Jean de Viguerie explained

Jean de Viguerie
Birth Date:24 February 1935
Birth Place:Rome, Italy
Death Place:Montauban, France
Nationality:French
Occupation:Historian

Jean de Viguerie (24 February 1935 – 15 December 2019) was a French historian.[1] He specialized in the history of education and of the Catholic Church in the Enlightenment period.

Biography

After his university studies were finished in 1956,[2] de Viguerie completed his agrégation d'histoire in 1959.[3] He then served in Algeria with the French military from 1961 to 1962.[4]

De Viguerie completed his doctorate in 1973,[5] and wrote his thesis on the activity of The activity of the religious congregation known as the Priests of Christian Doctrine or Christian Doctrine Fathers (in Latin Congregatio Patrum Doctrinae Christianae), founded by the Saint César de Bus (1544-1607) in 1592 for the religious instruction of children and of the poor. According to Raymond Darricau, the thesis constituted an enormous progress in our knowledge of the philosophical movement of the modern era".[6]

Many of De Viguerie's works focused on the Christian faith during the Age of Enlightenment. In 1992, de Viguerie served on the scientific council of the National Rally Party.[7]

De Viguerie was a professor emeritus at Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III and a member of the Consistori del Gay Saber. He served as president of the Magnificat Association.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jean de Viguerie, historien engagé, est mort. 16 December 2019. Famille Chrétienne. French.
  2. Web site: Une famille milanaise au XVIIe siècle. sudoc.
  3. Web site: Les agrégés de l'enseignement secondaire. Répertoire 1809–1960. Laboratoire de recherche historique Rhône-Alpes. fr.
  4. Web site: Entretien avec Jean de Viguerie. September 2004. Revue d'Histoire. fr. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202085912/http://www.la-nrh.fr/2004/09/entretien-avec-jean-de-viguerie/. 2 February 2017.
  5. Web site: Les Doctrinaires en France et en Italie aux 17eme et 18eme Siècle. sudoc.
  6. Web site: Jean de Viguerie. Une œuvre d'éducation sous l'Ancien Régime : les Pères de la Doctrine chrétienne en France et en Italie, 1592–1792. 1977. persée. fr.
  7. Web site: La " force intellectuelle " du conseil scientifique. 30 March 1990. Le Monde. fr.
  8. Book: Camus. Jean-Yves. Monzat. René. 1992. Les Droites nationales et radicales en France : répertoire critique. Lyon. Presses universitaires de Lyon. 389. 2-7297-0416-7.
  9. Web site: Jean de Viguerie. Académie française. French.
  10. Web site: Palmarès du Prix Renaissance (Lettres). 13 February 2019. Cercle Renaissance. French. 17 December 2019. 8 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171208231544/http://www.cerclerenaissance.info/8.html. dead.