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Category : Paris (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Episodes of the Paris Commune in 1871
Author: Episodes of the Paris Commune in 1871
Author: Episodes of the Paris Commune
Author: Blanche MurphyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331417866
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Excerpt from Episodes of the Paris Commune: In 1871 It was toward the latter end of April that the Commune, represented by one of its members, Drouet du Mousset, and two National Guards, paid its first official visit to our house. These men were courteously received by the Brother-Director, and behaved with the utmost propriety; they greeted us with sundry civil speeches, and contented themselves with making a rapid survey of the establishment. To hear them, you would have thought that the Brothers had nothing to fear from the Communist authorities, who were perfectly well disposed toward them; but, spite of such protestations, two Brothers deemed it prudent, even at that early stage, to get formal leave to quit Paris. Except the departure of our two colleagues and the removal of the most precious belongings of the house, such as altar-plate, reliquaries, books, nothing happened for some time of an alarming nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Episodes of the Paris commune in 1871. Translated from the French by the Lady Blanche Murphy
Author: The Paris Commune 1871
Author: Robert TombsPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317883853
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
The Paris Commune was the biggest and last popular revolution in western Europe - ending the cycle of revolutions that started in 1789. The Parisians, reeling from defeat in the Franco-Prussian War set up their own revolutionary administration. Government troops eventually retook the city and took a terrible revenge: thousands died in the bloodbath that followed. The short-lived Commune and its repression cast a long shadow. It exposed deep divisions in French society and became a potent inspiration for the radical left. This stirring new study written with great zest, and a vivid sense of time and place lets the reader experience these tumultuous events at first hand and provides a comprehensive synthesis of recent research in both French and English.
The Paris Commune
Author: Massacre
Author: John M. MerrimanPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300212909
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
One of the most dramatic chapters in the history of nineteenth-century Europe, the Commune of 1871 was an eclectic revolutionary government that held power in Paris across eight weeks between 18 March and 28 May. Its brief rule ended in ‘Bloody Week’ – the brutal massacre of as many as 15,000 Parisians, and perhaps even more, who perished at the hands of the provisional government’s forces. By then, the city’s boulevards had been torched and its monuments toppled. More than 40,000 Parisians were investigated, imprisoned or forced into exile – a purging of Parisian society by a conservative national government whose supporters were considerably more horrified by a pile of rubble than the many deaths of the resisters. In this gripping narrative, John Merriman explores the radical and revolutionary roots of the Commune, painting vivid portraits of the Communards – the ordinary workers, famous artists and extraordinary fire-starting women – and their daily lives behind the barricades, and examining the ramifications of the Commune on the role of the state and sovereignty in France and modern Europe. Enthralling, evocative and deeply moving, this narrative account offers a full picture of a defining moment in the evolution of state terror and popular resistance.
The Paris commune
Author: The Paris Commune. An Episode in the History of the Socialist Movement
Author: Edward S. MasonPublisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Paris Commune, 1871
Author: Robert TombsPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780582309036
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The Paris Commune was the biggest and last popular revolution in western Europe, ending the cycle of revolutions that started in 1789. This volume provides a comprehensive synthesis of the flood of recent research on the Paris Commune.