Jean Madiran
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Jean Madiran is a French nationalist and a traditionalist Catholic
writer. He has also used the pen name Jean-Louis Lagor.
During the German occupation of France, he was the private secretary of Charles Maurras
and was awarded the francisque, the decoration, in the form of a stylised double-headed francisca
, that was granted by Vichy France
. He contributed to the newspaper Action Française
. This was the organ of the movement of the same name and was published from 21 March 1908 to 24 August 1944.
After the Second World War, he retired to Madiran
in southwestern France (whence his pen name) and became noted as a journalist and essayist. In 1948, he published his first book, La Philosophie politique de saint Thomas (The Political Philosophy of Saint Thomas), under the pen name Jean-Louis Lagor and with a preface by Maurras. In 1956, he founded Itinéraires, a review of Catholic
themes, which originally appeared monthly, but which after the 1988 Ecône Consecrations
became quarterly, and he remained its editor until publication ceased in 1996. He was also one of the founders in 1982 of the daily newspaper Présent, of which he was editor in chief. This publication is associated with the Front National, but refused to take sides in the conflict between Jean-Marie Le Pen
and Bruno Mégret
, whereupon Le Pen called for it to be boycotted.
In an article published in Itinéraires, Madiran declared:
On 6 February 1995, the fiftieth anniversary of the execution, for collaboration with the German occupation, of Robert Brasillach
, the poet, writer and journalist supporter of Action Française, Madiran, with François Brigneau and others, organised a meeting in Paris, at which Madiran declared: "Young people who are here this evening, we entrust to your hands the remembrance of the National Revolution
, we entrust to you the remembrance of the France that awaits, hopes for and desires its liberation."
Pen name
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Jean Madiran is a French nationalist and a traditionalist Catholic
Traditionalist Catholic
Traditionalist Catholics are Roman Catholics who believe that there should be a restoration of many or all of the liturgical forms, public and private devotions and presentations of Catholic teachings which prevailed in the Catholic Church before the Second Vatican Council...
writer. He has also used the pen name Jean-Louis Lagor.
During the German occupation of France, he was the private secretary of Charles Maurras
Charles Maurras
Charles-Marie-Photius Maurras was a French author, poet, and critic. He was a leader and principal thinker of Action Française, a political movement that was monarchist, anti-parliamentarist, and counter-revolutionary. Maurras' ideas greatly influenced National Catholicism and "nationalisme...
and was awarded the francisque, the decoration, in the form of a stylised double-headed francisca
Francisca
The francisca is a throwing axe used as a weapon during the Early Middle Ages by the Franks, among whom it was a characteristic national weapon at the time of the Merovingians from about 500 to 750 AD and is known to have been used during the reign of Charlemagne .Although generally associated...
, that was granted by Vichy France
Vichy France
Vichy France, Vichy Regime, or Vichy Government, are common terms used to describe the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers from July 1940 to August 1944. This government succeeded the Third Republic and preceded the Provisional Government of the French Republic...
. He contributed to the newspaper Action Française
Action Française
The Action Française , founded in 1898, is a French Monarchist counter-revolutionary movement and periodical founded by Maurice Pujo and Henri Vaugeois and whose principal ideologist was Charles Maurras...
. This was the organ of the movement of the same name and was published from 21 March 1908 to 24 August 1944.
After the Second World War, he retired to Madiran
Madiran
Madiran is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.It is the centre of a wine producing area.-Madiran wine:Wine is produced around Madiran under three Appellations d'Origine Contrôlées : Madiran for powerful red wines primarily from the grape variety Tannat, Pacherenc du...
in southwestern France (whence his pen name) and became noted as a journalist and essayist. In 1948, he published his first book, La Philosophie politique de saint Thomas (The Political Philosophy of Saint Thomas), under the pen name Jean-Louis Lagor and with a preface by Maurras. In 1956, he founded Itinéraires, a review of Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
themes, which originally appeared monthly, but which after the 1988 Ecône Consecrations
Ecône Consecrations
The Écône consecrations were a set of episcopal consecrations that took place in Écône, Switzerland, on 30 June 1988. They were performed by Roman Catholic Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and Bishop Antonio de Castro Meyer, and the priests raised to the episcopacy were four members of Lefebvre's Society...
