Des Pèlerins de Dieu
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Authors
Collins, Patricia K.
Issue Date
1979
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Thesis
Language
fr
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Lamennais was a man whose convictions lead him through
a life filled with grief. He desired liberty for all men,
from a tyrannical government headed by Louis-Philippe.
He also knew that man needed some power to guide him away
from despotism to a divine life. What better power than
the catholic church-the oldest authority on earth. But
the church was tied to the state so Lamennais fought to
disentangle the two powers.
He had two friends that helped him M. H. Lacordaire
and le Vicomte Ch. de Montalembert. They tried to change
the ancient ideas of the gallican hierarchy. But, the
thought of the church without the state was too radical for
the well established system. So countless times Lamennais
and his friends were brought to judgement under the state
(trials) and the church (encycliques from the pope).
I wrote a play depicting the lives of Lamennais and
his friends when they initiated the paper l'Avenir. It
was a time of immense joy France saw a chance to break
away from the monarchy, and a time of tremendous hardship
the pope condemned the leading ideas of l'Avenir. A play
means the use of dialogue, which helped me show the intense
emotions and devotedness of each character.
There are three sections I would like to acknowledge in
my play. Act one, scene one, lines 48-54 and act two, scene
three, lines 5-13a 18-19, and 28-29, are based on the description
in John J. Oldfield, The Problem of Tolerance
and Social Existence in the Writings of Féiicite Lamennais,
1809-lBJl. E. s. Bull, 1973• Also act one, scene two,
/ lines 5-lJ are based on description of Rene Bovard, Drame
de Conscience. Paris' 1961.
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vi, 24 p.
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