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Maximilien Luce—A Paris Street in May 1871 (The Commune)

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"By 1870 things were going well for Tissot. He was being celebrated as a great figurative painter and his paintings of elegant young ladies were selling well. What could go wrong for him? The answer for him and the rest of the people of France was war. Napoleon III, the Emperor of France since 1852, in a dispute over matters involving Spanish succession, declared war on Prussia in July 1870, having unwisely been counselled by his military advisers that the French army could defeat Prussia and that such a victory would, at the same time, restore his declining popularity in France. However, by January 1871, after a four month siege of Paris by the Prussian army, the fighting was over and the French were defeated. But worse was to come for those who had suffered the Prussian army’s siege of Paris. At the cessation of hostilities between the Prussian army and the French army, the latter was allowed to form a National Assembly. The Parisians, tense and irritable after the long strain of the siege, were horrified by the action of rural France in electing a monarchist assembly committed to what they regarded as a dishonourable peace. They vowed to end the rule of the National Assembly and the infamous and bloody Paris Commune was formed. The Paris Commune was a radical socialist and revolutionary government that ruled Paris from March 18th to May 21st 1871. The working class of Paris seized power of their own city and established the world’s first workers’ government. It all came to a bloody conclusion in May with the storming of the Parisian barricades by the army. It was estimated that twenty-five thousand died during the siege many summarily executed after the battle was over."

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Bommom

:-/

Bommom

Yeah, we'll have to blame it on them.

Bill_I_Am

I'm pretty sure that's all down to the male gender.

Plumpossum

Why can we not learn to settle our differences without violence?

Bommom

You're welcome, Barb.

Bjresh

somehow its a lot cleaner than what we see today. Thanks for another Tissot, Gayle, and the education, Nev.

Bommom

You're welcome, Nev, and thank you.

Bommom

So true, Bill. It is unsettling to think about, Andy. I thought the above paragraph was a good digest. History often repeats itself, whether good or bad. Thanks, you two for stopping by to visit.

LarryTheCrashTestDummy

I know what you mean about it not being the 'distant memory' that it should be, Bill. Rather unsettling to think about. Thanks for posting this, Gayle.

Bill_I_Am

You'd think this sort of thing would be a distant memory 150 years later, but it seems we never learn from past mistakes. Thanks, Gayle.

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