The The Great Fear
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. So we left off last time with Paris rising up in armed revolt and then storming the Bastille. But as I hinted at the end of last week’s episode, it was the response to this unexpected turn of events that puts the Fall of the Bastille at the center of […]
The Fall of the Bastille
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. Okay, so we are back from vacation and ready to plunge into the thick chaos that was France in July 1789. Hopefully everyone downloaded the tour announcement while I was gone, and if you didn’t, please go check it out. There is a brand new American Revolutions Tour and another […]
The Tennis Court Oath
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. So here we are, ten episodes into this thing, and we’re finally getting to the start of the French Revolution. With the convening of the Estates General, and then the immediate grinding to a halt of the Estates General, events would begin to slip out of everyone’s control. But those […]