became quarterly, and he remained its editor until publication ceased in 1996. He was also one of the founders in 1982 of the daily newspaper Présent, of which he was editor in chief. This publication is associated with the Front National, but refused to take sides in the conflict between Jean-Marie Le Pen
Jean-Marie Le Pen
Jean-Marie Le Pen is a French far right-wing and nationalist politician who is founder and former president of the Front National party. Le Pen has run for the French presidency five times, most notably in 2002, when in a surprise upset he came second, polling more votes in the first round than...
and Bruno Mégret
Bruno Mégret
Bruno Mégret is a French Far-right politician. He is the leader of the Mouvement National Républicain political party, but retired in 2008 from political action.-Youth and studies:...
, whereupon Le Pen called for it to be boycotted.
In an article published in Itinéraires, Madiran declared:
- If we are asked to state what we are and what our position is, our answer must be understood. Our answer modifies François Brigneau's formula or rather completes and develops it in its full truth: "We are to the right of the far right." This does not mean that we despise indiscriminately everybody and everything that official jargon calls "the far right". Here again we reject the arbitrary left-wing attitude that inspires and imposes a classification at variance with the truth. In reality there is no extremism, right-wing or other, in wishing a society based on "Work-Family-Fatherland", "Serve God First".
On 6 February 1995, the fiftieth anniversary of the execution, for collaboration with the German occupation, of Robert Brasillach
Robert Brasillach
Robert Brasillach was a French author and journalist. Brasillach is best known as the editor of Je suis partout, a nationalist newspaper which came to advocate various fascist movements and supported Jacques Doriot...
, the poet, writer and journalist supporter of Action Française, Madiran, with François Brigneau and others, organised a meeting in Paris, at which Madiran declared: "Young people who are here this evening, we entrust to your hands the remembrance of the National Revolution
Vichy France
Vichy France, Vichy Regime, or Vichy Government, are common terms used to describe the government of France that collaborated with the Axis powers from July 1940 to August 1944. This government succeeded the Third Republic and preceded the Provisional Government of the French Republic...
, we entrust to you the remembrance of the France that awaits, hopes for and desires its liberation."
Works
- La Philosophie politique de saint Thomas, Les Éditions nouvelles, 1948, 193 p. (as Jean-Louis Lagor)
- Ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils font, Nouvelles Éditions latines, Paris, 1955. 192 p.
- On ne se moque pas de Dieu, Nouvelles Éditions latines, Paris, 1957. 207 p.
- Brasillach, Club du Luxembourg, Paris, 1958. 261 p.
- Doctrine, prudence et options libres, Nouvelles Éditions latines, coll. « Les Documents du Centre français de sociologie » n° 3, 1960. 32 p.
- L'Unité, Librairie des chercheurs et curieux, Paris, 1960. 32 p.
- De la Justice sociale, Nouvelles Éditions latines, coll. « Itinéraires », Paris, 1961. 91 p.
- Le principe de totalité, Nouvelles Éditions latines, coll. « Itinéraires », Paris, 1963. 95 p.
- Saint Thomas d'Aquin, Les principes de la réalité naturelle (De principiis naturae, introduction, traduction et notes par Jean Madiran, texte latin et traduction française en regard), Nouvelles Éditions latines, coll. « Docteur commun » n° 1, Paris, 1963, 127 p. – Réédition 1994. 127 p. (ISBN 2-7233-0483-3).
- L'intégrisme : histoire d'une histoire, Nouvelles Éditions latines, coll. « Itinéraires », 1964. 285 p.
- La vieillesse du monde : essai sur le communisme, Nouvelles Éditions latines, coll. Itinéraires, Paris, 1966. 237 p. (réédition 1975, Éditions Dominique Martin Morin, Paris. 140 p.)
- L'hérésie du XXe siècle [tome 1], Nouvelles Éditions latines, coll. « Itinéraires », 1968. 309 p. (new edition, 1988, 319 p., (ISBN 2-7233-0364-0)).
- Réclamation au Saint-Père [L'hérésie du XXe siècle, tome 2], Nouvelles Éditions latines, coll. « Itinéraires » n° 24, 1974. 300 p.
