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La charge de cavalerie constitue sans doute un angle d'étude essentiel pour envisager l'emploi du cheval dans le cadre militaire à l'époque Moderne. Or l'allure est un des principes fondamentaux de la charge. Parce qu'il s'agit tout d'abord d'un facteur qui intervient pour une part importante dans le succès ou l'échec. Parce qu'elle est d'autre part déterminée par des éléments complexes et multiples, extérieurs à la simple capacité physique des chevaux. L'entraînement des hommes et des montures, le poids des armes défensives, le choix des armes à feu ou des armes blanches sont autant d'éléments qui expliquent que les cuirassiers du début de la guerre de Trente Ans allaient au trot et que les cavaliers de Charles XII chargeaient au galop. Au-delà de la simple estimation de la vitesse, l'analyse des mécanismes qui déterminent le choix de l'allure et expliquent la préférence pour l'une ou l'autre à un moment donné permet de mieux comprendre le déroulement des charges de cavalerie.

"For most people, fashion can daze and confuse. It is, however, a fascinating phenomenon that is key to how we define our identities, and it plays a central role in our lives. Proposing a comprehensive and accessible account of the global fashion industry, this book aims to present fashion in all its diversity and richness, to 'unveil' its mysterious mechanisms. Drawing on six core principles from the industry, Frédéric Godart guides the reader through the economic, cultural and social arena of the world's most glamorous industry. First, in the everyday-life game of identity-building, where fashion is deployed, between the individual and society. Secondly, the convergence of trends reveals how social influence is played out; likewise, fashion as an art, and how this is characterized by a creative and aesthetic autonomy. Finally, to all these dimensions, contemporary fashion adds the figure of the 'creative genius,' and gives a prominent importance to brands" - Publisher website

Annotation, While the transition to Christianity in the Canadian Arctic occurred between the end of the eighteenth century and the 1950s, the various and complex transformations that happened during this time have not been fully understood. Using both archival material and oral testimony collected during workshops in Nunavut between 1996 and 2008, FrÉdÉric Laugrand and Jarich Oosten provide a nuanced look at Inuit religion, offering a strong counter narrative to the idea that traditional Inuit culture declined post-contact. They show that setting up a dichotomy between a past identified with traditional culture and a present involving Christianity obscures the continuity and dynamics of Inuit society, which has long borrowed and adapted "outside" elements. They argue that both Shamanism and Christianity are continually changing in the Arctic and ideas of transformation and transition are necessary to understand both how the hunting ideology shaped Inuit Christian cosmology and how Christianity changed Inuit shamanic traditions. Inuit Shamanism and Christianityis particularly useful in distinguishing between the influence of Anglican, Catholic, and, more recently, Pentecostal and Evangelical movements and in delineating the ways in which Shamanism still influences modern life in Inuit communities