History

French regression and weakness

07.08.2024
In the years after the conclusion of the First World War, one of France's most serious weaknesses was the loss of its wartime allies, notably Russia with its powerful army and deep pool of natural resources and manpower. 
 

Historical Phases of Russian Orthodoxy

Historical Phases of Russian Orthodoxy
20.03.2024

The adoption of Orthodoxy by Vladimir, the Grand Prince of Kiev, marked the starting point of the Christian cycle in Russian history, which spans almost the entire history of Russia — with the exception of the Soviet period and the era of liberal reforms. This cycle represents a complex and multidimensional process, which would be inaccurate to describe as a gradual and unidirectional penetration of Orthodox-Byzantine culture into the folk environment, simultaneously displacing pre-Christian (‘pagan’) beliefs.

Dominique Venner, historical thinker: Interview with Clotilde Venner

12.01.2024

Dominique became interested in history for several reasons. As I explain in my book (A la rencontre d'un cœur rebelle), Dominique had three lives, a first one in which he was a political activist, a second more meditative one that I call the recourse to the forests, and a third in which he became the historian that we know. The study of history, I think, took on its full importance when he gave up politics, at the end of his first life. He experienced his retirement from politics as a small death.