3.16- The Society of 1789

<p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px;">After the Feast of the Federation, Revolutionary France was outwardly calm, but internally divided. </span></p> 

<p>In June 1791 the royal family tried to escape from Paris, but they were busted while passing through Verennes. </p> <p>Sponsor link: <a href="http://www/lynda.com/revolutions">lynda.com/revolutions</a></p> 

<p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px;">Would really like to get my hands on the salacious limericks </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px;">the good Emperor composed while whacked on spice. </span></p> 

La Révolution française a fait l’objet de nombreux débats entre historiens, notamment autour du fait de savoir si elle représentait un tout, en y incluant la Terreur, que l’on pouvait célébrer, ou s’il ne fallait en considérer que des bribes. Quoi qu’il en soit, elle constitue un ... Show More

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

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Haitian Revolution. In 1791 an uprising began in the French colonial territory of St Domingue. Partly a consequence of the French Revolution and partly a backlash against the brutality of slave owners, it turned into a complex struggle invo ... Show More

During the late 18th Century, a series of political, social, cultural, and economic issues reached breaking point, exploding in what is now known as the French Revolution. This unprecedented event affected not just France, but the rest of the world - reinventing centuries-old app ... 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

It’s simple enough to pinpoint the beginnings of the French Revolution in 1789, but far more difficult to mark its end. Following the initial outbreak of revolution, France was plunged into years of political, social and economic instability, as various new governments sought to ... Show More

In the premier episode of “Constitutional,” we go back in time to that hot Philadelphia summer in 1787 when a group of revolutionary Americans debated, drank and together drafted the U.S. Constitution. 

<div class="sc-p5flmk-0 hgUaki"> <div id="cid-0"> <div> <div class="sc-dJjYzT iHVgLk"> <div class="sc-1sp3zau-0 fYcGch sc-d4f3hw-0 iATlLz"> <div class="sc-1ye87qi-0 eiUCxM"> <p>Amelia, Carlos and Rudy sit down to discuss the revolutionary period of Mexico in the decade of 1910. W ... Show More