The Bastille: A History of a Symbol of Despotism and Freedom

by Rolf Reichardt

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This book is both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm and a case study on the history of French political culture. It examines in particular the storming and subsequent fall of the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789, and how it came to represent the cornerstone of the French Revolution and serve as a symbol of the repression of the Old Regime. Lisebrink and Reichardt use this semiotic reading of the Bastille to reveal how historical symbols...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822318946

ISBN13:9780822318941

Release Date:July 1997

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 5.7" x 9.0"

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