Eric Hobsbawn in his "Invention of Tradition" notes that Bastille Day is an invention of the French Third Republic and can be dated precisely to 1880. It was an invented public ceremony.
Tuesday 15 July 2014
Aux Armes et cetera. La Marseillaise Reggae
Attending the 14th July Bastile day celebrations at the Town Hall after the States sitting, I encountered a French Anarchist who told me about the Reggae version of La Marseillaise by Serge Gainsbourg.
Eric Hobsbawn in his "Invention of Tradition" notes that Bastille Day is an invention of the French Third Republic and can be dated precisely to 1880. It was an invented public ceremony.
Eric Hobsbawn in his "Invention of Tradition" notes that Bastille Day is an invention of the French Third Republic and can be dated precisely to 1880. It was an invented public ceremony.
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