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Monday, November 5, 2012

The Everyday Lives of Parisian Women and the October Days of 1789


The Everyday Lives of Parisian Women and the October Days of 1789 - David Garrioch
'The men are holding back, the men are cowards . . . we will take over'
On 5 October 1789 thousands of Parisian women tramped twelve miles to Versailles to bring the king back to the capital. This event radicalised the French Revolution.

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