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Continuity in French constitutional history This paper considers the constitutional history of France, especially the history of representative institutions, the state bureaucracy, and of executive power, both before and after the Revolution. I...

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Hubertine Auclert, féministe Pionnière ardente du féminisme sous la Troisième République, Hubertine Auclert défendit des revendications alors jugées extravagantes : droit de vote des femmes, féminisation des titres, indemnité de ...

Hubertine Auclert, feminist of the early Third Republic, wanted the vote, payment for domestic labour, feminine job titles and recognition of intersectional oppression of Algerian women. #frenchpodcast #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

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“400 years ago it never would have occurred to anybody to be introspective” #FRHistory

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Les jambes de l’orientaliste : photographie et transidentité chez Jane Dieulafoy – Théia Cet article examine l’écrivain·e et archéologue Jane Dieulafoy sous l’angle de la transidentité, plutôt que par le biais du cadre féministe traditionnel à travers lequel iel a le plus souvent été évoq...

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Le Bibent: the most historically interesting cafe in Toulouse? — www.colinduncantaylor.com THE MOST HISTORICALLY INTERESTING CAFE IN TOULOUSE? / There are four parts to the story of Le Bibent, and together, they make it the most historically interesting cafe in Toulouse: outstanding archite...

THE MOST HISTORICALLY INTERESTING CAFE IN TOULOUSE? / There are four parts to the story of Le Bibent: outstanding architecture, catering innovation, political journalism and an assassination conspiracy.
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Congo 1905, le rapport disparu Aujourd’hui dans Affaires Sensibles, Congo 1905 : le rapport disparu

Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, who believed colonialism was a force for good, led a mission to the French Congo to investigate rumours of abuse in rubber harvesting. He died on the way back and... his report was not published. Gripping #frenchpodcast #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

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In an increasingly depressing world, I can't offer insightful takes on current events but I can offer mild distraction via lots of puns and silliness about the French Revolution and #FrHistory

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Au fil de l'Histoire Émission dans Histoire · Chaque semaine · Découvrez bientôt « Vices & Vertus : chronique des bordels », la fiction historique qui toque à la porte des maisons closes. Paris, 1945. Au lendemain de la ...

Should brothels be illegal, or do they protect women? Lively 6-part docudrama #frenchpodcast on the closure of the maisons closes in France after WW2. #FrHistory podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/a...

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‘Give us this day our daily bread’: how grain silos improved food security in ancient times — www.colinduncantaylor.com The sixth line from the Lord’s Prayer asks God to provide us with the essentials that keep body and soul together. Long before those words were written, our distant ancestors took more practical steps...

In ancient times, our distant ancestors took practical steps to reduce the risk of dying of starvation in troubled times. A key part of their survival strategy was the silo. #FrHistory www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/give-us...

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1870, la dépêche d’Ems, une fake news tragique Aujourd’hui dans le cadre de notre série Affaires sensibles remonte le temps : 1870, la dépêche d’Ems, une fake news tragique.

Surprisingly gripping #frenchpodcast on how Bismarck used fake news & media manipulation to get the French to declare war in 1870. But is this really what set the stage for two world wars? High stakes claims. #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

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L'identité nationale : à la recherche des origines Depuis le 18e siècle, l'identité nationale a fait l'objet de multiples interprétations. Sylvain Venayre, maître de conférences à la Sorbonne, revient sur la manière dont les historiens ont construit l...

Debates about French national identity date back to the late 18thC. Racial (Thierry) or defined by history (Michelet)? Cameo appearances from Clovis and Vercingetorix, and some hilarious songs, in this #frenchpodcast with the excellent Sylvain Venayre. #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

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Oppidum d’Ensérune – as story of discovery with an equine twist — www.colinduncantaylor.com OPPIDUM D’ENSÉRUNE – A STORY OF DISCOVERY WITH AN EQUINE TWIST / The Oppidum d’Ensérune near Béziers is the best example in the south of France of a fortified Celtic settlement. A lawyer called Félix ...

The Oppidum d’Ensérune near Béziers is the best example in the south of France of a fortified Celtic settlement. A lawyer called Félix Mouret rode up here in 1895 and wondered why the ground beneath his horse’s hooves sounded hollow.
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Plantagenets at War: A Fight for the Throne Podcast Episode · Gone Medieval · 30/01/2026 · 53m

When Henry VI comes to the throne of England at 9 months old, he is supposedly heir to the kingdom of France as well. What could possibly go wrong? A story of uncles behaving badly and the Parliament of Bats (ie wooden clubs). Sort of #FrHistory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p...

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Rois de France - Aux origines du royaume : Saint Louis, le Très-Chrétien (1/2) Podcast Episode · Au fil de l'Histoire · 06/01/2026 · 30m

First of two #frenchpodcast on Saint Louis, who was not bad as kings of France go, apart from all that crusading. Handy histoire événementielle for those who get their Louis mixed up. #Frhistory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

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Les Lumières et l'idée coloniale : épisode du podcast Qu'est-ce que les Lumières ? AUDIO • Qu'est-ce que les Lumières ? , épisode : Les Lumières et l'idée coloniale. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Avec philosophie, et découvrez nos podcasts en ligne.

How did French Enlightenment thinkers situate themselves in relation to colonialism? Some odd disagreements (on whether 'colonialism' means just settler colonialism, and what exactly Voltaire and Diderot were being critical of...) in this #frenchpodcast #FrHistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

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Napoléon, rends les œuvres ! La première grande restitution : épisode du podcast Pillage ! Quand l'art est dérobé AUDIO • Pillage ! Quand l'art est dérobé, épisode : Napoléon, rends les œuvres ! La première grande restitution. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Le Cours de l'histoire, et déco...

