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The Dreyfus Affair in France
The Dreyfus Affair began in 1894 with the unjust conviction of Alfred
Dreyfus, a French Artillery Officer, for the crime of treason. The
Affair was to last 12 years, and some historians would argue that it
split the country in two.[1] The case of Dreyfus was to create such
intense public opinion, that some believe few modern French figures
have been more controversial.[2] Feelings of Nationalism and
anti-Semitism would keep the Affair closely related to the French
passions. The Press would play a large part in influencing the
feelings relating to the case; helping to condemn Dreyfus as well as
later increasing awareness and support in favour of him. Questions
would be asked of the previously infallible Army, and as time went on
the Affair would cause some to question the very foundations of the
French Republic. The reasons why the Affair was so bitterly divisive
have been, over the last century, subject to much debate. I want to
argue that, as well as causing major divisions within France, the
Affair became a symbol of these divisions, as well as a focus for
certain groups to rally around. I would also show that the many
reasons for the divisions it created are specific to the French
political and social divisions at the time.
Throughout the Third Republic, there were a great number of
conflicting political parties. On the right there were the Orleanists,
the Legitamists and the Nationalists. These were opposed by the
Opportunists, the Radicals and Republicans. There was also the working
class movement; the Socialists. Each of these political parties had
varying policies and beliefs. The Orleani...
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... [48] D Johnson (1966) France and the Dreyfus Affair, pp1-2
[49] T Zeldin (1979) France 1848-1945 Politics and Anger, p 317
[50] N Fitch (1992) “Mass Culture, Mass Parliamentary Politics, And
Modern Anti-Semitism: The Dreyfus
Affair in Rural France” in The American Historical Review, p56
[51] R Magraw (1983) France 1815-1914 The Bourgeois Century, p275
[52] N Fitch (1992) “Mass Culture, Mass Parliamentary Politics, And
Modern Anti-Semitism: The Dreyfus Affair in Rural France” in The
American Historical Review, p57
[53] Ibid, p57
[54] J.P.T Bury (1949) France 1814-1940, p94
[55] Ibid, p94
[56] D Johnson (1966) France and the Dreyfus Affair, p219
[57] R Magraw (1983) France 1815-1914 The Bourgeois Century, p275
[58] D Johnson (1966) France and the Dreyfus Affair, p219
[59] Ibid, p219