- La Messe, état de la question, Itinéraires (special number), Paris, 1976. 79 p. 5th edition.
- Les deux démocraties, Nouvelles Éditions latines, Paris, 1977. 199 p. (ISBN 2-7233-0024-2).
- La Droite et la gauche, Nouvelles Éditions latines, Paris, 1977. 118 p. (ISBN 2-7233-0017-X).
- La République du Panthéon : explication de la politique française (collection of texts published in Itinéraires from 1974 to 1981), Éditions Dominique Martin Morin, Bouère, 1982. 176 p. (ISBN 2-85652-049-9).
- Éditoriaux et chroniques. 1, De la fondation d'"Itinéraires" à sa condamnation par l'épiscopat, 1956-1966, Éditions Dominique Martin Morin, Bouère, 1983. 316 p. (ISBN 2-85652-055-3).
- Éditoriaux et chroniques. 2, Le Catéchisme, l'Écriture et la messe, 1967-1973, Éditions Dominique Martin Morin, Bouère, 1984. 331 p. (ISBN 2-85652-062-6).
- Éditoriaux et chroniques. 3, La France à la dérive et la décomposition de l'Église : 1974-1981, Éditions Dominique Martin Morin, Bouère, 1984. 320 p. (ISBN 2-85652-07-5-8).
- Le Concile en question : correspondance Congar-Madiran sur Vatican II et sur la crise de l'Église (coauthored with Yves Congar), Éditions Dominique Martin Morin, Bouère, 1985. 175 p. (ISBN 2-85652-079-0).
- Les Droits de l'homme DHSD, Éditions de Présent, Maule, 1988. 159 p. (ISBN 2-905781-07-6) (réédition, 1995, (ISBN 2-905781-13-0)).
- Le vol du butor : divertissement littéraire sur ma vie et mes œuvres, Itinéraires (special number), Paris, 1990. 16 p.
- Quand il y a une éclipse, Éditions Difralivre, Maule, 1990. 206 p. (ISBN 2-908232-02-2).
- Maurras, Nouvelles Éditions latines, Paris, 1992. 234 p. (ISBN 2-7233-0452-3).
- Court précis de la loi naturelle selon la doctrine chrétienne, Itinéraires (special number), 1995. 46 p.
- Le Monde et ses faux, Éditions de Présent, Paris, 1997. 112 p. (ISBN 2-905781-15-7).
- L'extrême droite et l'Église : réponse, Éditions de Présent, Paris, 1998. 161 p. (ISBN 2-905781-18-1). Written in response to L'extrême droite et l'Église by Xavier Ternisien, 1997, éd. Brepols.
- Une civilisation blessée au cœur, Éditions Sainte-Madeleine, Le Barroux, 2002. 109 p. (ISBN 2-906972-41-X).
- La révolution copernicienne dans l'Église, Éditions Consep, Paris, 2002. 107 p. (ISBN 2-85162-090-8).
- La trahison des commissaires, Éditions Consep, Versailles, 2004. 65 p. (ISBN 2-85162-147-5).
- Maurras toujours là, Éditions Consep, Versailles, 2004. 102 p. (ISBN 2-85162-120-3).
- Histoire du catéchisme, 1955-2005, Éditions Consep, Versailles, 2005. 160 p. (ISBN 2-85162-083-5).
- La laïcité dans l'Église, Éditions Consep, Versailles, 2005. 152 p. (ISBN 2-85162-159-9).
- L'accord de Metz : ou pourquoi notre Mère fut muette, Éditions Via Romana, 2007
- Histoire de la messe interdite : Fascicule 1 (1964-1976), Via Romana, Versailles, 2007, 122 p. (ISBN 978-2-916727-20-2)
- La trahison des commissaires, Via Romana, 2008, (3rd edition) 103 p. (ISBN 978-2-916727-31-8)
- Enquête sur la maladie de la presse écrite, Via Romana, 2008, 64 p. (ISBN 978-2-916727-38-7)
- Histoire de la messe interdite : Fascicule 2 (1976-1989), Via Romana, 2009, 160 p. (ISBN 978-2-916727-50-9)
- Chroniques sous Benoît XVI, Via Romana, 2010, 430 p. (ISBN 978-2-916727-71-4)