Jimble-Jamble: French revolutionary kitsch
A dump of stuff for people who want to learn about why the French like to revolt so much!
Today is Bastille Day, which is the day the French revolutionaries stormed the notorious fortress and political prison, the Bastille, and took it over for the Revolution. Today, it is considered to be one of the defining moments of the early French Revolution. The direct effects of that revolution would roil the entire European continent for another 26 …
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