{"id":32007,"date":"2020-05-19T05:30:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T03:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=32007"},"modified":"2020-05-17T18:05:53","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T16:05:53","slug":"french-history-shaking-things-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-history-shaking-things-up\/","title":{"rendered":"French History – Shaking Things Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

The French have had more than their share of revolutions1<\/a><\/sup>Real ones and cultural \u2026 just see mai ’68<\/a> and les gilets jaunes<\/a><\/span>. They\u2019ve never had a problem when things weren\u2019t working, just scrapping it all and starting over. There\u2019s a reason that the current political administration is the Ve R\u00e9publique<\/strong> (Fifth Republic<\/em>)2<\/a><\/sup>As alluded to by the line “Marianne a cinq enfants” in this song<\/a> \u2026 <\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Une histoire\u00a0<\/strong>r\u00e9volutionnaire<\/b>\u00a0\/ A revolutionay history<\/em><\/p>\n

Most students of French language and culture are familiar with the revolution of 1789 that led to the execution of Louis XVI, the formation of the first French republic, and – at least in many people’s minds – the end of the French monarchy. But 1789 – la R\u00e9volution fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> – was just the first French revolution \u2026 and it wasn’t the end of the monarchy. While none were perhaps ever quite so dramatic, the history of France is also marked by:<\/p>\n