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Between history & politics

Alphonse de NEUVILLE. Cromwell à la bataille de Worcester. Gravure sur bois In L'histoire de France racontée à mes petits-enfants, tome 1 de François Guizot, Paris, Hachette, 1877.

The first half of the XIXth century was a particularly favourable era for the study of history. After the unprecedented events which, between 1789 and 1815, had radically changed France and Europe, it was the responsibility of the new generation to make sense of what had happened and to understand the world they were entering […]

Duke Victor de Broglie

Duc de Broglie

In his will dated June 19, 1839 Duke Victor de Broglie wrote of his links with François Guizot: “I consider our long friendship as one of the most precious gifts that God has given me”, which was the greatest expression of emotion that this very reserved personality was capable of. Their friendship, already of some […]