The French Revolution

As their government helped England's rebellious Colonies win their freedom, its citizens looked to the same struggle for inspiration. Driven by idealism, catalyzed by a society in crisis, and defined by carnage, the French Revolution erupted a little more than a decade later.

This authoritative survey masterfully brings the world of 18th century France to life. The French Revolution shook the very foundations of monarchy, destroyed the last vestiges of feudalism, and planted the seeds of modern politics, diplomacy, and nationalism. Travel back to the days of the guillotine to meet the figures who made history, including Marie-Antoinette, Louis XVI, Maximilien Robespierre, Jean-Paul Marat, Georges Danton, and Charlotte Corday.

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[Laord1]

This is just plainly biased against the real revolutionaries. They depict Jean Paul Marat as some bitter and failed paranoid. He was not so, he was a respected physician, scientist and journalist, being friends with Ben Franklin, Goethe and Marquis De Sade. His skin disease was indeed contracted while in the catacombs of paris (not really the sewers) but he was not there because of poverty, he was hiding from antirevolutionary elements sent to kill him.

[legolandbridge]

Wow, what bloodbath. Hard to believe we celebrate the start of this shocking terror with the fall of the Bastille, July 14th.

Thanks for uploading.

[kuwaiti4life]

great video!

thx!

[KaulitzEyes]

thanks!