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By means of a comparison, in actual fact non-systematic, yet stimulating, of two periods, Georges Duby dispels the myth of the Year One Thousand, but above all contributes to the understanding of the origin of fears within the history of mentalities. Based on the work Year 1000 Year 2000, Following the Footsteps of Our Fears, the components of sources of worry or terror: misery (including famine), the other, epidemics, violence and lastly, the hereafter. In this portrait, the author of the article draws certain links between these fears, often further deepseated under the aegis of earthly and spiritual powers.
Keywords: historiographie, peurs, millénaires, Moyen Âge, évolution des mentalités, historiography, fears, millennia, Middle Ages, evolution of mentalities