Tag: sensory history

By Tiéphaine Thomason If you were to stroll through the chilly streets of late seventeenth-century Paris, you would be sure to hear singing. This singing would be set to tunes ranging from the solemn, almost melancholic ‘Or nous dites Marie’ (But tell us Mary) to the decidedly jolly ‘Laissez paître vos bêtes’ (Leave your beasts…