In the French Revolution, the citizens of France had overthrown their king and reestablished there government as a republic. ... There is a similarity, as you may know and as Dickens had mentioned, between Madame Defarge and the furies of ancient roman mythology. The Furies of Greek and Roman religion and mythology were daughters of Mother Earth, conceived from the blood of Uranus, when Kronos castrated him. ... This shows us that Defarge is much like the furie Alecto due to her determination and unceasing pursuit for a French Republic. ... She and her revolutionaries construct the "guil...

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In a century marked by immense political unrest, public debate between the classes, and resurgence in new forms of art and culture, citizens are taking part in Caesar's grand Roman tradition. ... In addition, Religion has been a major force in the shaping of Roman history, politically as much as socially. ... The road felt like it was about fifty yards wide where the zebra goes across, and my friends and I got the sneaking suspicion that it was like a modern-day equivalent of the old Roman practice of throwing Christians to the lions; a deliberate piece of civic planning to give the local...

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He survived though, and in 1959, he was elected president of the Republic. ... He was the first socialist president of the French Republic. ... About 80% of the people of France belong to the Roman-Catholic church, which is different from the U.S. where the majority of the people are Christian. ...

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The Concordat of 1801 was an agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that reestablished the Roman Catholic Church in France. ... Roman Catholicism was recognized as the religion of most French citizens. By reestablishing the Roman Catholic Church, he won the support of the large majority of peasant-farmers. ... "Those black individuals who have helped defend the territory of the Republic against its enemies or who have rendered service to the state in any other way"10 were to be declared free. ...

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VOCABULARY Archaeology: the scientific study of ancient people and cultures principally revealed through excavation. Cromlech: a circle of megaliths. Henge: a Neolithic monument, characterized by a circular ground plan. Used for rituals and marking astronomical events. Megalith: a stone of great size used in the construction of a prehistoric structure. ...

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