Western Civilization II / Unit 7 WC2 0627 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Vendée
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The idea
Early in seventeen ninety-three a peasant army rose for king and church in the Vendée, the largest royalist insurrection, and was beaten by summer. The republic's revenge burned villages and, by the anchor's figure, killed over one hundred thousand.
In practice
The witness: the Vendée and Brittany among the Terror's causes.
Where people slip
The anchor calls it close to genocide; the characterization is attributed.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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