3.29- The Purge of the Girondins

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In the summer of 1793 the Revolutionaries in Paris were besieged from all sides. 

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

Esta canción bélica nació en 1792 para animar a las tropas francesas en la guerra contra Austria. Se convirtió enseguida en himno de la Revolución y, desde 1879, de Francia. 

Quoi ? Une 2ème révolution française ?! On connaît celle de 1789 mais la 2ème, c’était quand ?

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 ...