Le Saint-Siège et les problèmes de la paix pendant la Première Guerre mondiale
Auteur / Autrice : | Francis Latour |
Direction : | Guy Pedroncini |
Type : | Thèse de doctorat |
Discipline(s) : | Histoire |
Date : | Soutenance en 1994 |
Etablissement(s) : | Paris 1 |
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Résumé
Isolated in the field of the international relationships since Rome was taken by the italians in september 20th 1870, the holy see tried to take again an active part in the first world war. But, despite its constant will to work out for the restoration of peace, it did not succeed either in preventing the war to spread out or in taking its share to conclude it. Pope benedict xv, because of his impartiality, was rather misunderstood by people who were expecting an ennemy's final condemnation. Mutual dialogue still remaindes difficult. Even if all the present opponents aknowledged his humanitarian action, they opposed, because of religious and political reasons, the holy see's diplomatic steps, his peace programme in particular, as developed in the note addressed to the belligerents on august 1st 1917. Nevertheless, this obvious failure makes it clear that the papacy within the world of peace treaties found the opportunities to re-assert and sometimes spread its influence thanks to the net it had set in the conflict years.