nobles higher class figures then peasants.
The Bastille was a prison used by the French monarchy, where people could be imprisoned at the whim of the monarch. It therefore symbolized the abuse of power by the monarchy.
they were imprisoned about 25-30 years before Bastille day. 5 forgers and 2 mentally ill prisoners....lolololol
It is in the city of Paris, France.
Voltaire was imprisoned in the Bastille by King Louis XV of France in 1717. He was held for nearly a year before being released.
No, the Bastille was stormed on 14 July 1789 and King Louis XVI was never held in the Bastille. When he was imprisoned, it was at the Temple and he was not executed until 21 January 1793 almost three and a half years after the French Revolution began.
people clebrate bastille day
At the time her father is let out of jail she is seventeen, then obviously gets older as the book goes on.
It was randomly known there was a lot of gunpowder stored in the Bastille and since the people feared that King Louis XVI was planning a counter revolution, they wanted to arm themselves against the foreign regiments of the King. Also, the Bastille, where people could be imprisoned at the whim of the monarch, represented royal authority and this was exactly what the French people didn't want anymore. The French saw it as a victory when they freed the 7 prisoners and tore down the Bastille. They conveniently forgot the fact that among them were 4 forgers, 2 lunatics and 1 pedophile. The revolutionaries turned the rioters into the 'heroes' of the Bastille, fighting under the bullets of the monarchy, and the event into a symbol of the fight for Liberty.
Voltaire was jailed in the Bastille prison in Paris by King Louis XV. He was imprisoned for his criticism of the king and his political works.
The Bastille was a jail or prison that held innocent people that did nothing wrong. The people during the french revolution thought it was wrong and ridiculous so they threw apart the Bastille, taking it apart brick by brick.
The Bastille was the Royal Prison. By taking the Bastille, the people were telling the King he had lost his power of threat.
Voltaire was imprisoned twice in his life. The first time was in the Bastille in 1717 for insulting Philippe II, Duke of Orléans. The second time was a brief confinement in the Bastille in 1726.