The #FrenchRevolution. An important chapter in #history that reshaped the destiny of the world. But how did it unravel? Who were its main characters and what did they do? What was the role of millions of regular folks?

If you're like me - curious, but too lazy to dig up the details, let me introduce the #FrenchRevolutionPodcast. A gripping narration of the events, complete with nuances and alternate perspectives, presented by William Clark. Listen on any podcast app.

https://greyhistory.com/frenchrevolutionpodcast/

ARC Review: A Far Better Thing by H.G. Parry #20booksofsummer2025 #the52bookclub #historicalfantasy #NetGalley #FrenchRevolution

https://thebookstop.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/arc-review-a-far-better-thing-by-h-g-parry/

@redsad @jef #frenchrevolution

so sweet!

REVOLUTION AGAINST TYRANNY

#FrenchRevolution

THIS IS THE START OF THE #AmericanRevolution
#TACOboos

HEY, #TACO, WE ALL HATE YOUR OLD, STAIR-TRIPPING, PANTS-SHITING, DIAPER-WEARING, CHILD-RAPING, CRUSTY-TACO ASS

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FUCK DONALD TRUMP
REPLACE ALL REPUBLICANS

https://youtu.be/HcoB3g-Ixg4?si=bfKmcI7FtI9Xy5S-

@toastie @GottaLaff

#History #DonaldTrump #MAGA
#MoscowsAssetGoverningAmerica

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...#SustainableGrowth perspective,) could mostly be seen as brilliant. Almost everything falls into place.

Oh, and just like the co-leaders of the #FrenchRevolution, which famously devoured its children, or the #RussianOligarchs that later on had tea with #Putin or tried to fly without wings, had too much lead intake, etc., the #Technofeudalists aka US billionaires and...

@DemocracyMattersALot until they have actions that can be seen to be anti trump, these are just cowardly words

They did this! #gop #frenchrevolution

The metre originated in the French Revolution

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-05-20/metre-treaty-anniversary-metric-system-measurement-metrology/105302024

#HackerNews #metre #FrenchRevolution #metricSystem #measurement #history

Grab your pitchforks, light your torches, sharpen the guillotine it's party time! #FrenchRevolution style

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🇫🇷#France #FrenchRevolution #FrenchAristocracy #Aristocracy #Science #Physics #Chemistry #Helium #Noble #NobleGas #NobleGases #Gas #Gases #Atom #NuclearExplosion #SplitTheAtom.

#Meme #Memes #Humour #Humor

At Stanford, they call it the "Big Squeeze" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of-living-income-quality-of-life/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Self-proclaimed elites want the majority of us dead, because that means less competition and more for them. Capitalism is propaganda.

Our Bastille day comes.
#FrenchRevolution #AmericanRevolution

Vijay Prashad: Punishing Haiti’s Liberation
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/13/vijay-prashad-punishing-haitis-liberation/
Ever since waging the first successful anti-imperialist revolution in 1804, the Caribbean nation that overthrew slavery has been hit with crippling debt, coups and foreign meddling. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On a stormy August night in 1791,…
#Politics #CivilRights #Commentary #France #Haiti #History #HumanRights #IncomeInequality #Spain #U.s. #Abolition #AntiImperialism #CécileFatiman #Citibank #DuttyBoukman #DuvalierRegime #Frankétienne #FrenchRevolution #GeorgeWashington #HaitianRevolution #JeanBertrandAristide #JeanJacquesDessalines #MaximilienRobespierre #NapoleonBonaparte #PresidentJeanVilbrunGuillaumeSam #Slavery #ThomasJefferson #ToussaintLOuverture #VijayPrashad #ViscountOfRochambeau

@jzmurdock

Why would #Trump (or this "Maga Board") want a performance of #LesMiserables," anmyway?

Isn't it set during the #FrenchRevolution, where people like Trump finally got what was coming to them?

#USPol
#KennedyCenter

Quote of the day, 7 May: Pope Pius VI

As revolutionary forces targeted France’s monasteries, Pope Pius VI turned to faithful bishops with a plea: defend the nuns. Among them were the Discalced Carmelites of Compiègne, who would one day offer their lives rather than renounce their vows. And in their hour of trial, the voice of Peter answered their faith with fatherly courage.

