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Paris the economic and political center of France. During the plague took thousands of Parisians. About a century parades, fireworks
the 10 to 13 centuries, King Louis IX developed the later, the religious wars wreaked havoc, including the and the red, white
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spiritual and intellectual life of Paris, building many St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre, and culminating in the and blue colors.
colleges, including the Sorbonne, on the Left Bank. The 1569 siege of the city by Henry of Navarre. In the citizens’
austere façade of the university welcomes the curious. Things finally got better under King Louis XIII, revolt, many of the
The events in Paris during the next four centuries is who brought fashion to Paris. He also founded various city’s statues and
perhaps as familiar to us Americans as it is to the French. other institutions, such as the Royal Printing Press and landmarks were
The Parisian militant, Charles V, constructed the infamous Académie française. His successor, King Louis XIV, the destroyed. They
Bastille fortress. In 1407, the Duke of Burgundy had Sun King, moved his court out of the city to Versailles. also reduced the
the Duke of Orleans murdered – an act that led to the Come the revolution, as we often say, things will size of aristocratic
12-year war between the Burgundians and Armagnacs. be different, and this was also true in Paris. The people holdings. The city
The carnage ended with the English capturing Paris in revolted against poor living conditions and high taxes. then developed
1420. Joan of Arc failed to liberate Paris 10 years later, The French Revolution actually followed ours here in the under Napoleon.
and Henry VI of England was crowned King of France states. It started on July 14, 1789, and the commemoration However, in 1830,
in 1422. of this event, “Bastille Day,” is celebrated annually, much the Bourgeois
Still more problems occurred for Paris, where in 1466, the same as our Independence Day celebration, with intellectuals were
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