| Titre | Un aspect de la rivalité franco-russe au XIXe siècle : les Bulgares [Pénétration française et missions catholiques] | |
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| Auteur | Pierre Voillery | |
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Revue |
Cahiers du monde russe Titre à cette date : Cahiers du monde russe et soviétique |
| Numéro | volume 21, no 1, janvier-mars 1980 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Articles |
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| Page | 31-47 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Pierre Voillery, An aspect of the Franco-Russian rivalry in the nineteenth century: the Bulgarians. French penetration and Catholic missions.
At the time when the Eastern question is revived in the nineteenth century because of the emerging problem of nationalities, the Great Powers have to solve the matter of control organization in connection with the Balkan populations. The Bulgarians are among the last Balkan nations to have started moving. They are also characterized by the fact that they have always been considered as Russia's supporters. From 1840 to 1861, Catholic organizations, acting more or less as French political agents, penetrate into Bulgarian territory promoting the possible alternative to the pro-Russian trends. As a matter of fact, the question of a possible connection with Rome by means of Uniatism is politically formulated. It is based on the refusal of Russian preponderance and on the development of a political project favouring the Western countries. The present study endeavours to point out that the supporters of such a choice were precisely the most important personalities of the Bulgarian Renaissance. Also that a number of Bulgarians will oppose Russia with the assistance of France so as to find an original, specifically Bulgarian solution. This evolution will come to an end only with the failure of the Uniate Bulgarian movement and the vigorous Russian intervention with the Bulgarians as well as with the Constantinople Patriarchate requested to moderate the opposition to the establishment of a Bulgarian autocephalous Church. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_0008-0160_1980_num_21_1_1372 |
