Jean Joseph François Poujoulat

Jean Joseph François Poujoulat (January 28, 1808, Montferrand-la-Fare - January 5, 1880, Paris) was a French historian and journalist.

Poujoulat was co-laborer with Joseph François Michaud upon the "Bibliothèque des Croisades", and traveler with him through European and Asiatic Turkey in the study of the scenes of the Crusades. On their return they published in 1832-35 the "Correspondence d'Orient". An ardent royalist, and bitterly opposed to the irregular advent of Louis-Philippe to the throne in 1830, he made himself felt in politics through contributions to the "Quotidienne". Having cultivated the fear of republics among the middle classes of France, he helped prepare the ground for the "coup d’état" of Napoleon in 1851; but made as determined war upon the new government as upon that of Louis-Philippe, through the columns of the "Union", the "Revue des Deux Mondes", and other journals. His "Histoire de Jérusalem", a religious and philosophical picture, was crowned by the Academy in 1840-42; also "Histoire de St. Augustin", 1844. In 1863 he published a review of Renan's "Life of Jesus". He was a prolific author of works mostly on religious history and its current discussions.

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*This article incorporates text from the "International Cyclopedia" of 1890, a publication now in the public domain.