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Napoleon

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Anonymous: How tall was Napoleon?

That’s a very interesting question. He was known to be very short some sources say 5’2. Others say he was measured incorrectly and he was actually 5’6

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vivelareine: The Hameau’s pleasure dairy constituted an elegant re-creation of a typical working dairy, one whose “work” centered less on production and more on consumption, royal symbolism, and aristocratic play. It provided Marie-Antoinette with a venue in which to enjoy the pleasures, and embrace the values, of rural life in a manner fit for a queen.How can we begin to make sense of this curious building type and its historical and cultural significance? First, it is important to understand that the Hameau’s pleasure dairy was neither an isolated example nor the product of Marie-Antoinette’s frivolous imagination, as has been assumed. To the contrary, it was part of an established tradition of dairy construction in French royal and elite gardens that began in the mid-sixteenth century with Catherine de’Medici at the court of Fontainebleau. -an excerpt from Dairy Queens: The Politics of Pastoral Architecture from Catherine de Medici to Marie Antoinette by Meredith Martin

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vivelareine: The bedroom of Marie Antoinette at the chateau de Fontainebleau

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todaysdocument: May 31 - Mrs Hammond, American Red Cross, serving water to badly wounded British soldier on platform of railroad station at Montmirail, France, May 31, 1918.

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French Revolution

What year did the French Revolution begin?

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“
A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.
 

— Napoleon Bonaparte
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