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| publisher = Éditions du Cadran | publisher = Éditions du Cadran
| publication date = 1931 | publication date = 1931
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'''''Meditation on the Politics of Joan of Arc''''' is a book by French journalist and politician ] published in {{Date|3=1931}}. The text opposes the republican narrative of the epic of ] and emphasizes the political character of the mission of the "Maid of Orléans." '''''Méditation sur la politique de Jeanne d'Arc''''' ('''''Meditation on the Politics of Joan of Arc''''') is a book by French journalist and politician ] published in {{Date|3=1931}}. The text opposes the republican narrative of the epic of ] and emphasizes the political character of the mission of the "Maid of Orléans."


== Overview == == Overview ==


=== Background === === Background ===
The major writings of Charles Maurras on Joan of Arc date from the 1920s and 1930s. During the ] or the campaign to establish the ] as a national holiday, Maurras rarely expressed views {{Quote|on the character and royalism of the Maid}}{{Sfn|Krumeich|2010}}. The major writings of Charles Maurras on Joan of Arc date from the 1920s and 1930s. During the ] or the campaign to establish the ] as a national holiday, Maurras rarely expressed views "on the character and royalism of the Maid".{{Sfn|Krumeich|2010}}


The text originates from a lecture delivered in 1929 to the ], enhanced by illustrations by ]<ref>{{Book|lang=en|first1=Pascal-Raphaël|last1=Ambrogi|first2=Dominique Le|last2=Tourneau|title=Encyclopedic Dictionary of Joan of Arc|publisher=Desclée De Brouwer|date=2017-07-05|isbn=978-2-220-08817-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7jBtDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT2252|accessdate=2022-10-20}}</ref>. The text originates from a lecture delivered in 1929 to the ], enhanced by illustrations by ]<ref>{{Book|lang=en|first1=Pascal-Raphaël|last1=Ambrogi|first2=Dominique Le|last2=Tourneau|title=Encyclopedic Dictionary of Joan of Arc|publisher=Desclée De Brouwer|date=2017-07-05|isbn=978-2-220-08817-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7jBtDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT2252|accessdate=2022-10-20}}</ref>.
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=== Analysis === === Analysis ===


According to historian ], the narrative {{Quote|draws heavily on motifs from the classical right-wing discourse, but it is original and innovative on several levels}}{{Sfn|Krumeich|2010}}. Firstly, the text's anachronism is a distinctive feature, echoing {{Quote|royalist writings of the {{s2-|17th|18th centuries}}}}{{Sfn|Krumeich|2010}}. To Maurras, Joan of Arc was neither a democrat nor a rebel but appeared more as a royalist than as the "gentle inheritor of the brutal movement of the ]s," according to ]<ref>{{Book|lang=en|author1=Jean Jaurès|title=Socialist History of Contemporary France 1789-1900: Volume 1 Introduction and The Constituent Assembly 1789-1791|publisher=BoD - Books on Demand|date=2020-08-03|isbn=978-2-322-22212-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fvz0DwAAQBAJ|accessdate=2022-10-20}}</ref>. Joan, Maurras argues, understood the necessity of a king for building France. {{Blockquote|Her thoughts and heart clearly reveal the three guiding ideas of the ancient French Third Estate: the preserved Patrimony and the saved Nation through the restored Monarchy.|reference=<ref name="Maurras">{{Book|lang=en|author=Charles Maurras|title=Meditation on the Politics of Joan of Arc, etc.|date=1931|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O2kPMwEACAAJ&hl=fr|accessdate=2022-10-20}}</ref>}} According to historian ], the narrative "draws heavily on motifs from the classical right-wing discourse, but it is original and innovative on several levels".{{Sfn|Krumeich|2010}} Firstly, the text's anachronism is a distinctive feature, echoing "royalist writings of the 17th-18th centuries".{{Sfn|Krumeich|2010}} To Maurras, Joan of Arc was neither a democrat nor a rebel but appeared more as a royalist than as the "gentle inheritor of the brutal movement of the ]s," according to ].<ref>{{Cite book|lang=en|author1=Jean Jaurès|title=Socialist History of Contemporary France 1789-1900: Volume 1 Introduction and The Constituent Assembly 1789-1791|publisher=BoD - Books on Demand|date=2020-08-03|isbn=978-2-322-22212-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fvz0DwAAQBAJ|accessdate=2022-10-20}}</ref> Joan, Maurras argues, understood the necessity of a king for building France. "Her thoughts and heart clearly reveal the three guiding ideas of the ancient French Third Estate: the preserved Patrimony and the saved Nation through the restored Monarchy."<ref name="Maurras">{{Book|lang=en|author=Charles Maurras|title=Meditation on the Politics of Joan of Arc, etc.|date=1931|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O2kPMwEACAAJ&hl=fr|accessdate=2022-10-20}}</ref>


Maurras's analysis highlights Joan of Arc's central political mission<ref>{{Book|lang=en|author1=Jean-Louis Lagor|title=The Political Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas|pages=150-151|publisher=Nouvelles Editions Latines|date=1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TdG0pOid53sC&hl=fr|accessdate=2022-10-01}}</ref>{{,}}<ref>{{Book|lang=en|author1=Jean Madiran|title=Maurras|pages=178-179|publisher=Nouvelles Editions Latines|date=1992|isbn=978-2-7233-0452-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5XgjC3YxrgC&hl=fr|accessdate=2022-10-01}}</ref>. He cites her prioritization of leading the King to the ] over pursuing military action after the ] and the ]. Maurras believed Joan knew that nothing substantial could be achieved without the King. {{Blockquote|The essential spirit of Joan of Arc's mission is that national salvation is achieved through the King's work.|reference=<ref name="Maurras" />}} Maurras's analysis highlights Joan of Arc's central political mission.<ref>{{Cite book|lang=en|author1=Jean-Louis Lagor|title=The Political Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas|pages=150–151|publisher=Nouvelles Editions Latines|date=1948|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TdG0pOid53sC|accessdate=2022-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|lang=en|author1=Jean Madiran|title=Maurras|pages=178–179|publisher=Nouvelles Editions Latines|date=1992|isbn=978-2-7233-0452-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5XgjC3YxrgC|accessdate=2022-10-01}}</ref> He cites her prioritization of leading the King to the ] over pursuing military action after the ] and the ]. Maurras believed Joan knew that nothing substantial could be achieved without the King. "The essential spirit of Joan of Arc's mission is that national salvation is achieved through the King's work.<ref name="Maurras"/>


