B.F. Porshnev on the early literary works of Paul de Gondi

About the author:

Tamara N. Kondratyeva,

Abstract:

The article deals with the Boris Porshnev`s interpretation of the first Paul de Gondi`s work “The Conspiracy of the Count DzhanluidzhideiFieski”. The article shows that Boris Porshnev began his French researches writing a forword and some commentaries for the supposed publication of “Memoires” written by cardinal de Retz, Pual de Gondi. Boris Porshnev always emphasized that his intererst to Fronde and national rebellions comes from the study of these “Memoires”. Earl Boris Porshnev`s manuscripts give us the opportunity to correct his later sociological and Marxist assessments of these “Memoires” as a mere collection of amusing stories and historical anecdotes. The article analyzes the content of three copies of the future forward. Unlike his contemporary Maskardy, who considered Fiesky to be a rebel, Gondi, as Boris Porshnev remarks, was a fighter for freedom agaisnttyrany. Boris Porshnev supposed, that the Gondi`s manuscript caught the eye of the Cardianl Richelieu and became the reason of Gondi`s fall into disgrace and of his future misfortunes.

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