly urbanized, the Paris region has long been renowned for its forests and waterways: the Seine, the Oise, the Orge, the Essonne, the Marne, the Bièvre, the Yvette, the Juine... On their banks, mills, tanneries, laundries and manufacturing activities have been deployed since the end of the Middle Ages. But the diversity of users, with sometimes opposing interests, gives rise to competition and conflicts for this precious resource: water.
From the 16th to the 18th century, in Paris and the Île-de-France region, water management was a major issue, overseen by the great lords, the Water and Forestry Administration, and the provostship of merchants. Raphaël Morera traces the modalities of this regulation and the resulting power relations over nearly three centuries. Through contracts, disputes, and court decisions, he paints a portrait of a world organized around water, in symbiosis with the natural environment and constantly adapting: a history of the rivers of the Île-de-France region that sounds like a call to rethink our current relationship with the environment.
Today highly urbanized, the Paris region has long been renowned for its forests and waterways: the Seine, the Oise, the Orge, the Essonne, the Marne, the Bièvre, the Yvette, the Juine... On their banks, mills, tanneries, laundries and manufacturing activities have been deployed since the end of the Middle Ages. But the diversity of users, with sometimes opposing interests, gives rise to competition and conflicts for this precious resource: water.
From the 16th to the 18th century, in Paris and the Île-de-France region, water management was a major issue, overseen by the great lords, the Water and Forestry Administration, and the provostship of merchants. Raphaël Morera traces the modalities of this regulation and the resulting power relations over nearly three centuries. Through contracts, disputes, and court decisions, he paints a portrait of a world organized around water, in symbiosis with the natural environment and constantly adapting: a history of the rivers of the Île-de-France region that sounds like a call to rethink our current relationship with the environment.