Bastille Day History and Traditions
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French Revolution
The Romantic Art Period: Post the French Revolution
Everyone admires art. Whether we understand it or not, we know deep inside, that there is something innately beautiful about it. But not many of us bother to know about …
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French Revolution Causes
The French revolution, some say was long overdue. The ten years of the French revolution (1789-1799) was marked by a violent force that overturned a century old monarchy and embarked …
Romanticism: Characteristics of Romanticism
Romanticism is a movement that emerged as a reaction against Neoclassicism, the age preceding the Romantic movement. The Neoclassical age was also called the ‘The age of Enlightenment’, which emphasized …
What caused the French Revolution?
I must have been about 9 or 10 years old when my father gave me one of the most treasured gifts of my life – a collection of classics in …
The French Revolution – Madame Du Barry and Princess de Lamballe
The French Revolution: The French Revolution broke out in 1789 and in the Reign of Terror that followed, scores of hapless people, whose only crime was of being of aristocratic …
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Songs of the French Revolution
1. Ca ira Refrain: Ah! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira,Les aristocrates à la lanterne!Ah! ça ira, ça ira, ça ira,Les aristocrates on les pendra! Le despotisme expirera,La liberté triomphera,Ah! …
Eiffel Tower – French Revolution Icon
The Eiffel Tower was built in the period 1887-1889, to celebrate 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. Paris is recognized by this tower. The Prince of Wales, later King Edward …
Charlotte Corday
Born into an aristocratic family in 1768, Charlotte Corday grew up reading Rousseau and Corneille. Some scholars believe that encountering these works at a tender age molded her into a …