Au cours de cette séance, nous discuterons ensemble de deux chapitres des Rois thaumaturges, "le toucher des écrouelles", ainsi que "le déclin et la mort du toucher". Nous nous appuierons par ailleurs sur la préface de Jacques Le Goff pour comprendre généralement le projet intellectuel de Marc Bloch.
The conference examines the changing meanings of religous indifference in early modern Europe, tracing its role in both religious life and the production of knowledge on religions. While authorities often condemned indifference as spiritual laxity or confessional disengagement, emerging intellectual and media cultures increasingly valued forms of impartiality, disinterest, and independence from prejudice. By approaching indifference as a social and epistemic practice rather than solely an intellectual concept, the event brings together interdisciplinary perspectives from the histories of religion and knowledge. Particular attention is given to questions of religious tolerance, objectivity and relativism, changing understandings of adiaphora, and the complex interplay between indifference and the reinforcement or erosion of social and confessional boundaries.