From Zouaves Pontificaux to the Volontaires de l'Ouest
Catholic Volunteers and the French Nation, 1860–1910
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9639236 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Simpson (Centre Technique du Papier, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-28 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4107 • E-ISSN: 2292-8502 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cjh.ach.53.1.01 |
| OpenAlex | W2796665943 |
| Language | FR |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article examines the French papal zouaves, volunteers who fought for the defence of the temporal sovereignty of the Pope in the decade 1860–1870, and their successors, the irregular Volunteers of the West. The latter was a volunteer force formed around the returning zouaves in the context of the 1870–71 Franco-Prussian war. It explores Catholic discourse on the zouaves and the Volontaires between 1860 and 1910, comparing the defenders of Rome with the defenders of France. The concern is to understand how service in the Franco-Prussian war impacted upon Catholic interpretations of the zouaves. In particular, their heroic if suicidal charge in the battle of Loigny under the banner of the Sacred Heart aligned them with this devotion, that flourished in 1870–71 and would culminate in the Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre. The Volontaires also offered political arguments about the relationship between patriotism and Catholic convictions, deployed in the context of debates about French regeneration. Yet in terms of ideas of expiation, national history and counter-revolution the discourse on the Volontaires reflected the original discourse on the zouaves developed in the decade 1860–70. Ultimately they stood for a vision of French history and French identity diametrically opposed to the legacy of 1789, a challenge to the Republic's official vision
Ancient history · Archaeology · Banner · Battle · Context (archaeology) · Patriotism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · European Political History Analysis · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
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