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The ''Revue historique'' is a French academic journal founded in 1876 by the Protestant Gabriel Monod and the Catholic
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. The journal was founded as a reaction against the ''
Revue des questions historiques A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own du ...
'' created ten years earlier by Ultramontanists and
Legitimist The Legitimists (french: Légitimistes) are royalists who adhere to the rights of dynastic succession to the French crown of the descendants of the eldest branch of the Bourbon dynasty, which was overthrown in the 1830 July Revolution. They re ...
s. The ''Revue historique'' has been published quarterly since 1937. The founders of the ''Revue historique'' stated that the journal was not intended to promote any particular religion, party, or doctrine.Guy Bourdé et Hervé Martin, ''Les Écoles historiques'', Éditions du Seuil 1983 p.182-188 Most of its contributors came from Protestant or free thinker circles. Fagniez resigned in 1881 to protest the attacks of the ''Revue'' against the Catholic Church. Charles Bémont was an editor for the ''Revue'' from 1876 and served as a co-director until 1939. During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the ''Revues contributors included Charles Bayet, Arthur Giry, Camille Jullian, Gustave Bloch,
Ernest Lavisse Ernest Lavisse (; 17 December 184218 August 1922) was a French historian. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times. Biography He was born at Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, Aisne. In 1865 he obtained a fellowship in history, an ...
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Paul Guiraud Paul Guiraud (15 January 1850 – 25 February 1907) was a French historian born in Cenne-Monestiés, a commune located in the department of Aude. He was the brother of historian Jean Guiraud.