The Cahiers Charles Maurras were a quarterly journal founded by Georges Calzant and his wife Marguerite Calzant, published from 1960 to 1978. Its purpose was to extend the influence of the ideas of French journalist and politician Charles Maurras, the director of L'Action française.[1] The journal featured collections of texts, studies, memories, and anecdotes aimed at preserving the legacy of the leading thinker of Action française.
 Cahiers Charles Maurras, n°7, February 1963. | |
| Founder(s) | Georges Calzant Marguerite Calzant |
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| Language | French |
According to historian Victor Nguyen, while the Cahiers Charles Maurras provide valuable information, they were produced with little "historical objectivity".[2][3]
Overview
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Since Charles Maurras' death on November 16, 1952, several significant texts by him had been published (Saint Pie X, Sauveur de la France, Votre bel aujourd'hui, Maîtres et témoins de ma vie d'esprit, Pascal puni). The team led by Georges Calzant aimed to provide readers with extracts from older works, unpublished writings, studies, and testimonials that complemented the more news-focused weekly Aspects de la France. The journal sought to maintain the influence of one of the most prominent and influential thinkers of his time.[4] The Cahiers Charles Maurras became a "place of worship" for Maurrassians[2] featuring often partisan analyses.[5] The journal, along with L'Ordre Français (since 1956), contributed to "offering new visibility to the ideologues" of the Vichy regime.[6]
After Georges Calzant passed away on June 28, 1962, the publication was taken over by Pierre Sortais and his wife.[7]
A total of 68 issues were published.
Contributors
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edit- Jérôme Cotillon (2003). Ce qu'il reste de Vichy. Armand Collin. p. 84. ISBN 978-2-200-35629-3. Retrieved 2022-12-10..
Notes and References
edit- ^ Leon S. Roudiez (1965). "Maurras and the Action Française in Historical Perspective". The Modern Language Journal. 49 (7): 443–446. doi:10.2307/322563. ISSN 0026-7902. JSTOR 322563. Retrieved 2023-04-29.
- ^ a b "Another place of worship was founded in 1960 by lawyer Georges Calzant, secretary of the AF students since the 1920s and a key leader during the war: the Cahiers Charles Maurras, a quarterly journal that published many unpublished documents by Maurras and his associates, a precious source for historians, though often partisan.", Bruno Goyet, Charles Maurras, Paris, Presses de Sciences-Po, 2000, p. 103.
- ^ "The Cahiers Charles Maurras [...] remain a rich source of notes and diverse details unavailable elsewhere. However, their conception lacks any historical spirit."Victor Nguyen (1971). "The State of Maurrassian Studies: Contribution to the Study of the Press and Mentalities". Revue d'Histoire Moderne & Contemporaine. 18 (4): 503–538. doi:10.3406/rhmc.1971.2167. Retrieved 2023-04-29., p.528
- ^ Michel Leymarie; Olivier Dard; Jacques Prévotat (2010-06-03). "Le maurrassisme et la culture". L'Action française: Culture, Société, Politique (in French). Vol. 3. Presses Univ. Septentrion. ISBN 978-2-7574-0147-7. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ Thomas Roman (2020). "Georges Calzant (1897-1962)". Lettres à Charles Maurras: Amitiés politiques, lettres autographes, 1898-1952. Histoire et Civilisations (in French). Presses universitaires du Septentrion. pp. 159–177. ISBN 978-2-7574-2124-6. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ Mathias Bernard (2007). La Guerre des droites: De l'affaire Dreyfus à nos jours. Odile Jacob. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-2-7381-8575-4.
- ^ Cahiers Charles Maurras (in French). 1977. Retrieved 2022-12-10.