To what we have already said regarding the vows of religious, we must now add the inhuman decree pronounced against the consecrated virgins—that they be removed from their cloisters, as Luther did, who (to use the words of Adrian VI) “did not fear to profane those vessels consecrated to God, to drag out of their monasteries the virgins dedicated to Jesus Christ who had professed the monastic life, and to return them to the world—or rather, to the devil, whom they had previously renounced.”

And yet the nuns—who are in fact the most illustrious part of Christ’s flock—have often, by their prayers, averted immense calamities from cities. Saint Gregory the Great recalls that this happened in his time in Rome: “If there were no consecrated virgins among us, not one of us would have survived for so many years in this place amidst the swords of the Lombards.” And Pius VI, speaking of his own nuns in Bologna, testifies that “this city, long oppressed by many misfortunes, could not have endured had divine wrath not been in some measure appeased by the continual and fervent prayers of our religious women.”

Meanwhile, the nuns of France—now in the deepest desolation—move our hearts with the tenderest compassion. Many of them, from across the provinces, have written to us of their anguish: they are being prevented from persevering in their institutes and from observing their solemn vows. Yet they have also declared to us their firm and unwavering resolve: they are determined to endure every hardship rather than abandon their vocation.

Therefore, beloved sons and venerable brothers, we cannot help but commend to you, in the fullest manner, their steadfastness and courage. We earnestly entreat you to encourage them with your exhortations, and to offer them—so far as lies within your power—every possible assistance.

Pope Pius VI

Quod Aliquantum, 10 March 1791

Pius VI 1791, Breve Quod Aliquantum, Rome, 10 March. Addressed to Dominique Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld, Archbishop of Rouen, and to Archbishop Jean-de-Dieu-Raymond de Boisgelin de Cucé of Aix, along with other bishops who had signed the Exposition on the Principles of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. Italian text available at vatican.va.

Translation from the Italian text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.

Featured image: This detail from a stained glass window depicting the Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne was designed by stained glass artist Sister Margaret of the Mother of God, O.C.D. (Margaret Rope). It is one of her most famous windows in the chapel of the Carmel of Quidenham, England. Image credit: Discalced Carmelites

⬦ Reflection Question ⬦
What does it mean for me to stand with those who remain faithful at great personal cost?
⬦ Join the conversation in the comments.

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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1789, a final #EstatesGeneral was called in #France. Propelled by the anger of people facing steep cost rises, they declared a National Assembly and worked on a constitution. These #FrenchRevolution liberals were pushed steadily from below by street power.

While EVERYONE struggles but the EXTREMELY rich. Which led to the #FrenchRevolution, so by all means keep it up...

"What If… The French Revolution Had Happened in China?"

"David talks to world historian Ayse Zarakol about how the East might well have risen to global dominance before the West. What if the key revolutions of the modern world – political and industrial – had happened in Asia first?"

https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes

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#podcasts #PastPresentFuture #DavidRunciman #AyseZarakol #FrenchRevolution #China

🇫🇷#France #FrenchRevolution #FrenchAristocracy #Aristocracy #Science #Physics #Chemistry #Helium #Noble #NobleGas #NobleGases #Gas #Gases #Atom #NuclearExplosion #SplitTheAtom.

#Meme #Memes #Humour #Humor

#oligarchs are good-for-nothing-but-enriching-themselves shit-faced assholes, whom we #democracy lovers must defeat (because they are enemies of the #USConstitution and therefore also every #citizen) as soon as possible because we have no time to waste

YES, OLIGARCHS ARE THE ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE

let's heed what #FrenchRevolution teaches us lovers of #history
. they rose up, kicked ass, and took the heads of the few super rich who thought they were untouchable
. they were indeed TOUCHABLE

France has its Zorro, and his name is "la Tulipe Noire (et son cheval Voltaire)" https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/038439-000-A/la-tulipe-noire/ #60th #movie #alaindelon #frenchrevolution #revolution #cinemastodon #cinema