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Edgar Quinet

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Edgar Quinet , 1803-75, French historian. A romantic nationalist, he was much influenced by Johann Gottfried von Herder and was a close friend and associate of Jules Michelet. Praising the French Revolution for weakening the power of the Jesuits and the Roman Catholic Church, Quinet advocated complete elimination of church influence as the prerequisite for political freedom. His anti-Jesuit lectures at the Collège de France caused his dismissal from his teaching post in 1846. He opposed the regime of Napoleon III and was banished in 1852. After the French defeat (1870) in the Franco-Prussian... Read more
Moreau, Jeanne
MOREAU, Jeanne Nationality: French. Born: Paris, 23 January 1928. Education : Attended the Lyc é e Edgar Quinet, Paris; Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique, Paris. Family: Married 1) the actor Jean-Louis Richard, 1949 (divorced), son... Read more
Jules Michelet
...1838, his writing became more liberal and more oriented toward contemporary issues. Collaboration with a colleague, Edgar Quinet, on a book against the Jesuits raised the Church's suspicions. In addition, Michelet was waking up to the esclavage... Read more

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