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National Guard (France)
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The National Guard is a French military, gendarmerie, and police reserve force, active in its current form since 2016 but originally founded in 1789 during the French Revolution. In 2016, France annou
The National Guard of Paris Departs for the Army (Léon Cogniet, 1834)
The National Guard of Paris Departs for the Army (Léon Cogniet, 1834)
Soldiers of the Quimper National Guard escorting royalist rebels in Brittany (1792). Painting by Jules Girardet.
Soldiers of the Quimper National Guard escorting royalist rebels in Brittany (1792). Painting by Jules Girardet.
Philippe Lenoir, (1785–1867), French painter, in his National Guard uniform. By Horace Vernet (1789–1863)
Philippe Lenoir, (1785–1867), French painter, in his National Guard uniform. By Horace Vernet (1789–1863)
The National Guard at the Battle of Paris in 1814
The National Guard at the Battle of Paris in 1814
Maximilien Robespierre
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Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognised as one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution. Robespierre fervently campaigned
National Guard (France)
…General of all the National Guards of the Kingdom" and was responsible to the King as commander-in-chief of the armed forces. On 5 December 1790, Robespierre held a speech on the urgent topic of the National Guard; envisaging an evolution from semi-organised militia to citizen-soldiers independent from the…
c. 1790 portrait
c. 1790 portrait
1794 print with the slogan "Supreme Being, Sovereign People, French Republic". An elderly Voltaire is depicted along with a bust of Brutus and the gra
1794 print with the slogan "Supreme Being, Sovereign People, French Republic". An elderly Voltaire is depicted along with a bust of Brutus and the grave of Rousseau.
Between 1787 and 1789 Robespierre lived in this house, now on Rue Maximilien de Robespierre
Between 1787 and 1789 Robespierre lived in this house, now on Rue Maximilien de Robespierre
The revolutionary decrees passed by the Assembly in August 1789 culminated in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
The revolutionary decrees passed by the Assembly in August 1789 culminated in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.