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"Les sans-culottes" of the French revolution / From the contempt of the aristocrats to the uprising, what remained in history
2022-07-14 12:16:48 / AKTUALITET
With this name, the Aristocracy and the Clergy called, with contempt, the masses of popular demonstrations in the first days of the French Revolution of July 14, 1789. They wore striped trousers and not "culottes" (underpants), a symbol of the clothing of the aristocracy of the time.
Here's how Pere Duchesne describes who a "sans-culotte" was in 1789:
"He is a being who occasionally walks on foot, who does not have millions as each of you would like to have, he does not have a castle, he does not even have a servant to serve him. He lives, if he has one, together with his wife and children, on the lower floors of the buildings. He is useful, he knows how to work the land, harvest and taste the wheat, build the house himself, make shoes, clothes and work tools, pouring the sweat of his brow all day long. He is at the forefront of the ideal for the Republic, for which he does not even spare his blood.
He is sometimes at work; you can't meet him neither in the cafe nor in the theater. In the evening, he regularly appears in his section, without toilet, without collar, without polished boots, to catch the eye of those in the stands. He supports with all his strength the changes that are expected to come. He keeps his ears open to the enemies of the people or any misdeeds. He marches, with the first trumpet and drum, when the Fatherland calls him, towards the Vendée, the army of the Alps or the army of the North"
Prepared by: Claude Stralla
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