REACTIONS FRANÇAISES FACE AU REGICIDE SERBE DE 1903. ÉMOTION OU POLITIQUE EUROPEENNE?

In June 1903, the Serbian king, Alexandre Obrenovic, and his wife were murdered in their palace in Belgrade. In Europe, the great powers felt shocked. Yet, this violence was not unusual: Vladimir Dedijer counts 89 political murders between 1792 and 1914. This article studies the French reactions to this event and the French actors’ different perceptions. As France just came back in the European...