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Divine Surprise
The "divine surprise" is an expression used by the French journalist and politician Charles Maurras, director of ''L'Action française (newspaper), L'Action française''. The phrase originally celebrated the rise to power of Philippe Pétain, Marshal Pétain on 11 July 1940. Today, it is mainly used to emphasize the unexpected and striking nature of an event. Overview Context The Vote of full constituent powers to Philippe Pétain took place on 10 July 1940. The following day, Pétain declared himself the head of the Vichy France, French State and assumed full powers. He proclaimed the National Revolution (Vichy France), National Revolution, which Maurras praised as early as July 1940. The phrase "divine surprise" was first written by Maurras in the weekly ''Candide (1924-1944), Candide'' on 15 January 1941, celebrating the rise of Marshal Pétain to the leadership of a state "in which Jews and immigrants would no longer be masters, leaders, or beneficiaries," due to the "s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Maurras - Photographie Frédéric Boissonnas
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was ''Churl, Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinisation of names, Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as ''Carolus (other), Carolus''. Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as wikt:churl, churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its deprecating sense in the Middle English period. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch language, Dutch and German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |