Les Pennonages lyonnais: De la milice populaire a la garde bourgeoise (XVIe-XVIIIe siecle) in Bloomington, MN

The book discusses the various evolutions of urban militia in Lyons from the beginning of the XVIth century to Revolution, from festive conviviality to anti-riot geostrategy. So, militia history appears as a mirror of social relations thanks to spatial, symbolical, political and literary analysis.