They showed, first, that the present form of parliamentary democracy in France is being called into question from two sides; and though the victory of the parties representing tradition (more that of ...

So too did the subjects of The House of Fragile Things, James McAuley’s new book about a circle of Jewish art collectors living during the French Third Republic, spanning from the 1870s to 1940 ...

That period in France, known as the Third Republic, never resulted in any reconciliation. It turned out to be impossible to compromise with those who not only rejected the truth but also found the ...

followed by the bloody suppression of the Paris Commune at the hands of the republican French army. The Third Republic that emerged from these catastrophes was, in turn, challenged by reactionary ...

which helps explain the remarkable legitimacy of the French Third Republic, despite its instability on the surface. In sum, Karen Lauwers explores the paradoxes of the regime and how these were ...