MENU: 2. Players who make France distinct
KINGS AND REBELS ARE THE HEAVYWEIGHTS...
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| Equestrian Portrait of Louis XIV (cropped) by René-Antoine Houasse toward 1670 / zoom |
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| Liberty Leading the People (cropped) by Eugène Delacroix, 1831 / zoom |
...PLUS WOMEN OF THE COURT, MEN OF THE CHURCH, THE PEASANTS WHO BOUGHT FARMS DURING THE REVOLUTION,
FOREIGNERS, IMPERIALISTS AND IMMIGRANTS
At the Saint-Denis gate
An immigrant who could pose as Marianne* passes the arch built in homage to the Sun King and proceeds along the pilgrimage route that leads to the royal graves.
* Symbol of the French republic
In brief
- Kings, at the heart of French civilization
- Women who bequeathed their refinement
- The Church, inseparable from the monarchy
- Small farms: ferocious repressions and "art de vivre"
- Rebels and their demand for social justice
- Exiles and expats
- The French language, imperialists' explosive gift
- Immigrants, source of new energies
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