French Anti-Southern Sentiment During The Third Republic
French anti-Southern sentiment during the French Third Republic, Third Republic manifested as a form of hatred directed towards the French people, French from the South of France. This phenomenon was particularly prevalent at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. This sentiment originated from a multitude of factors, including linguistic, economic, cultural, and historical interpretations of the country and the process of constructing Ethnic stereotype, ethnotypes. In this context, the populations of the Southern France, South were perceived as talkative, vain, and indolent, largely due to the assumption that their lives were easier due to the sunny climate and that they were governed by passions rather than reason. Those with anti-Southern sentiments attributed the preponderance of the South in society to the Gallic Wars, Roman conquest, the actions of Joan of Arc, and the French Revolution. A subset of the Far-right politics, nationalist right espous ...
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