Racha MAZOUZI
BACKGROUND AND CAUSES OF THE 1860 INCIDENTS IN THE MOUNT-LEBANON, THROUGH THE FRENCH DOCUMENT
This research contains the events which mount of Lebanon experienced in the nineteenth century, as Lebanon's mount witnessed a conflict between the largest religious sects, Druze and Maronite, wich led to creat many divisions, massacres, and destroyed villages in the country, The significance of this research lies in an attempt to extract the real causes of this conflict, and the role and policy of France and England in the Levant, through a French memorandum from the French diplomatic archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Keywords: Mount Lebanon, Maronites, Druze, French Politics, British Politics, Ottoman Government