Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine 2007-2 No 54-2, 2007/2 - pagesPages 7 to 31An Italian Practice in the 18th Century: “The Cicisbeo”, or Knight ServantBy Roberto BizzocchiPages 32 to 54The Eating Habits of Provincial Nobility: Food Expenditures of Marie Josephine de Galatheau (Bordeaux, 1754 – 1763)By Philippe MeyziePages 55 to 73The “Revolution” of Novel Reading in France in the 18th Century: Institutionalization of Reading and the Rise of a New SensibilityBy Michel FournierPages 74 to 90The Return of Conscience or the Birth of Spiritism under the Second EmpireBy Guillaume CuchetPages 91 to 116Public Order: The Procedure of Pardon in the 18th Century France: Restoration of Order or Acknowledgment of Innocence?By Déborah CohenPages 117 to 139Police and Town Policy under NapoleonBy Igor MoullierPages 140 to 160The Ottoman Police at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries: The Memoirs of an Izmir Police ChiefBy Noémi LévyPages 162 to 177The History of Police: The Beginning of an Historiographic MomentBy Vincent MilliotPages 178 to 190When the Reason of State Become UnreasonableBy Alexis SpirePages 191 to 218ReviewsBy Daniel Roche