Համիդեան կոտորածները Ի. դարի սկզբի ֆրանսիական պատմագրութեան քննական լոյսի ներքոյ
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2010
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The article is dedicated to the first phase of the Armenian Genocide, namely the period that extends from 1894 to 1908. It assesses the input French historiography had on shedding light on the massacres committed during Sultan Abdul Hamid's reign Poghossyan analyses the very few French authors who during the era of the Young Turks wrote about the massacres of 1894-1896 and examined their basic causes.
Poghossyan assesses the writings of A. Barre, J. Denais, and Abbé E. Griselle, as well as lawyers E. Lémonon and F. Surbezy, and others who approached to the mass killings planned and organized by Hamid while writing on the Armenian genocide and/or the history of international relations. These works fall short of whatever had been achieved previously by late 19th century French historiography on both scientific analysis and the contents they cover. Nevertheless, the works discussed in this article are worth being properly discussed and evaluated accordingly Generally these works have similar weaknesses and strengths. Some of the authors were not able to orient themselves as to how to react to the core questions of the first phase of the Armenian Genocide - particularly those which had to do with the start of the Armenian Question and the reasons of the Genocide. In certain cases, they had contradicting interpretations - on the one hand they brought evidence that the massacres were the result of state policy, yet on the other hand, they put the weight of the causes on religious motives. At times they criticized French foreign policy mildly and interpreted British foreign policy in biased terms.
Having said that the French authors interpreted the Hamid massacres as a state sponsored act, underlined the continuous nature of the process, and disclosed the impasse which the Western Armenians encountered living and suffering under the Ottoman yoke. In addition, they stressed the superficial steps taken to change these conditions and refuted the alleged rebellions of the Armenians.
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Պօղոսեան, Վ., «Համիդեան կոտորածները Ի. դարի սկզբի ֆրանսիական պատմագրութեան քննական լոյսի ներքոյ», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2010, Պէյրութ, էջ 157-186