Alphonse Roque-Ferrier (2 August 1844 – 18 June 1907) was a French philologist and historian of the occitan language. He was a member of Félibrige. He argued for a union of Southern European countries.
Alphonse Roque-Ferrier | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 August 1844 |
| Died | 18 June 1907 (aged 62) |
| Occupation | Philologist |
Early life
editAlphonse Roque-Ferrier was born in 1844.[1]
Career
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Roque-Ferrier was a philologist and historian of the Occitan language.[1] He was the secretary of the Société pour l'étude des langues romanes.[2]
Roque-Ferrier was a member of Félibrige, a French regionalist organization to defend and promote occitan languages and literature.[2][3]
In De l’idée latine dans quelques poésies en espagnol, en langue d’oc et en catalan (1877), he drew upon the works of Octavien Bringuier and argued for Latinity or the "Latin idea," the notion that people who spoke Romance languages and whose culture originated in Ancient Rome were a specific "race."[2]
With Charles de Tourtoulon, another member of the Félibrige, Roque-Ferrier was a frequent visitor to Barcelona, Spain.[2] Additionally, both men were proponents of a union of Southern European countries.[2]
Death
editHe died in 1907.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Alphonse Roque-Ferrier (1844-1907)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Leerssen, Joepp; Rigney, Ann (2014). Commemorating Writers in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Nation-Building and Centenary Fever. New York City: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 134. ISBN 9781137412140. OCLC 885192801. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ^ Berjoan, Nicolas (2011). "L'idée latine du Félibrige : Enjeux, boires et déboires d'une politique étrangère régionaliste (1870-1890)". Revue d'histoire du XIXe siècle (42): 121–136. doi:10.4000/rh19.4110. Retrieved December 11, 2015.