Alphonse Roque-Ferrier Explained

Alphonse Roque-Ferrier
Birth Date:2 August 1844
Occupation:Philologist

Alphonse Roque-Ferrier (2 August 1844 – 18 June 1907) was a French philologist and historian of the occitan language. He was a member of Félibrige. He argued for a union of Southern European countries.

Early life

Alphonse Roque-Ferrier was born in 1844.[1]

Career

Roque-Ferrier was a philologist and historian of the Occitan language.[1] He was the secretary of the Société pour l'étude des langues romanes.[2]

Roque-Ferrier was a member of Félibrige, a French regionalist organization to defend and promote occitan languages and literature.[2] [3]

In De l’idée latine dans quelques poésies en espagnol, en langue d’oc et en catalan (1877), he drew upon the works of Octavien Bringuier and argued for Latinity or the "Latin idea," the notion that people who spoke Romance languages and whose culture originated in Ancient Rome were a specific "race."[2]

With Charles de Tourtoulon, another member of the Félibrige, Roque-Ferrier was a frequent visitor to Barcelona, Spain.[2] Additionally, both men were proponents of a union of Southern European countries.[2]

Death

He died in 1907.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alphonse Roque-Ferrier (1844-1907). Bibliothèque nationale de France. December 11, 2015.
  2. Book: Leerssen. Joepp. Rigney. Ann. Commemorating Writers in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Nation-Building and Centenary Fever. 2014. Palgrave Macmillan. New York City. 9781137412140. 885192801. 134. December 11, 2015.
  3. Berjoan. Nicolas. L'idée latine du Félibrige : Enjeux, boires et déboires d'une politique étrangère régionaliste (1870-1890). Revue d'histoire du XIXe siècle. 2011. 42. 121–136. December 11, 2015. 10.4000/rh19.4110. free.