{"id":2422,"date":"2015-12-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/2025\/06\/19\/il-y-a-trois-mois-ce-netait-quun-voleur\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T09:15:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T07:15:17","slug":"il-y-a-trois-mois-ce-netait-quun-voleur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/il-y-a-trois-mois-ce-netait-quun-voleur\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00ab Il y a trois mois, ce n&#039;\u00e9tait qu&#039;un voleur ;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/louis_mandrin_citations.jpg\" alt=\"Louis Mandrin citations\" title=\"Louis Mandrin citations\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" width=\"220\" height=\"310\"><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation\"><span class=\"enonce\">\u00ab\u00a0Il y a trois mois, ce n\u2019\u00e9tait qu\u2019un voleur\u00a0; c\u2019est \u00e0 pr\u00e9sent un conqu\u00e9rant.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><span data-href=\"\/auteurs\/francois-marie-arouet-dit-voltaire\"><span class=\"author\"><span class=\"name\"><span class=\"caps\">VOLTAIRE<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> (1694-1778), Lettre \u00e0 la duchesse de Saxe-Gotha, 14\u00a0janvier 1755, <cite>Correspondance<\/cite> (posthume)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"ressi\">Et quatre mois apr\u00e8s, Mandrin entrera dans la l\u00e9gende.<\/p>\n<p>Bandit de grand chemin, prenant la t\u00eate de contrebandiers et de faux saulniers (faisant le trafic du sel), il forme une troupe disciplin\u00e9e qui s\u2019attaque aux fermes g\u00e9n\u00e9rales et aux greniers \u00e0 sel avec une incroyable audace. \u00ab\u00a0On pr\u00e9tend que Mandrin est \u00e0 la t\u00eate de 6\u00a0000 hommes d\u00e9termin\u00e9s\u00a0; que les soldats d\u00e9sertent pour se ranger sous ses drapeaux et qu\u2019il se verra bient\u00f4t \u00e0 la t\u00eate d\u2019une grande arm\u00e9e\u00a0\u00bb, \u00e9crit encore Voltaire.<\/p>\n<p>En 1754, il a men\u00e9 six campagnes contre les fermiers g\u00e9n\u00e9raux, collecteurs d\u2019imp\u00f4ts ha\u00efs du peuple, qui pr\u00e9l\u00e8vent des taxes sur les marchandises et en gardent les trois-quarts \u2013 la plus connue est la gabelle, sur le sel, indispensable \u00e0 la conservation des aliments.<\/p>\n<p>Il faudra plusieurs d\u00e9tachements d\u2019Argoulets (troupe sp\u00e9ciale) envoy\u00e9s ill\u00e9galement en Savoie (royaume sarde) pour que Mandrin soit pris, sit\u00f4t jug\u00e9, et rou\u00e9 vif, le 26\u00a0mai 1755 \u2013 il meurt \u00e0 30\u00a0ans.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"citation-small\">\u00ab\u00a0Nous \u00e9tions vingt ou trente<br>Brigands dans une bande,<br>Tous habill\u00e9s de blanc,<br>\u00c0 la mode des\u2026<br>Vous m\u2019entendez\u00a0?<br>Tous habill\u00e9s de blanc<br>\u00c0 la mode des marchands.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"auteur\"><em>La Complainte de Mandrin<\/em> (1755), chanson<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>L\u2019auteur est anonyme, mais le texte semble bien dat\u00e9 de l\u2019ann\u00e9e de sa mort. Tout est fait pour rendre le bandit sympathique, humain, proche du peuple.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0La premi\u00e8re volerie \/ Que je fis dans ma vie \/ C\u2019est d\u2019avoir goupill\u00e9, \/ La bourse d\u2019un\u2026 \/ Vous m\u2019entendez\u00a0? \/ C\u2019est d\u2019avoir goupill\u00e9 \/ La bourse d\u2019un cur\u00e9\u2026\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Un couplet le fait mourir pendu, sur la place du march\u00e9. Petite erreur historique. Mais le personnage de Mandrin entre v\u00e9ritablement dans la l\u00e9gende, et y demeure, avec la complicit\u00e9 de chanteurs populaires, comme Yves Montand\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Compagnons de mis\u00e8re, \/ Allez dire \u00e0 ma m\u00e8re, \/ Qu\u2019elle ne me reverra plus, \/ J\u2019suis un enfant, vous m\u2019entendez\u2026 \/ Qu\u2019elle ne me reverra plus, \/ J\u2019suis un enfant perdu.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"si\u00e8cle lumi\u00e8res citations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\/volume-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/histoire-en-citations-volume-4-3.jpg\" alt=\"si\u00e8cle lumi\u00e8res citations\" title=\"si\u00e8cle lumi\u00e8res citations\" style=\"float: left;margin: 10px\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"si\u00e8cle lumi\u00e8res citations\" href=\"http:\/\/www.histoire-en-citations.fr\/boutique\/volume-4\">Feuilletez notre Chronique sur le Si\u00e8cle des Lumi\u00e8res pour en savoir plus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\r\n        a .cit-num {\r\n            text-decoration: none !important;\r\n            color: inherit !important;\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab\u00a0Il y a trois mois, ce n&#8217;\u00e9tait qu&#8217;un voleur\u00a0; c&#8217;est \u00e0 pr\u00e9sent un conqu\u00e9rant.\u00a0\u00bb VOLTAIRE (1694-1778), Lettre \u00e0 la duchesse de Saxe-Gotha, 14\u00a0janvier 1755, Correspondance (posthume) Et quatre mois apr\u00e8s, Mandrin entrera dans la l\u00e9gende. Bandit de grand chemin, prenant la t\u00eate de contrebandiers et de faux saulniers (faisant le trafic du sel), il forme [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"iawp_total_views":47,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1454],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chronique-citation-du-jour-francois-marie-arouet-dit-voltaire-siecle-des-lumieres"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2425,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2422\/revisions\/2425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histoire-en-citations.fr\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}