Jean Joseph François Poujoulat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean Joseph François Poujoulat

French historian and journalist

Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1808

Place of Birth: La Fare-les-Oliviers, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 05-Jan-1880

Profession: politician, historian, journalist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Jean Joseph François Poujoulat

  • Jean Joseph François Poujoulat (28 January 1808, Montferrand-la-Fare – 5 January 1880, Paris), was a French historian and journalist. Poujoulat was co-author with Joseph François Michaud of the Bibliothèque des Croisades, and traveled with him through European and Asiatic Turkey in the study of the scenes of the Crusades.
  • On their return, they published in 1832-35 the Correspondence d'Orient.
  • An ardent royalist, and bitterly opposed to the irregular advent of Louis-Philippe to the throne in 1830, he made himself felt in politics through contributions to the Quotidienne.
  • Having cultivated the fear of republics among the middle classes of France, he helped prepare the ground for the coup d'état of Napoleon in 1851; but was determined to war with the new government of Louis-Philippe, through the columns of the Union, the Revue des Deux Mondes, and other journals.
  • His Histoire de Jérusalem, a religious and philosophical study, was crowned by the French Academy in 1840-42; his Histoire de St.
  • Augustin in 1844 was similarly praised.
  • In 1863, he published a review of Renan's Life of Jesus.
  • He was a prolific author of works, mainly on religious history and its current discussions.
  • In "The French Revolution" (orig.
  • ed.
  • 1856) he announce "pour l'honneur de notre pays et la vérité, les crimes ne furent pas de la révolution française".
  • The first legitimist enfonced both chateaubriand and tocqueville so prised by our "demi-suivants" but "vrais cuistres" selon the expression of Bourdieu.
  • Completely unknown by the official thuriferaires of the capital (Furet, Nolte, Courtois).
  • Gage of serious

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