| ID | 139137 |
| Title Proper | Guizot's absence of a plan for Jerusalem |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Caquet , P E |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Historians have speculated over the existence of an 1841 plan by the French foreign minister François Guizot to internationalize Jerusalem as a Christian city, a plan holding major implications for the eventual emergence of a Jewish state and for European–Ottoman relations. This article aims, based on fresh archival and other sources, to provide a definitive evaluation of Guizot's plan, its scope, and its motivations. It broadens the field to encompass other great power plans mooted in 1841, including plans of a Protestant yet Zionist flavour, and it reassesses the political weight of early nineteenth-century European religious impulses with regard to Palestine. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle Eastern Studies Vol. 51, No.2; Mar 2015: p.224-237 |
| Journal Source | Middle Eastern Studies 2015-04 51, 2 |
| Key Words | Great Power ; Jewish State ; Guizot's Absence ; Plan for Jerusalem ; European – Ottoman Relations ; Political Weight |