The book A Brief History of Mediæval And Modern Peoples was written by author Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886. [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of A Brief History of Mediæval And Modern Peoples book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A Brief History of Mediæval And Modern Peoples a good or bad book?
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THE THIRD REPUBLIC (1871 TO THE PRESENT TIME). The Republic. — The Germans having granted a three- w^eeks' truce that the French might vote for a new govern- ment, an Assembly was chosen by the people. Thiers was elected president of the new republic. But peace was pur- chased only by the cession of Alsace and part of Lorraine, and a penalty of five billion francs. Thus Strasburg, taken by Louis XIV., and Metz, by Henry II., were lost, and 1 The emperor dierl there iu exile (1873); his son, the... prince imperial, fell as a volunteer in the Zulu War (1879). 1871.] FRANCE — THE THIRD REPUBLIC. 275 France itself, wliicli in 1814 had been conquered only by all Europe, lay at the mercy of one nation. Jena and the cruel indignities which the first Napoleon had inflicted on Germany were sadly expiated. The Commune (1871). — While a German army was yet at hand, the indemnity unpaid, and the country devastated by war, the Parisian rab- ^ ^ ble inaugurated a second reign of terror. Barricades were thrown up, the red flag — symbol of anarchy — was unfurled, and a Com- mune was established at the Hotel de Yille.
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