Pierre Bayle and the Republic of Letters
Résumé
We follow the composition of the Historical and Critical Dictionary of Pierre Bayle from his early notebooks to the Eclaircissements of the second edition. The elaboration of the Dictionary was made possible by a wide network of correspondents who provided the references and information required by Bayle. This network thus comes to represent the Republic of Letters, and the Dictionary the expression of the social construction of historical truth.
Mots clés
- Minutoli Vincent 1639-1709
- Basnage Jacques 1653-1723
- Janiçon François 1634-1705
- Pinsson des Riolles François
- Nicaise Claude 1623-1701
- Baluze Etienne 1630-1718
- Bonnet Bourdelot Pierre
- network
- Jurieu Pierre 1637-1713
- social fabrication of historical truth
- Bayle Pierre 1647-1706
- Republic of Letters
- Bayle Pierre 1647-1706 Dictionnaire historique et critique
