Abstract
Signalés dès les premiers travaux sur les mazarinades, les recueils de libelles bénéficient aujourd’hui d’un regain d’intérêt1. Ils permettent en effet d’éclairer les fonctions politiques des pamphlets par leurs actions de sélection et de transmission, qui participent, avec d’autres actions, au déroulement de la crise politique de la Fronde2. En aval de la guerre civile, ils renseignent sur l’historiographie des mazarinades, constituant, y compris jusque dans leur démembrement éventuel3, des témoins privilégiés de la réception et de la diffusion des pamphlets. C’est entre ces deux espaces, celui de la polémique frondeuse et celui de l’historiographie des libelles, que nous souhaitons nous inscrire, en nous penchant sur un recueil constitué à bonne distance de la Fronde, mais qui, grâce à son succès, fut un important vecteur de diffusion des mazarinades sous Louis XIV. Il s’agit d’un ensemble de pièces relatives à la guerre civile, composé pour moitié de mazarinades, imprimé à Bruxelles au cours de l’été 1662, par François Foppens, avec pour titre d’ensemble : Mémoires de M. D. L. R.4. Parce qu’on y trouvait donc une première version des Mémoires de La Rochefoucauld, la critique s’y est intéressée essentiellement pour en dégager l’œuvre du mémorialiste et, comme nous avons tâché de le faire, pour en éclairer la genèse5. Mais nous voudrions revenir à présent sur cet ensemble en le considérant pour lui-même et comme illustrant une forme spécifique de pratique des pamphlets à une époque où celle-ci évolue, notamment sous l’influence de la propagande louis-quatorzienne6.
Noted from the first works on the Mazarinades, collections of libels are today enjoying a renewed interest1 . They allow us to shed light on the political functions of pamphlets through their actions of selection and transmission, which participate, along with other actions, in the unfolding of the political crisis of the Fronde2 . Following the civil war, they provide information on the historiography of the Mazarinades, constituting, including their possible dismemberment3 , privileged witnesses of the reception and diffusion of the pamphlets. It is between these two spaces, that of the Fronde polemic and that of the historiography of libels, that we wish to situate ourselves, by examining a collection compiled at a good distance from the Fronde, but which, thanks to its success, was an important vector for the diffusion of the Mazarinades under Louis XIV. This is a collection of pieces relating to the civil war, half of which are mazarinades, printed in Brussels during the summer of 1662 by François Foppens, with the overall title: Mémoires de M. D. L. R. 4 . Because it contained a first version of La Rochefoucauld's Mémoires , critics were primarily interested in it to identify the work of the memorialist and, as we have tried to do, to shed light on its genesis5 . But we would now like to return to this collection, considering it for itself and as illustrating a specific form of pamphlet practice at a time when it was evolving, notably under the influence of Louis XIV's propaganda6 .
Noted from the first works on the Mazarinades, collections of libels are today enjoying a renewed interest1 . They allow us to shed light on the political functions of pamphlets through their actions of selection and transmission, which participate, along with other actions, in the unfolding of the political crisis of the Fronde2 . Following the civil war, they provide information on the historiography of the Mazarinades, constituting, including their possible dismemberment3 , privileged witnesses of the reception and diffusion of the pamphlets. It is between these two spaces, that of the Fronde polemic and that of the historiography of libels, that we wish to situate ourselves, by examining a collection compiled at a good distance from the Fronde, but which, thanks to its success, was an important vector for the diffusion of the Mazarinades under Louis XIV. This is a collection of pieces relating to the civil war, half of which are mazarinades, printed in Brussels during the summer of 1662 by François Foppens, with the overall title: Mémoires de M. D. L. R. 4 . Because it contained a first version of La Rochefoucauld's Mémoires , critics were primarily interested in it to identify the work of the memorialist and, as we have tried to do, to shed light on its genesis5 . But we would now like to return to this collection, considering it for itself and as illustrating a specific form of pamphlet practice at a time when it was evolving, notably under the influence of Louis XIV's propaganda6 .
Translated title of the contribution | The mazarinades after the Fronde: the example of the Foppens collection |
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Original language | French |
Pages (from-to) | 1-11 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Revue du GRHis |
Volume | 2025 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 23 Feb 2025 |
Publication status | Published - 23 Feb 2025 |
Event | Mazarinades et Territoires - University of Rouen, Rouen, France Duration: 7 Sept 2022 → 9 Sept 2022 https://grhis.univ-rouen.fr/grhis/?event=mazarinades-et-territoires |