Fascinating #frenchpodcast on how the musée Napoléon (aka Louvre) was filled with the looted art of Europe … and then had to give it back in1815. #Frhistory with Bénédicte Savoy. www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

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Les débuts de la photographie, chambre ouverte sur le monde : épisode du podcast Photographie, une histoire sans cliché AUDIO • Photographie, une histoire sans cliché, épisode : Les débuts de la photographie, chambre ouverte sur le monde. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez Le Cours de l'histoire, e...

The beginnings of photography, in France and partly in Nice, which wasn’t French at that point. #frenchpodcast full of obsessive inventors who didn’t make much money. #Frhistory www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

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Joan of Arc: Warrior Maid (Part 1) Podcast Episode · The Rest Is History · 05/01/2026 · 1h 6m

First of a four-part series on Joan of Arc, who heard voices but unlike most young girls with celestial visions scorned miraculous healing in favour of winning military victories, and liked to cross-dress. #FrHistory podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...

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The extraordinary field system of Montady — www.colinduncantaylor.com THE EXTRAORDINARY FIELD SYSTEM OF MONTADY / The spoked-wheel fields of Montady are the result of a 13th-century project to transform a disease-ridden swamp into productive farmland: 400 hectares divid...

The spoked-wheel fields of Montady are the result of a 13th-century project to transform a disease-ridden swamp into productive farmland: 400 hectares divided into 80 slices by 120 kilometres of drainage ditches. #Frhistory
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Short History Of... - The Louisiana Purchase - BBC Sounds In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson purchased 820,000 square miles of land from Napoleon.

In 1803 Napoleon sold off an enormous amount of land (mostly lived on by first peoples rather than by the French or Spanish), doubling the size of the USA. Counter-intuitively, this was partly because the French had just lost Haiti. Interesting podcast #FRhistory www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Marianne, symbol of the French republic ​A few weeks ago, my local town opened a museum dedicated to the symbol of the French Republic. This reminded me that Marianne was born here in Puylaurens, a hilltop town in Occitanie.   Today in...

Today, Marianne is the symbol of the French republic, but she was not a real person. Like Eleanor Rigby or Maggie May, she was dreamt up for a song. www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/mariann... #FrHistory

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Discover and make mesturets – an elusive dessert from the south of France One of the few surviving examples of a traditional dessert from the south of France is the mesturet (locals pronounce all the letters). It originated in the department of the Tarn, but its principal.....

One of the few surviving examples of a traditional dessert from the south of France is the mesturet (locals pronounce all the letters). Why did other Occitan pastries disappear, such as the rauzel, the feuilleté or the autrichien? #Frhistory #cooking www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/discove...

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Early modern France and Austria as baroque states The paper is a comparison of the political systems of early modern France and the Habsburg empire, especially as it pertains to representative institutions. Like France, the Habsburg state possessed i...

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Anne d’Autriche, comment la mère de Louis XIV est-elle devenue régente absolue ? : un podcast à écouter en ligne | France Inter Quelle est la place d'Anne d'Autriche dans notre mémoire collective ? Avec Joël Cornette, cette série raconte la vie de cette jeune Espagnole timide et maltraitée qui va se métamorphoser en véritable ...

One of those trick questions for #Frhistory nerds to present to their students: 'Where was Anne d'Autriche from? (along with 'Who ruled France between Napoleon I and Napoleon III?') Find out in this enjoyable biography in a series of five mini #Frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...

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Interesting podcast on the experiences of two Tahitian travelers to Enlightenment Europe in the 18thC, Ahutoru in France and Mai in England (& some discussion of Loti's later Tahitian novel) with Antoine Lilti, on his new book. #Frenchpodcast #FrHistory

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Qui était David, empereur des peintres ? avec David Chanteranne | Storiavoce

Sad to be missing the Louvre exhibition on Jacques-Louis David (died 1825). Here's a #frenchpodcast on him moving from avid Republican to Bonaparte-enthusiast, and painting all his figures naked even when he was going to put clothes on them later. #FRhistory shows.acast.com/storiavoce/e...

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The secret of pastel, or how to turn a green plant into blue and gold Between 1460 and 1560, the merchants of Toulouse became extraordinarily rich thanks to a plant called isatis tinctoria. In the city, they built magnificent mansions, and in the surrounding...

In English, isatis tinctoria is commonly known as woad. In Toulouse it was pastel. Extracting the blue dye from these green leaves was a long and complicated process, but it generated enormous wealth for south-west France during the Renaissance. #FrHistory www.colinduncantaylor.com/blog/the-sec...

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200 Years' War - Michael Livingston Podcast Episode · Gone Medieval · 07/11/2025 · 51m

The 100 years war presented as a '200 years' war, and a key period in the formation of the French nation, in this pod on the book by @michaellivingston.com. Not the 'boys' own adventure' approach to Agincourt. #FRhistory podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/2...

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King vs. Emperor: The Battle of Pavia, 1525 Podcast Episode · Not Just the Tudors · 03/11/2025 · 55m

François 1er thought he could take on the Emperor Charles V - it all went pear-shaped at the battle of Pavia and the King of France was a prisoner in Spain until he swapped places with his young sons (the future Henri II among them). All in this podcast. #FRHistory podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/k...

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