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The Serre laws governed press freedom in France for much of the nineteenth century after being enacted in May 1819. [1]

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References

  1. Haynes, Christine (2010). Lost illusions: the politics of publishing in nineteenth-century France. Harvard historical studies. Vol. 167. Harvard University Press. ISBN   0-674-03576-3.