Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Joseph de Maistre" in Indonesian language version.
Sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica and the Catholic Encyclopedia identify Maistre as French, by culture if not by law. In 1860 Albert Blanc, professor of law at the University of Turin, in his preface to a collection of Maistre's diplomatic correspondence wrote that:He had not been born French, and did not desire to become French, and that, never having set foot in the lands conquered by France, he could not have become French.
— Œuvres complètes de Joseph de Maistre, Lyon, 1884, vol. I, p. XVIII.
... this philosopher [Maistre] was a politician; this Catholic was an Italian; he foretold the destiny of the House of Savoy, he supported the end of the Austrian rule [of northern Italy], he has been, during this century, one of the first defenders of [Italian] independence.
— Correspondance diplomatique de Joseph de Maistre, Paris, 1860, vol. I, pp. III-IV.
Sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica and the Catholic Encyclopedia identify Maistre as French, by culture if not by law. In 1860 Albert Blanc, professor of law at the University of Turin, in his preface to a collection of Maistre's diplomatic correspondence wrote that:He had not been born French, and did not desire to become French, and that, never having set foot in the lands conquered by France, he could not have become French.
— Œuvres complètes de Joseph de Maistre, Lyon, 1884, vol. I, p. XVIII.
... this philosopher [Maistre] was a politician; this Catholic was an Italian; he foretold the destiny of the House of Savoy, he supported the end of the Austrian rule [of northern Italy], he has been, during this century, one of the first defenders of [Italian] independence.
— Correspondance diplomatique de Joseph de Maistre, Paris, 1860, vol. I, pp. III-IV.