Jacques Prévotat

Jacques Prévotat
Born	1939
Occupation	Historian

Jacques Prévotat (born 1939) is a French historian specializing in contemporary history.

Biography

Jacques Prévotat earned a doctorate in history in 1994. He was a professor of contemporary history at the University of Lille III and is a leading specialist on the Action française movement, particularly its often strained relationship with the Catholic Church. He contributed to a summary of Pope Pius XI's condemnation of Action française, concluding with the following remark:

"One cannot deny that the warning issued by Pius XI to the Catholics of Action française was above all a lucid reminder to the Christian conscience of the inalienable freedom of Catholics in the face of any 'autocratic abuse of state power.'"

Prévotat's work also explores the history of Catholic intellectuals in France, such as Henri de Lubac. He served as president of the French Association of Contemporary Religious History (1996–1999) and is the current president of the Society of Friends of Henri-Irénée Marrou, founded in 2007.

Publications

• Henri de Lubac and the Mystery of the Church, Cerf (contribution)
• Intellectual Christians and the Spirit of the 1920s, Cerf (contribution)
• Jean-Augustin Maydieu (1900–1955), Cerf (contribution)
• Catholics and Action française: History of a Condemnation, 1899–1939, foreword by René Rémond, Paris, Fayard, 2001, 742 pages.
• Being Christian in France in the 20th Century, from 1914 to the present, Seuil, 1998.
• Political Cultures in France, Seuil, 1999 (contribution).
• Action française, Paris, PUF, , 2004.
• Leymarie, Michel; Prévotat, Jacques, eds. (2008). L'Action française: culture, société, politique. Vol. 1. Villeneuve-d'Ascq: Presses universitaires du Septentrion. ISBN 978-2-7574-2123-9.

Articles

• "Le Correspondant and the Review Action française, 1905–1908: A Dossier of Controversy". Études maurrassiennes. 4. Aix-en-Provence: 206–222. 1980.
• "The Reactions of the French Episcopate to the Condemnation of Action française (1926–1927) as Seen Through Semaines religieuses". Études maurrassiennes. 5 (1). Aix-en-Provence: 373–395. 1986.