Week 4Revolutionary Paris: the workers of Saint Antoine

Bastille fortress, city wall, Saint Antoine gate (18th century)

Bastille fortress in 18th century

The neighborhood of Saint Antoine (1874)

Reveillon riots in Saint Antoine in 1789, precursor to Revolution

Reveillon riots in Saint Antoine, prelude to Revolution

The storming of the Bastille by Paris workers (July 14 1789)

Mob violence and popular anger: the parade of heads

“Sans culottes”: Revolutionary shock troops

Idealized portrait of Sans-Culotte

The March to Versailles, October 1789