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Commune of Paris Commune of Paris
Commune of Paris insurrectionary governments in Paris formed during (1792) the French Revolution and at the end (1871) of the Franco-Prussian War . In the French Revolution, the Revolutionary commune, representing urban workers, tradespeople, and radical bourgeois, engineered the storming of the... Read more
Reign of Terror Reign of Terror
Reign of Terror 1793-94, period of the French Revolution characterized by a wave of executions of presumed enemies of the state. Directed by the Committee of Public Safety, the Revolutionary government's Terror was essentially a war dictatorship, instituted to rule the country in a national... Read more
Night terrors Night terrors
Sleep terror disorder Definition Sleep terror disorder is defined as repeated temporary arousal from sleep, during which the affected person appears and acts extremely frightened. Description Sleep terror disorder is sometimes referred to as pavor nocturnus when it occurs in children, and incubus ... Read more
Clothing and Fashion Clothing and Fashion
CLOTHING AND FASHION CLOTHING AND FASHION. Though often used interchangeably, there are distinct and important differences between clothing, fashion, and style. The term clothing first appeared in the thirteenth century and refers to garments in general. Fashion and style are fourteenth-century... Read more
Cordeliers Cordeliers
Cordeliers , political club of the French Revolution. Founded (1790) as the Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, it was called after its original meeting place, the suppressed monastery of the Cordeliers (Franciscan Recollects). It provided a political base for Georges ... Read more
Joseph Fouche Joseph Fouche
Joseph Fouché , b. 1759 or 1763, d. 1820, French revolutionary and minister of police. A teacher in the schools of the Oratorian order, he joined the French Revolution and was elected to the Convention (1792). There he sided at first with the Girondists , but then became a Jacobin . As a... Read more
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot , 1753-1823, French revolutionary, known as the organizer of victory for his role in the French Revolutionary Wars . A military engineer by training, Carnot became the military genius of the Revolution and was chiefly responsible for the success of the French in the... Read more
terrorism terrorism
terrorism the threat or use of violence, often against the civilian population, to achieve political or social ends, to intimidate opponents, or to publicize grievances. The term dates from the Reign of Terror (1793-94) in the French Revolution but has taken on additional meaning in the 20th... Read more
Gravy Gravy
GRAVY GRAVY. The term "gravy" first appears in Middle English as gravé and is presumed to derive from French, since the word may be found in numerous medieval French cookbooks. The original medieval meaning was precise: the gravé consisted of the natural cooking juices that flowed from... Read more
February February
February the second month of the year in the northern hemisphere, usually considered the last month of winter. The name is recorded from Middle English (in form feverer), and comes via Old French from Latin februarius, from februa, the name of a purification feast held in this month. The spelling... Read more

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