In 19, he decides to devote his "lessons" at the Collège de France to the European idea, which he presents through a sweeping historical epic. But Lucien Febvre would not lose sight of his idea. The chair would not be authorised, which is easily understandable. It presents a genuine provocation at a time when European humanist values were being denied by a triumphant Hitlerism. Having never previously seen the light of day, this essay deserves to be analysed and made known. I have found his essay of presentation in the archives of the Collège de France (Paris). Lucien Febvre proposed to his colleagues of the Collège de France to create a chair of "history of European humanism". The first historian who ever dared to examine these fundamental questions was Lucien Febvre, teacher at the Collège de France and founder, along with Marc Bloch, of the Annales School. What is Europe? Can we talk about a European "civilisation"? Which shared heritage do European people claim as their own? Europeans are said to be those who have the possibility of becoming free men", Goethe
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