Julien Loiseau

Historian Patrick Boucheron revisits the most important dates in history through the prisms of memory and collective imagination.

The historian Julien Loiseau, an expert on the Islamic world of the Middle Ages, is a guest on the program. Together with him, ARTE goes in search of clues: from the sultan's harem to the council chamber, from the ruler's seat to the paper register, the word “divan” reveals the most diverse stages of political development in Islam.

Historian Patrick Boucheron revisits the most important dates in history through the prisms of memory and collective imagination.