# Evidence points to Esterhazy in Dreyfus case (1896)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1896-evidence-points-to-esterhazy-in-dreyfus-case
Location: Paris
Categories: main-event

New evidence undermined the conviction of Dreyfus but the army resisted reopening the case. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Félix Faure (President of the French Republic). Evidence points to Esterhazy in Dreyfus case mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Evidence points to Esterhazy in Dreyfus case mattered because it changed the legal or constitutional framework within which French institutions and citizens operated.

Ruler at the time: [Félix Faure](https://history-france.com/rulers/felix-faure)

## Sources
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