Literary return: History has a date with the Middle Ages, the Revolution and the Republic

2022-08-17T15:53:16.903Z

Several books invite us to rethink the question of religion in the city. Publishers are generally on the lookout for the slightest historical anniversary. Oddly, the centenary of the March on Rome (October 1922) is not very popular, while the hottest Italian news has revived this matrix of fascism this summer with the probable arrival of a post-fascist at the head of the future Italian government. . Apart from a few stories, few essays return to this major event of the

Publishers are generally on the lookout for the slightest historical anniversary.

Oddly, the centenary of the March on Rome (October 1922) is not very popular, while the hottest Italian news has revived this matrix of fascism this summer with the probable arrival of a post-fascist at the head of the future Italian government. .

Apart from a few stories, few essays return to this major event of the short 20th century.

We can cite Jean-Christophe Buisson,

Le Noir et le Brun

, a brilliant parallel between Mussolini and Hitler, and Frédéric Le Moal's study

Les Hommes de Mussolini

(both books by Perrin).

For the rest, the 2022 return to historical essays is marked by three main themes: the Middle Ages, the Revolution and the Republic, the question of the weight of religions in politics.

Two long-awaited essays on the medieval epic, that of the great medievalist and legal historian Jacques Krynen, on Philippe le Bel (Gallimard), at the origin of this famous "French exception", and the important…

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Source: lefigaro

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