("''The Age''") was a daily newspaper that was published from 1836 to 1932 in

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History

In 1836, was founded as a paper that supported constitutional monarchism. However, when the

July Monarchy The July Monarchy (), officially the ''Kingdom of France'' (), was a liberalism, liberal constitutional monarchy in France under , starting on 9 August 1830, after the revolutionary victory of the July Revolution of 1830, and ending 26 Februar ...

came to an end in 1848, the paper soon changed its editorial stance to one of

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. opposed the rise of

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. The paper's relevance waned during the Third French Republic to the point where it was forced to cease publication in 1932 due to a lack of readers. In 1860, at the peak of its popularity, the paper had a circulation of over 52,000.

References

*Bellet, Roger, ''Presse et journalisme sous le Second Empire'', Paris, Armand Colin, 1967.

External links

* Digitized issues of
from 1836 to 1932
in Gallica, the digital library of the BnF 1836 establishments in France 1932 disestablishments in France Defunct newspapers published in France French penny papers Daily newspapers published in France Newspapers established in 1836 Publications disestablished in 1932 {{france-newspaper-stub