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The Bastille (/ b æ ˈ s t iː l /, French: ⓘ) was a fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine.It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France.
The Storming of the Bastille (French: Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]) occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, when revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress and political prison known as the Bastille. After four hours of fighting and 94 deaths, the insurgents were able to ...
The Place de la Bastille (French pronunciation: [plas də la bastij]) is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of the Bastille and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 during the French Revolution. No vestige of the prison remains.
Justine (original French title: Les infortunes de la vertu) was an early work by the Marquis de Sade, written in two weeks in 1787 while he was imprisoned in the Bastille. It is a novella (187 pages) with relatively little of the obscenity that characterised his later writing, as it was written in the classical style (which was fashionable at ...
Pages in category "Prisoners of the Bastille" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Demonstrations culminated into violence as troops clashed with students protesting the new plans. The Bastille was stormed on 25 June, after days of nationwide protests, especially in Paris. François Mitterrand, who was president at the time, ordered police to quell dissent and withdrew the new bills. Despite this, demonstrations intensified ...
The private prison industry has long fueled its growth on the proposition that it is a boon to taxpayers, delivering better outcomes at lower costs than state facilities. But significant evidence undermines that argument: the tendency of young people to return to crime once they get out, for example, and long-term contracts that can leave ...
At dawn Salpêtrière, a hospice for women and girls to which a prison was attached, was visited. [89] The number of victims is exactly known: 35 women, including 23 underaged. [ 90 ] The average age of the 35 victims was 45 – only one of them, Marie Bertrand, a diocesan from Dyon, was 17 years old – and 52 were released according to Cassagnac.