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 ...

A century later, the parliamentarians of the Third French Republic (1870-1940) held their meetings here. As the popular uprising set France ablaze, the château of the kings became a refuge for ...

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 ...