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Monarchy
Enemy to Tyrants: The Life of Algernon Sidney
January 15, 2023| Pete| 1071
Born on this day, Algernon Sidney was one of England's greatest revolutionaries “This hand, enemy to tyrants, by the sword seeks peace with liberty.” The second half of the seventeenth century was the great revolutionary period of British history.
It's a Revolution: The Storming of the Bastille
July 14, 2022| Pete| 1789
How the people of France captured a Parisian prison and brought down the French monarchy once said that a riot is the language of the unheard. For centuries before 1789, politics in the Kingdom of France concerned itself with kings and noblemen.
The Tennis Court Oath: How The French Revolution Began
June 20, 2022| Pete| 3109
The story of how a tennis court became one of the most important sites in radical history... You might expect revolutions to start out in factories, shipyards, or prisons – not luxury tennis courts.
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