The ''Revue historique'' is a French academic journal founded in 1876 by the Protestant
Gabriel Monod and the Catholic
Gustave Fagniez. The journal was founded as a reaction against the ''
Revue des questions historiques'' created ten years earlier by
Ultramontanists and
Legitimists. 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,
Paul Guiraud and
Ernest Havet.
In the 1920s, the ''Revue historique'' was edited by
Louis Eisenmann.
[Peter Schöttler, ed. ''Marc Bloch: Historiker und Widerstandskämpfer'', p. 51]
The ''Revue'' originated the historical method known as ''l'
École méthodique'', which is particularly associated with the names of
Charles-Victor Langlois
Charles-Victor Langlois (; May 26, 1863, in Rouen – June 25, 1929, in Paris) was a French historian, archivist and paleographer, who specialized in the study of the Middle Ages and was a lecturer at the Sorbonne, where he taught paleography, b ...
et
Charles Seignobos.
René Rémond
René Rémond (; 30 September 1918 – 14 April 2007) was a French historian, political scientist and political economist.
Born in Lons-le-Saunier, Rémond was the Secretary General of Jeunesses étudiantes Catholiques (JEC France in 1943) and ...
was Honorary Director until his death in 2007, as was
Jean Favier who succeeded him as Honorary Director until his death in 2014.
Sébastien Charléty and
Pierre Renouvin were directors before WWII. Renouvin was the sole director for a long period after WWII. In 1967 he was a co-director with
Georges Duby and also Maurice Crouzet, who had been the editor-in-chief since 1929.
References
External links
La ''Revue historique''sur le site des
Presses universitaires de France
Presses universitaires de France (PUF; ), founded in 1921 by Paul Angoulvent (1899–1976), is a French publishing house.
Recent company history
The financial and legal structure of the Presses Universitaires de France was completely restruc ...
Années 1876 à 2000de la ''Revue historique'', available online via
Gallica
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French-language journals
History journals
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