Henri Sauval
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Henri Sauval was a French historian.
Statue said to depict Sauval, on the Louvre in Paris
Paris Commune
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The Paris Commune was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris on 18 March 1871 and controlled parts of the city until 28 May 1871. During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, the
Henri Sauval
…into the possession of Le Roux de Lincy, who prepared an annotated edition. Both the manuscript and Lincy's materials were lost in the fires during the Paris Commune in 1871. However, Le Roux de Lincy's research survives in a series of articles on Sauval which appeared in the Bulletin du bibliophile et du bibliothcaire…
A barricade thrown up by the Communard National Guard on 18 March 1871
Children in factory at the forge under the Second French Empire
Louis Auguste Blanqui, leader of the Commune's far-left faction, was imprisoned for the entire time of the Commune.
French National Guard soldier, 1870