IMPORTANT Flashcards
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The Seine, Ile Saint Louis , Ile de la Cite
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- pastureland, natural protection, trade, fertile lands
- location contributed to the growth and development as a major city
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Vercingetorix
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- Led a rebellion against Caesar’s Roman forces in Gaul, including the Parisii
- The resistance led by Vercingetorix demonstrates the Gauls determination to repel the Roman invader
- Symbolizes the struggle for independence
- Vercingetorix surrenders to the Romans
- Enhances Caesar’s reputation and encourages the population of Rome to associate themselves to Rome and their military
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Caesar
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- Prosperity made it possible to expand off the Island
- Significant Roman presence in buildings
- Religious blend of Celtic and Roman beliefs
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Denis
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- Christianization is attributed to Denis
Was sent to death for their missionary activity; beheaded
Helf at the highest point in Paris; Montmartre
Significance because it was high ground where heaven meets Earth
After blade came down on the neck of Denis, he reached out picked up the head and walked
Carried the head as he walked northward
Began to walked to Saint Denis, settlement named after him, where there is now a church built for him
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Genevieve
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- Encouraged the people to stay in the city and pray
- given credit for saving the city through divine intervention
- Regarded as a patron saint of Paris
- Taking her relics and processing those through the city
- public demonstration of faith of her and her religion, her intervention
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Clovis
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- Took paris without force and established a unitary leadership under his rule
- Made Paris his capital
- converted to Christianity under influence of his wife (influenced by Genevieve)
- realized that many of his subjects were Christian, so without conversion there might be a barrier between him and his people
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Abelard and Heloise
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- Abelard views Heloise as very smart; has a reputation of being smart
- he sets out to be her tutor to get closer to her’ become a member of the household
- they become obsessed with one another
- they get caught and then she becomes pregnant
- Heloise’s uncle Fulbert is male head of household; is dishonored
- Fulbert wants them to be married
- They move from each other, but they write
- She is elevated in the eyes of the community; her reputation grows
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Joan of Arc
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- Joan hears voices that she can save France at 16
- Asks to be taken to French contender to the throne to tell him that she is there and ready to fight and drive out the English
- Joan gets Charles coronated at Reims
- Goes to Paris, French is defeated and Joan is wounded
- attack of Paris fails and King abandons her
- Joan is captured and sold to the English and put on trial, accused to listening to voices and not God and crossdressing
- Executed
- She is used to rallies and protests in Paris
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Massacre of Saint Bartholomew
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- Ongoing religious tensions between catholics and protestants
- triggered by marriage between the Queen’s daughter and a protestant
- Queen wanted to end wars of religion
- Violence erupted after wedding
- ## The queen ordered targeted killing of huguenot leaders in Paris, leading to a wave of violence against the Protestant population
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EVE French Revolution
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- Images are more affordable; impotant because half of people are not literate
- acceleration for transmission of ideas in 18th century
- new ideas are circulating; rising literacy and interest with new ideas
- saloon and coffeehouse gives people the environment to discourse
- ideas spread face to face; transmission of ideas
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Paris in Revolution - Palais royal
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- acts as a house of ideas; theater, pamphlet literature
- posters on pillars
- Both men and women are mingling freely in public
- pamphlets addresses kings of issues because they do not have to go through the royals
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Bastille
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- home to debaters and libertines
- where soldiers can gather weapons
- prison
Storming of the Bastille: catalyst for further uprisings. People saw it as a tangible victory against royal authority - fortress was partially demolished, the event lead to the fall of the monarchy
- Bastilles fall became a powerful symbol of popular resistance against tyranny and sparked a wave of revolutionary activity
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Hotel de Ville
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- location for revolutionary activities in Paris
- meeting place for political clubs
- Destroyed during the French commune
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The October Days / March of Versailles
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- Triggered by rising food prices and scarcity
- Marched from Paris to Versailles, to King Louis XVI
- Demanded bread, political change, and the monarchy
- They managed to breach palace gates, and access to royal apartments
- King Louis XVI and family fled
- The monarchies relocation to Paris and its reduced authority undermined the perception of its power
- symbolized growing power of the Parisian crowd
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Champ de Mars
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- Became clear that it was not possible to finish the site in time
- volunteers were used to complete the site
