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{{Short description|French politician (1800–1879)}}
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[[File:J. Bastide.jpg|thumb|{{center|Jules Bastide by [[Nadar]]}}]]
'''Jules Bastide''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒyl bastid}}; 22 November 1800, in [[Paris]], France – 2 March 1879) was a French politician, journalist and writer.

==Lawyer and revolutionary==
Bastide studied law for a time, and was afterward engaged in business as a timber merchant. In 1821, he became a member of the French ''Charbonnerie'', modelled after the Italian revolutionary organization [[Carbonari]], and took a prominent part in the [[July Revolution|Revolution of 1830]]. After the Revolution he received an [[artillery]] command in the National Guard under the new [[July Monarchy]]. For his part in the [[Paris Uprising of 1832]] on the occasion of the funeral of General [[Jean Maximilien Lamarque|Maximilien Lamarque]], Bastide was sentenced to death, but escaped to [[London]].<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Bastide, Jules |volume=3|page=501}}</ref>

==Journalist and statesman==
On his return to Paris in 1834, Bastide was acquitted. He occupied himself with journalism, and he contributed to the ''National'', a republican journal of which he became editor in 1836. In 1847, he founded the ''[[Revue Nationale]]'' as a collaborative venture with [[Philippe Buchez]], whose ideas had thoroughly infected Bastide. After the [[1848 French Revolution|Revolution of February 1848]], Bastide's intimate knowledge of foreign affairs gained for him a ministerial post in the [[French Provisional Government of 1848|provisional government]], and, after the creation of the [[French Executive Commission (1848)|Executive Commission]], he was made Minister of Foreign Affairs. At the close of 1848 he resigned his portfolio, and, after the [[1851 French coup d'état|December 1851 coup d'état]] retired into private life.<ref name="EB1911"/>

==Works==
His writings include:
* ''De l'éducation publique en France'' (1847)
* ''Histoire de l'assemblée législative'' (1847)
* ''La République française et l'Italie en 1848'' (1858)
* ''Histoire des guerres religieuses en France'' (1859)<ref name="EB1911"/>

==See also==
* [[French demonstration of 15 May 1848]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Jules Bastide}}

{{Foreign Ministers of France}}
{{French Executive Commission of 1848}}
{{Cabinet of General Cavaignac}}

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