#frenchrevolution — Public Fediverse posts
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Why, it was like reading about France and the French, before the ever memorable and blessed Revolution, which swept a thousand years of such villainy away in one swift tidal-wave of blood — one: a settlement of that hoary debt in the proportion of half a drop of blood for each hogshead of it that had been pressed by slow tortures out of that people in the weary stretch of ten centuries of wrong and shame and misery the like of which was not to be mated but in hell. There were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror — that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 13 “Freemen”More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85886/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #marktwain #connecticutyankee #frenchrevolution #bloodshed #oppression #perspective #proportionality #revolution #terror #tyranny #uprising
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Cross-sectional view of Newton’s Cenotaph (1784) by Étienne-Louis Boullée.
Source: Library of Congress
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/8d0e8453-420d-40b9-bb3f-db8e90d9a165
#france #forms #designs #tombs #frenchrevolution #fantasyarchitecture #spheres #monuments #utopias #ink #geometry #architecture #isaacnewton #theimpossible #design #painting #drawing #art #publicdomain
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Desk Revolutionaries: The Men of the French Directory, 1795-9 by Biancamaria Fontana sets the record straight on the #FrenchRevolution’s great experiment in governance.
✍️ Malcolm Crook reviews the recent #history book
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@peemee
Ha ha!! 😂 Very good (“Lego has released a French revolution commemorative collection” - bodiless heads)… 😀😵💫😯 etcetera 😂 -
The rule of villains like Jean-Paul Marat is what happens when politicians are not held to be accountable ‘for what they have said, written or done in the exercise of their functions as representatives.’
#FrenchRevolution #JeanPaulMarat #Politicians #Accountability
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n13/oliver-cussen/doctor-of-the-incurable
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Nooo, I don't want to go to the job trainer tomorrow, I want to stay up untill late... (but I'll be sleepy .__.) Anyway, I've been lately reading Jean Starobinski's book "1789. The emblems of reason". It does a sort of cultural, philosophical analysis of #FrenchRevolution, based on art. It works with a theme of the dark reverse of reason working there, with de Sade or #Enlightenment's gothic fiction. Starobinski's interpretations and writing are so engrossing. *__*
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“Don't be taken in when they paternally pat you on the shoulder and say that there's no inequality worth speaking of and no more reason to fight because if you believe them they will be completely in charge in their marble homes and granite banks from which they rob the people of the world under the pretence of bringing them culture. Watch out, for as soon as it pleases them they'll send you out to protect their gold in wars whose weapons, rapidly developed by servile scientists, will become more and more deadly until they can with a flick of the finger tear a million of you to pieces...“
Jean-Paul Marat, political theorist and visionary.
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14 of july national day
July 14, known as Bastille Day, is a pivotal date in French history that commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, a moment that marked the beginning of the French Revolution. This national holiday not only symbolizes the fight for freedom and equality but also serves as a celebration of French culture and unity. Across the country, citizens engage in vibrant parades, festive fireworks, and various cultural activities, reflecting the spirit of a nation that has continually […]https://bacforall274283584.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/14-of-july-national-day/
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Good news everyone! It's #Bastille Day!
July 14 is the day Parisians stormed the Bastille fortress and prison in 1789, helping spark the #FrenchRevolution that overthrew the monarchy and sent King Louis XVI and his queen Marie-Antoinette to the #guillotine.
Oh guillotines...the gift that keeps on giving...
This year's celebrations includes #Ukraine and troops from the "Coalition of the Willing", which will probably soon replace #NATO.
Ukrainian troops will march along the cobblestoned avenue, and Ukrainian co-pilots trained in #France will fly two Mirage 2000B fighter jets alongside French air force pilots.
The parade will open with around 500 troops from the coalition of countries that have pledged to help with Ukraine’s post-war security.
In the skies, aircraft from #Germany, the #UK, #Croatia, #Poland, #Denmark, #Greece, #Sweden, #Norway, #Spain and #Italy will take part.
You can watch it (live right now!)
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The forgotten story of abolition in revolutionary France – the first emancipation. #Abolition #Abolitionofslavery #abolitionism #BastilleDay #CivilRights #Civilwar #Colonialism #DeclarationofIndependence #Democracy #Emancipation #Frenchempire #FrenchRevolution #Haiti #Napoleon #Revolution #Robespierre #Slavery #ToussaintLouverture #USCivilWar
https://iwpost.com/the-forgotten-story-of-abolition-in-revolutionary-france-the-first-emancipation/?fsp_sid=11768 -
Vive la révolution! Vive l'Empereur!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2177510/vive-la-revolution-vive-l-empereur
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Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité!
https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2174685/liberte-egalite-fraternite
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Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité!
https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/2174684/liberte-egalite-fraternite
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Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité!
https://piefed.social/c/shermanposting/p/2174682/liberte-egalite-fraternite
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"Like so many times throughout #Jewishhistory, a thriving #Jewish center may slowly fade, not because of a single event, but because political decisions, ideological extremism, and a growing sense of insecurity convince people that their future lies elsewhere.
Perhaps the greatest tragedy is that this feels painfully familiar. Throughout history, #Jews have often discovered too late that the political movements they believed would protect them had turned against them. After the #FrenchRevolution, a movement built on the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity failed to eradicate #antisemitism, which soon found new political expressions. In the #SovietUnion, many #Jews initially embraced the revolutionary promise of equality, only to become targets of suspicion, repression, and state-sponsored antisemitism.
I fear we are witnessing a similar pattern[...]"
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-end-of-the-new-york-era/
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Just a normal day at the tourist spot 🔥