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Jean-Christian Petitfils | |
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 Jean-Christian Petitfils en 2012. | |
| Born | 25 December 1944  |
| Occupation | Historian |
Jean-Christian Petitfils, born in Paris on December 25, 1944, is a French writer, historian and political scientist, as well as a banker until 2004.
Biography
editBirth and Education
editHe was the son of Pierre Petitfils[fr] (1908-2001), a literary critic and author specializing in Rimbaud and Verlaine.
He studied at the Lycée Claude-Bernard, the Paris Faculty of Law, the Paris Institute of Political Studies (PES section, class of 1967)[1] and the Sorbonne; he holds degrees in public law and history-geography, a doctorate in political science (1971)[2] and a diploma from the IAE Paris Sorbonne Business School.
Professional Career
editHe spent most of his career in the private sector, first as an attorney-at-law (1977), then assistant manager (1983), then deputy manager (1990) at Bank of Suez and the Union of Mines[fr], which became Banque Indosuez[3], then Crédit Agricole Indosuez. He became the executive director at Calyon Corporate and Investisment Banking (2004), where he headed the Legal Structuring of Financial Transactions Department, and general secretary of the Groupement pour la Modernisation de la Distribution (1976-1991). Jean retired in 2004.
Intellectual Career
editHe has, also, pursued a career as a historian[4][5] and writer. After several essays and books on history[6] and political science (La Droite en France, L'Extrême-Droite en France, Le Gaullisme, Les Socialismes utopiques) and biographies of Grand Siècle figures (Le Véritable d'Artagnan, Le Régent, Lauzun, Nicolas Fouquet, Madame de Montespan, Louise de La Vallière), Jean wrote a comprehensive work on Louis XIV, the fruit of twenty-five years work (1995).
The latter work combines political science of the Ancien Régime and classical biography, with particular emphasis on the mechanisms of loyalties, clans and clienteles, essential in a political system in the process of being nationalized. The book was a great success (55,000 copies). In the same vein, he continued with biographies of Louis XVI (70,000 copies[3]), Louis XIII, Louis XV and, most recently, Henri IV. He is also interested in the historical figure of Jesus.
Overall, he is the author of over thirty historical works, essays and biographies, including, in addition to those mentioned above[7], Man in the Iron Mask, the Affair of the Poisons, and assassination of Henry IV[fr].
He is, or has been, a contributor to the newspapers and magazines: Historia, L'Histoire, Marianne, Le Figaro littéraire[fr], Le Figaro Magazine, Le Figaro - Histoire, and Le Point.
He was nominated for René Girard's seat at the Académie française on March 23, 2017[8].
Other Appointments
edit- Jury member for:
- Prix Hugues-Capet (French Lit. Preservation Award)
- Prix Combourg (French Lit. Award)
- Prix de la biographie du Point[fr] (French Award for Biographies)
- Prix de la Fondation Stéphane Bern pour l'Histoire (Stéphane Bern Foundation for History and Heritage Award for History Preservation)
- Prix xviie siècle (2005-2008) (Award for Significant Work covering the 17th Century)
- Member of the Scientific Committee of Versalia, the journal of the Société des amis de Versailles[fr].
- Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the Maison de l'Histoire de France (2010-2012).
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Figaro Histoire since 2012[9].
- Director of the Société des amis de Versailles since 2022.
- Member of the Académie catholique de France since 2023.
Television
editAs a specialist in the Ancien Régime, he is a regular contributor to France 3's Secrets d'histoire[fr] program, presented by Stéphane Bern.
Reception
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On works relating to the Ancien Régime
editOn his book Jesus
editJohn the Evangelist and John the Apostle
editPublications
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Books
editCollaboration Books
editAwards and Distinctions
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Literary Awards
editDecorations
editReferences
edit- ^ "Jean-Christian Petitfils". sciences-po.asso.fr (in French).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Chevallier, Jean-Jacques; de Malafosse, Jehan (1971). Les Idées politiques et sociales du comte de Montlosier, 1755-1838 [The Political and Social Ideas of the Count of Montlosier] (Doctoral Thesis in political science) (in French). Paris: Université Paris-II.
- ^ a b "Jean-Christian Petitfils, de la banque à l'Histoire". L'Express (in French). 2010-02-10. Archived from the original on 2024-10-06. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ "L'historien Jean-Christian Petitfils : « Tous les monarques français d'avant la Révolution ont été à proprement parler des rois absolus »" (in French). 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ "Jean-Christian Petitfils, de la banque à l'Histoire". L'Express (in French). 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ Payot, Marianne (16 April 2019). "Jean-Christian Petitfils, de la banque à l'Histoire" [Jean-Christian Petitfils, from bank to history]. Historia. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ Venturino, Diego (2005). "Jean-Christian Petitfils, Le Masque de fer : entre histoire et légende, 2004" [Jean-Christian Petitfils, The Iron Mask: Between History and Legend, 2004]. Dix-Huitième Siècle (in French). 37 (37): 645–646. Archived from the original on 2024-10-06. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ "Candidatures au fauteuil de M. René Girard (F37) | Académie française". www.academie-francaise.fr. Archived from the original on 2024-10-06. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
- ^ "Le Figaro fait l'Histoire". Le Figaro (in French). 2012-03-29. Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2024-10-06.