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 Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:35 am
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Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 2:29 pm
I *loved* learning about the French Rev. I used to think that Robespierre was so cool. I also loved the fact that people were hung from lamp posts (sounds horrible, but I think thats an interesting way to kill people and send a message) and, coincidentally, A Tale of Two Cities is the only Dickens book I've really enjoyed.
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Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2005 3:21 am
I loved ATOTC! I simply adore historical fiction about this time period. Have you ever heard of The Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy? Written in the 1830s, I want to say. They're absolutely wonderful. She creates a character, a superhero of sorts, who swoops in to rescue the nobility before they are executed. It's a wonderful series, although half of the fun is spending the entire first book trying to figure out who he bloody is! There's also a popular Broadway musical based on the story. I have to admit, that's what got me started on this time period. Now I'm hooked!
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Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 8:45 am
I've hear of The Scarlet Pimpernel, but I didn't know it was a series o.o The only historical fiction I've read that involves Marie Antoinette is The Royal Diaries: Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles o_o Amazon Site
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 5:55 pm
dangerous_jade I loved ATOTC! I simply adore historical fiction about this time period. Have you ever heard of The Scarlet Pimpernel series by Baroness Orczy? Written in the 1830s, I want to say. They're absolutely wonderful. She creates a character, a superhero of sorts, who swoops in to rescue the nobility before they are executed. It's a wonderful series, although half of the fun is spending the entire first book trying to figure out who he bloody is! There's also a popular Broadway musical based on the story. I have to admit, that's what got me started on this time period. Now I'm hooked! I saw the musical, and then read the book, and I believe that is what peaked my interest in the time period, which I have since fallen in love with. Revolutions of all sorts are an interest of mine, actually. Although, correct me if I'm wrong, someone, but I thought the books were written from sometime around 1905 on.
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Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 8:21 pm
oh I love the French Revolution! Now that my semester is OFFICIALLY over (turned in the thesis, yay!), I can begin my summer reading list, which includes all the books on France and Russia that I've bought and never read.
and also the books from my classes that I haven't read redface
I'm also taking French this summer. because, as we know, in oder to truly study something, you must be able to read the native language.
which begs the question: where can I find Russian?! xp
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Admiral Von Radioactivity
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:29 pm
We did the French Revolution recently in World Civ. All I have to say about Robespierre is that he is a complete hypocrite.
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 1:43 pm
THe French revolution presented many new ideologies (that I love to study) to the European world. It was different from the American Revolution though some of the concepts are still the same. The Revolution was exciting, but I have to say that the Reign of Teror was even more so. Robspierre was a very interesting individual. He rose ot power on his own and also lead to his demise. The Revolution and Terror were confusing times when all of Paris and Francec was turned upside down. But the most important thing that came from it was that the revolution scared the European neighbors. France had become fead up wiht aristocracy that it actually dethroned their king. The whole process was violent, but extremly remarkable.
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Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:45 pm
Then I''d recommend you to see "The Rose of Versailles" ...it''s a beautiful anime from the 70''s that deals with the Pre-Revolutionary France 3nodding ....and only 40 episodes... 3nodding heart heart
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Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2006 5:51 pm
It's a very odd place in history. The American Revolution was not so long ago, and they vary greatly. In my opinion, the French Revolution lost sight of what they wanted. The government established was no better than the monarchy before it.
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:52 pm
I Love the French Revolution!!!! Its so cool!! I wish I learned more about it but I can't find any classes that focus in it that is in English....
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:53 am
This is an interesting site with some good info as far as I can tell. http://www.marie-antoinette.orgI found the Diamond Necklace Affair interesting and just thought I would share it. By the way, does anyone on here sympathize with Marie Antoinette or her husband Louis XVI?
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 6:26 pm
The_Baron By the way, does anyone on here sympathize with Marie Antoinette or her husband Louis XVI? I do, definitely. 3nodding Maybe this is colored by that kids' book I read a while ago and loved, Marie Antoinette's diary or whatever. But I feel like she grew up in a way where she couldn't grasp the common people's situations at all, and I feel sorry for her. She tried. Louis too, but I sympathize more with Marie.
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:01 pm
Hello! I have just joined this guild, and this will be my first post ever. Hmm... I am rather surprised that they executed King Louis. I had read before that he was popular with his people; His Queen on the other hand was quite the opposite. Personally? I think that Louis didn't have to be killed. He was known as indecisive, depresed, shy and akward... I do not see what threat he alone would have caused, besides his rank. In fact, I feel somewhat Sorry for King Louis the 17th; Didn't Napolean not like Robspierre? Or, he did at first... But, didn't he think they tried to assasinate him? Good God, the assasinations he managed to escape eek
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:18 am
Rosa Antoinette Hello! I have just joined this guild, and this will be my first post ever. Hmm... I am rather surprised that they executed King Louis. I had read before that he was popular with his people; His Queen on the other hand was quite the opposite. Personally? I think that Louis didn't have to be killed. Louis had to be executed as a way to justify the revolution to the French people. The French monarchy, as well as just about every other European monarchy, claimed that they had the Divine Right to hold their thrones - that is, God wanted them and their families to rule and there was nothing anyone could do about it. The average lower-class French citizen was typically a religious person, and throwing out God's chosen one would not have been the easiest thing to do. They figured that, if Louis really did have Divine Right, they wouldn't be able to kill him - but they did. God didn't step in and stop his execution and, thus, the entire monarchy must have been a sham and the French people did the right thing by overthrowing it. There were the political ramifications, as well. If the King was dead, nobody could restore him to power.
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