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This article presents an examination into the political mobilization of Catholics and antisemitic violence in France at the end of the 19th century. The author explores other antisemitic movements and incidents of violence against Jews in Europe during the late 19th century and discusses how such a movement was able to take root in France, which had largely been thought to be impossible by French journalists, and examines the role that politically active Catholics played in the process. The author explores the history of antisemitism and discusses the differences between 19th and 20th century antisemitic movements.

Explores the piety and politics of devout bourgeois men in nineteenth-century France to determine whether their beliefs can be reconciled with contemporary feminist views of postrevolutionary political culture. French republicanism's secularization and masculinization of public virtue; Naturalization of women's domestic and child-rearing functions.

Presents information on social and political conditions in eighteenth-century France, focusing on attempts to levy direct taxes on the privileged. Examination of links between long-term changes in royal taxation and the emergence of political rhetoric in and beyond law courts; Reference to interpretations of the Old Regime and the origins of the French Revolution; Analysis of writings by Jurgen Habermas and Alexis de Tocqueville.

Focuses on the social life and customs of persons in Chablais, France, during the nineteenth century. Reference to some of the beliefs of the Morzine people; Information on the `mal' and how it could be cured; Details on some of the psychic cases which evolved in Morzine.