Joan of Arc, Maurras argues, used a military language similar to the ] of ]: {{Quote|We shall have them}}{{Sfn|Krumeich|2010}}. According to Maurras, Joan embodied a soldier's spirit but was not a {{Quote|forerunner of the armed nation}}{{Sfn|Krumeich|2010}}. Joan of Arc, Maurras argues, used a military language similar to the ] of ]: "We shall have them".{{Sfn|Krumeich|2010}} According to Maurras, Joan embodied a soldier's spirit but was not a "forerunner of the armed nation".{{Sfn|Krumeich|2010}}

The text concludes with:


The text concludes with the following phrase:
{{Blockquote|It seems permissible to salute in Joan of Arc her fidelity to what is most enduring and vital: the State, the King, in the structure of her work, our Nation.|reference=<ref name="Maurras" />}} {{Blockquote|It seems permissible to salute in Joan of Arc her fidelity to what is most enduring and vital: the State, the King, in the structure of her work, our Nation.|reference=<ref name="Maurras" />}}


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Full text of '''' on maurras.net. Full text of '''' on maurras.net.
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== Notes and references == == Notes and references ==
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== Bibliography == == Bibliography ==
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Latest revision as of 15:34, 27 December 2024

Méditation sur la politique de Jeanne d'Arc
Original cover.
AuthorCharles Maurras
IllustratorMaxime Real del Sarte
GenrePolitics
PublisherÉditions du Cadran
Publication placeFrance

Méditation sur la politique de Jeanne d'Arc (Meditation on the Politics of Joan of Arc) is a book by French journalist and politician Charles Maurras published in 27 December 2024. The text opposes the republican narrative of the epic of Joan of Arc and emphasizes the political character of the mission of the "Maid of Orléans."

Overview

Background

The major writings of Charles Maurras on Joan of Arc date from the 1920s and 1930s. During the Thalamas affair or the campaign to establish the Joan of Arc Day as a national holiday, Maurras rarely expressed views "on the character and royalism of the Maid".

The text originates from a lecture delivered in 1929 to the Association of Royalist Young Ladies, enhanced by illustrations by Maxime Real del Sarte.

Analysis

According to historian Philippe Contamine, the narrative "draws heavily on motifs from the classical right-wing discourse, but it is original and innovative on several levels". Firstly, the text's anachronism is a distinctive feature, echoing "royalist writings of the 17th-18th centuries". To Maurras, Joan of Arc was neither a democrat nor a rebel but appeared more as a royalist than as the "gentle inheritor of the brutal movement of the Jacqueries," according to Jean Jaurès. Joan, Maurras argues, understood the necessity of a king for building France. "Her thoughts and heart clearly reveal the three guiding ideas of the ancient French Third Estate: the preserved Patrimony and the saved Nation through the restored Monarchy."

Maurras's analysis highlights Joan of Arc's central political mission. He cites her prioritization of leading the King to the Reims coronation over pursuing military action after the Siege of Orléans and the Battle of Patay. Maurras believed Joan knew that nothing substantial could be achieved without the King. "The essential spirit of Joan of Arc's mission is that national salvation is achieved through the King's work.

Joan of Arc, Maurras argues, used a military language similar to the soldiers of World War I: "We shall have them". According to Maurras, Joan embodied a soldier's spirit but was not a "forerunner of the armed nation".

The text concludes with:

It seems permissible to salute in Joan of Arc her fidelity to what is most enduring and vital: the State, the King, in the structure of her work, our Nation.

Legacy

The text was reprinted in Maurras's Joan of Arc, Louis XIV, Napoleon in 1937 and in The Politics of Joan of Arc published after 1940.

Illustrations

The cover illustration by Maxime Real del Sarte features Joan of Arc with a crown of thorns instead of the traditional halo. This imagery is rare, especially after her canonization in 1920.

External link

Full text of Meditation on the Politics of Joan of Arc on maurras.net.

Notes and references

  1. ^ Krumeich 2010. sfn error: no target: CITEREFKrumeich2010 (help)
  2. Méditation sur la politique de Jeanne d'Arc
    PublisherDesclée De Brouwer
    ISBN978-2-220-08817-4
  3. Jean Jaurès (2020-08-03). Socialist History of Contemporary France 1789-1900: Volume 1 Introduction and The Constituent Assembly 1789-1791. BoD - Books on Demand. ISBN 978-2-322-22212-4. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
  4. ^
    Méditation sur la politique de Jeanne d'Arc
    AuthorCharles Maurras
  5. Jean-Louis Lagor (1948). The Political Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. Nouvelles Editions Latines. pp. 150–151. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  6. Jean Madiran (1992). Maurras. Nouvelles Editions Latines. pp. 178–179. ISBN 978-2-7233-0452-8. Retrieved 2022-10-01.

Bibliography

Charles Maurras
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Maurrassians
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