3.38- Thermidor

After the events of 9 Thermidor, the Revolution began to swing back to the right. 

The terrible winter of 1794-95 helped France push back all her enemies. Also...Poland! 

That's the slogan that rallied the last remnents of the sans culottes to action...right before they got crushed by the Thermidorean Convention. 

The Invention of France #3 

La Révolution française (1789-1799) est un événement majeur de l'histoire mondiale qui marque la fin de l'Ancien Régime en France et le début de l'ère moderne. Elle se caractérise par une série de bouleversements politiques, sociaux et économiques.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-s ... Show More

<p>Quoi ? Une 2ème révolution française ?! On connaît celle de 1789 mais la 2ème, c’était quand ?</p> <p>C’était en mai 1968. D’accord, le mot « révolution » est peut-être un peu exagéré... Il n’y a pas eu de révolution politique. Par contre, on a assisté à une révolution des mœu ... Show More

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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war and the social unrest that followed, as the French capital was cut off from the rest of the country and food was scarce. When the French government surrendered Paris to the Prussians, power gravitat ... Show More

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war and the social unrest that followed, as the French capital was cut off from the rest of the country and food was scarce. When the French government surrendered Paris to the Prussians, power gravitat ... Show More