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

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History

In 1836, ''Le Siècle'' was founded as a paper that supported

constitutional monarchism A constitutional monarchy, parliamentary monarchy, or democratic monarchy is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in decision making. Constitutional monarchies dif ...

. However, when the

July Monarchy The July Monarchy (french: Monarchie de Juillet), officially the Kingdom of France (french: Royaume de France), was a liberal constitutional monarchy in France under , starting on 26 July 1830, with the July Revolution of 1830, and ending 23 ...

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

republicanism Republicanism is a political ideology centered on citizenship in a state organized as a republic. Historically, it emphasises the idea of self-rule and ranges from the rule of a representative minority or oligarchy to popular sovereignty. ...

. ''Le Siècle'' opposed the rise of

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A neph ...

. The paper's relevance waned during the

Third French Republic The French Third Republic (french: Troisième République, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 194 ...

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 ''Le Siècle'
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 Publications established in 1836 Publications disestablished in 1932 {{france-newspaper-stub