Ref ID:	25660
Ref Type:	Book Section in a Series
Authors:	Lorrillard, Michel
Title:	Pour une géographie historique du bouddhisme au Laos
Date:	2008
Source:	Recherches nouvelles sur le Laos
Place of Publication:	Paris
Publisher:	École française d'Extrême-Orient
Edition:	18
Language:	French
Notes:	Alternate title of the book: New research on Laos Alternate title of the book section: Towards a historical geography of Buddhism in Laos
Abstract:	This contribution is the synthesis of results of surveys undertaken by the Vientiane EFEO centre between 2001 and 2008 in every province of Laos. The objective was to identify and create an inventory of materials of historical value, whether written documents (inscriptions, in particular) or material remains. This article reflects on the importance given to the physical framework of this research - the aim being to outline a 'geographical history' of Laos - while also shedding light on the specifically religious nature of most of the material found. Buddhism, which profoundly changed the way of thinking of the populations which adopted it, provides material which allows the researcher to approach history in a more detailed way, since it has left a great deal of well-differentiated evidence. The intention of the author here has been to demarcate the cultural area, as much from a chronological point of view as geographical, and in this way to raise possibilities for future historical research in Laos.
Date Created:	9/24/2008
Editors:	Goudineau, Yves Lorrillard, Michel
Volume:	18
Page Start:	113
Page End:	181
Series Title:	Études thématiques