Defence date: 2 October 1992
Examining board: Prof. Bartolomé Bennassar, Université de Toulouse ; Prof. Carlo Ginzburg, UCLA, Université de Bologne ; Prof. Jacques Revel, EHESS, Paris ; Prof. Joaquim Romero de Magalhaes, Univers. Coimbra (sup. externe) ; Prof. Robert Rowland, IUE (supervisor)