Society and Culture in Early Modern France: Eight Essays by Natalie Zemon DavisThese essays, three of them previously unpublished, explore the competing claims of innovation and tradition among the lower orders in sixteenth century France. The result is a wide ranging view of the lives and values of men and women (artisans, tradesmen, the poor) who, because they left little or nothing in writing, have hitherto had little attention from scholars. The first three essays consider the social, vocational, and sexual context of the