TY - JOUR
TI - Prestige, tradition, power: Trojan origin myth in French pre-Enlightenment

	historiography (reconnaissance research)
AU - Orzeł, Joanna
TI - Prestige, tradition, power: Trojan origin myth in French pre-Enlightenment

	historiography (reconnaissance research)
AB - 
	The beginnings of a nation or country occupy a special position in the mentality of every society. As medieval France searched for its roots in mythological and biblical events, the French attempted to prove their Troyan origins, as Troy was one of the most popular motives at the time. This article turns to Jan Assmann’s concept of cultural memory to describe how in the early modern period this myth was changed and adapted to current needs. In France the Trojan myth served as an argument backing the independence of the French nation, and was constructed in opposition to the descent from the Gauls, who were conquered by the Romans. In addition, it was a tool of foreign policy (against England, the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire) and in internal politics. 

	* Artykuł powstał w ramach badań przeprowadzonych dzięki dotacji celowej Wydziału Filozoficzno-Historycznego Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego nr B1611400001362.02. Kwerenda została uzupełniona podczas pobytu w Londynie sfinansowanego ze stypendium Fundacji z Brzezia Lanckorońskich.
VL - 2019
IS - Issue 146 (4)
PY - 2019
SN - 0083-4351
C1 - 2084-4069
SP - 715
EP - 734
DO - 10.4467/20844069PH.19.042.11658
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/prace-historyczne/article/prestiz-tradycja-wladza-mit-o-trojanskim-pochodzeniu-we-francuskiej-historiografii-przedoswieceniowej-rekonesans-badawczy
KW - cultural memory
KW - origin myth
KW - Trojan War
KW - French historiography
KW - early modern period