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of 1789, was the result. This magnum opus, rewritten and further elaborated during the following 18 years of research (4th ed., 16 vols. and index, 1861–1865) gained for him in 1856 the first prize of the Academy, and in 1869 the grand biennial prize of 20,000
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is inadequate, and his criticisms are not discriminating. As a free-thinking liberal republican outside the Roman Catholic Church, his prejudices often biased his judgment on the political and religious history of the
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into an upper-middle-class family. Trained as a notary, he followed this profession for some time but having achieved success with an historical romance,
636: 150:, a formidable work in 15 volumes (1833–1836). He later brought the history down to 1789 in the 4th edition (19 vols., 1865), and received from the 780: 815: 785: 568: 549: 795: 510: 138:, who was celebrated in his own day but whose modern reputation has been eclipsed by that of his contemporary, the equally passionate 810: 770: 765: 628: 805: 542: 800: 455: 252:(History of France from 1789 to the Present Time) (6 vols. 1878-1883), gives a complete history of France, superseding 142:, whose works have often been reprinted. After publishing a few novels, Martin devoted his life to the study of the 775: 393: 620: 580: 313:(1847) he sought to give the French a sense of their essentially national destiny within the framework of 193: 196:
in 1870, deputy of Paris in 1871, senator in 1876, and one of the founders and the first president of the
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Alas, this monumental work has not withstood the test of time. Martin's romanticized descriptions of
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rather than on objective history. However flawed, his popularized accounts gave a great impetus to
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Charles Rearick, "Henri Martin: from druidic traditions to republican politics",
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Histoire de France depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'en juillet 1830
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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in 1871, and was elected on 13 June 1878 to seat number 38 of the
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Rearick (1972), p. 55, noting the "extremely hostile" account in
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linguistic and anthropological studies. His knowledge of the
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Eugène Pirou
Saint-Quentin, Aisne
France
Paris
France

historian
Jules Michelet
history of France
Institut de France
Avenue Henri-Martin
Saint-Quentin
Assemblée Nationale
Aisne
Académie française
16th arrondissement of Paris
Paul Lacroix
French Revolution
francs
Sismondi
Gauls
Druidic
essentialist
Saint-Simonian
counter-Enlightenment
Jean Reynaud
Celtic
Middle Ages
ancien régime

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