Paul Thureau-Dangin
Paul Marie Pierre Thureau - Dangin ( born December 14, 1837 in Paris, † February 24, 1913 ) was a French historian and Secrétaire perpétuel the Académie française.
Life
As a trained lawyer Thureau - Dangin worked for the French Conseil d' État, but he was known primarily for its historical research. His most important work is the three-volume Histoire de la Renaissance catholique en Angleterre au XIXe Siècle ( history of the Catholic Renaissance in England in the 19th century, 1899-1906 ). He was also the author of Histoire de la monarchy de Juillet ( History of the July Monarchy, 1884) and many other books on history and religion of France.
Politically Thureau - Dangin liberal Catholic of the second generation after the French Revolution, whose life was marked by the end of the Second Empire and the beginning of the Third French Republic. The faithful historian was convinced of the idea of a Catholic church that fit the modern age and the Republic, and showed great interest in a renewal of Catholicism in the United Kingdom.
He was elected in 1893 to the Académie française and was its Secrétaire perpétuel.
Family
His son Jean was a deputy and senator of the Third Republic. His son François was an eminent orientalist. His daughter Marie married the writer Paul Renaudin.
Honors
Thureau - Dangin was a member of the Legion of Honor with the rank of Chevalier.
Works
- La Pologne et les traités de Vienne. Paris, 1863
- Royalistes & républicains; Essais historiques sur des questions de politique contemporaine. Plon et cie, Paris, 1874
- Le parti libéral sous la Restauration. Plon, Paris, 1876
- L' Eglise et l' etat sous la monarchy de Juillet. Plon, Paris, 1880
- Histoire de la monarchy de juillet. Plon, Nourrit et cie, Paris, 1884-92
- Un prédicateur populaire dans l' Italie de la Renaissance: Saint Bernardin de Sienne 1380-1444. Plon, Nourrit et Cie, Paris, 1897
- Newman et le mouvement d' Oxford .. ( = La renaissance catholique en Angleterre au XIXe siècle, Volume 1 ), Plon- Nourrit, Paris, 1899
- De la conversion de Newman à la mort de Wiseman: 1845-1865. ( = La Renaissance catholique en Angleterre au XIXe siècle Volume 2 ), Plon, Paris, 1903
- De la mort de la mort de Wiseman Manning: 1865-1892. ( = La Renaissance catholique en Angleterre au XIXe siècle Volume 3 ), Plon- Nourrit, Paris, 1906
- Newman catholique, d'après des documents nouveaux. Plon- Nourrit et Cie, Paris, 1912
In German language
- St. Bernardine of Siena, 1380-1444: A popular preacher in Italy during the Renaissance. Translation: Ambrose Götzelmann, JJ Lentner Verlag, Munich, 1904