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INFO ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION YOU PROBABLY OVERLOOKED

Added on: 17th Nov 2016

 

THE MARQUIS DE SADE, A FRENCH ARISTOCRAT,

REVOLUTIONARY POLITICIAN AND WRITER,

FAMOUS FOR HIS LIBERTINE SEXUALITY AND

PORNOGRAPHIC FICTION, WAS AMONG THE

SEVEN PRISONERS

Marquis de Sade

 

 

A TENNIS COURT WAS THE FIRST OFFICIAL

MEETING PLACE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

MEMBERS OF THE THIRD ESTATE (THE MASSES),

THE CLERGY AND NOBILITY MADE UP THE FIRST

AND SECOND ESTATES, RESPECTIVELY, GATHERED

ON JUNE 20, 1789, ON A TENNIS COURT NEAR THE

PALACE OF VERSAILLES AFTER BEING LOCKED

OUT OF A MEETING OF THE ESTATES GENERAL.

HERE THEY FORMED THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

AND TOOK THE TENNIS COURT OATH. THIS WAS

ALSO THE FIRST TIME FRENCH CITIZENS PUBLICLY

OPPOSED KING LOUIS XVI

Tennis Court Oath

 

 

THE SWIFT KILLING GUILLOTINE THAT WAS WILDLY

POPULARIZED DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

REMAINED A LEGAL FORM OF EXECUTION IN

FRANCE UNTIL 1981

guillotine

 

 

DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION MANY PEOPLE

WERE SENT TO THE GUILLOTINE. MANY MORE

WERE BEHEADED IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING THE

REVOLUTION AS WELL, IN AN ERA KNOWN AS THE

REIGN OF TERROR. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN

FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE EXECUTED

the guillotine

 

 

ONE OF THEM WAS KING LOUIS XVI, WHO WAS

BEHEADED ON JANUARY 12, 1793. THE CHARGE

THAT LED TO HIS EXECUTION SUGGESTED HE

HAD CONSPIRED WITH AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA,

ENEMIES OF FRANCE AT THE TIME

One of them was King Louis XVI, who was beheaded on January 12, 1793. The charge that led to his execution suggested he had conspired with Austria and Prussia, enemies of France at the time.

 

 

WHEN THE ROYAL FAMILY ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE,

THEY DIDN’T GET VERY FAR DUE TO THE KING’S

VANITY. THE KING’S FACE WAS ON EVERY FRENCH

COIN, A FACT THAT HELPED THE REBELS EASILY

RECOGNIZE HIM

French coins

 

 

KING LOUIS XVI’S WIFE, MARIE ANTOINETTE, WAS

SEEN BY THE FRENCH AS SOMEONE WHO FLAUNTED

HER WEALTH AND PRIVILEGE. THIS CREATED A

GREAT DEAL OF RESENTMENT TOWARDS HER.

SHE WAS EVENTUALLY BEHEADED, JUST LIKE

HER HUSBAND

King Louis XVI

 

 

IT IS BELIEVED THAT MARIE ANTOINETTE PAID HER

EXECUTIONER WITH A PURSE OF GOLD COINS TO

MAKE SURE THE BLADE HE WOULD USE TO BEHEAD

HER WAS SHARP ENOUGH TO GIVE HER A QUICK,

CLEAN DEATH

Marie Antoinette

 


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