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The book was so consistent throughout, so full of ingenious ideas, and written in so striking a style, that it ranks as one of the masterpieces of the French language in the 19th century. By this literary merit, Fustel set little store, but he clung tenaciously to his theories. When he revised the
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1286:
1279:
1272:
1265:
1258:
1251:
1208:Croix-de-Feu
1172:
1171:
1107:
1035:
1034:
974:
934:de La Rocque
793:
783:
773:
763:
753:
743:
733:
715:
705:
686:
685:
675:
665:
655:
645:
635:
625:
615:
365:Vichy France
267:Social order
246:Metapolitics
237:Restauration
133:Maurrassisme
18:
1592:Jules Simon
1528:aristocracy
1398:Sinistrisme
1391:Remigration
949:de Vaublanc
919:de Polignac
827:Cathelineau
811:Politicians
488:de Jouvenel
483:Houellebecq
478:de Gobineau
308:Monarchiens
225:Imperialism
194:Meritocracy
121:Bonapartism
95:Integralism
1673:Categories
1521:lustration
1042:Feuillants
1015:Reconquête
954:de Villèle
929:Retailleau
795:Submission
610:Literature
573:de Rivarol
553:Peyrefitte
548:d'Ornellas
523:de Maistre
433:Brunetière
403:de Benoist
256:Patriotism
230:Monarchism
159:Principles
126:Legitimism
53:Ideologies
1490:historian
1313:(Defunct)
1288:Le Figaro
847:de Gaulle
822:de Bonald
707:The Crowd
543:d'Orcival
418:de Bonald
388:Bainville
338:Muscadins
313:Feuillant
182:Dirigisme
147:Sarkozysm
140:Orléanism
1620:(1911).
1508:religion
1302:Le Point
1274:La Croix
1253:Éléments
1220:Hussards
924:Pompidou
909:Poincaré
899:Pécresse
889:Maréchal
884:MacMahon
647:The Pope
593:Veuillot
508:Lemaître
503:Lefebvre
428:Bruckner
251:Nativism
116:Royalism
80:Gaullism
64:Integral
26:a series
1630:(ed.).
1556:phratry
1309:Présent
1199:Civitas
1173:Defunct
1036:Defunct
971:Parties
959:Zemmour
944:Schuman
939:Sarkozy
914:Poisson
894:Messmer
879:Malraux
874:Maurras
817:Bellamy
563:Raspail
538:Maurras
518:Madiran
513:Le Play
468:Dumézil
423:Boutang
398:Barruel
293:History
189:Elitism
1482:French
1319:Minute
1108:Active
975:Active
904:Pétain
837:Ciotti
799:(2015)
789:(2014)
779:(2006)
769:(1983)
759:(1973)
749:(1972)
739:(1945)
729:(1905)
721:(1900)
711:(1895)
701:(1882)
691:(1864)
681:(1855)
671:(1835)
661:(1821)
651:(1819)
641:(1802)
631:(1797)
621:(1796)
533:Massis
498:Le Bon
473:Guénon
458:Freund
448:Daudet
438:Carrel
393:Barrès
260:
1626:. In
1578:Notes
1532:plebs
1247:CNews
1241:Media
852:Juppé
598:Ye'or
583:Taine
578:Rueff
568:Renan
528:Morel
1552:gens
1517:city
1512:cult
1510:and
558:Pujo
453:Faye
413:Bloy
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