La Vendée Militaire
La Vendée was the center of the counter-revolution. The people rioted against the
republic to stop this wave of new ideas. The repulic’s answer to this uprising as cruel as
it can be was the massacre of every single person supporting the Kingdom of France.
This massacre is still a debate today. Some calls it genocide, and other calls it a history
mistake. To understand what happen we have to know who they were, and why they
were uprising. The leaders of this insurgent’s army were both from lower conditions and
aristocrats. They are remembered as the early resistant fighters. The two principal
actors of this war were the blue and the white armies. Their composition, and there
objectives shows the difference …show more content…
His name was Cathelineau. The women did participated to the
uprising. Few fought, such as Renée Bordereau1. She disguised herself as a man, and she
was a cavalier in the royalist army. Her legend is confirmed by sources like the wife of
the general de La Rochejaquelein. Other women, such as Marie Lourdais2 did
participated in other way. In fact, she never killed a single republican. She rescued
refractory priest from being deported or killed. She also spied and delivered messages
for the leaders of the royalist army. The rest of the women had to replace the men at
working the field or in the shops. Those women also helped the campaign hospital.
The 26th of May 1793, the leaders of each faction meet and declared themselves
as one army. The army was named the Catholic and Royal army3. The army does not
have an official uniform but they all wear a piece of white cloth. The white is the color of
kingdom of France; it meant that they were royalist. They also were wearing a Sacred
Heart Scapular4. The scapular was sewn. Under the sacred heart it was written: “Dieu Le
Roy”. It meant God the king, in reference of their religion and their support to the king …show more content…
Louis the XVI, king of France called the General Estates to find a solution to
put France back on her feet. In the Vendée the peasant and commoner were living in the
austerity and they participated to the elaboration of the “cahiers de doléances”. The
bourgeoisie at the general estates represented them. The aristocracy of the Vendée lived modestly in the countryside. They also participated to the “cahiers de doléances”. They
wanted a more democratic monarchy. Finally, the clergy also lived as poor as the
parishioners. They have a serious impact on them. During the general estates, the clergy
join the majority of the third estate. They were also hoping for change.
The new republic after 1789, quickly dishearten the people of the Vendée. In fact, the state was requisitioning the grain to give them to the people living in the city. The republic’s police insured the requisitioning. They were wearing this blue uniform, and it was the reason why the vendéen called them the “blue”. The country people was living from few resources, and this decision helped the uprising. The second reason of the uprising was the civil constitution of the
La Vendée was the center of the counter-revolution. The people rioted against the
republic to stop this wave of new ideas. The repulic’s answer to this uprising as cruel as
it can be was the massacre of every single person supporting the Kingdom of France.
This massacre is still a debate today. Some calls it genocide, and other calls it a history
mistake. To understand what happen we have to know who they were, and why they
were uprising. The leaders of this insurgent’s army were both from lower conditions and
aristocrats. They are remembered as the early resistant fighters. The two principal
actors of this war were the blue and the white armies. Their composition, and there
objectives shows the difference …show more content…
His name was Cathelineau. The women did participated to the
uprising. Few fought, such as Renée Bordereau1. She disguised herself as a man, and she
was a cavalier in the royalist army. Her legend is confirmed by sources like the wife of
the general de La Rochejaquelein. Other women, such as Marie Lourdais2 did
participated in other way. In fact, she never killed a single republican. She rescued
refractory priest from being deported or killed. She also spied and delivered messages
for the leaders of the royalist army. The rest of the women had to replace the men at
working the field or in the shops. Those women also helped the campaign hospital.
The 26th of May 1793, the leaders of each faction meet and declared themselves
as one army. The army was named the Catholic and Royal army3. The army does not
have an official uniform but they all wear a piece of white cloth. The white is the color of
kingdom of France; it meant that they were royalist. They also were wearing a Sacred
Heart Scapular4. The scapular was sewn. Under the sacred heart it was written: “Dieu Le
Roy”. It meant God the king, in reference of their religion and their support to the king …show more content…
Louis the XVI, king of France called the General Estates to find a solution to
put France back on her feet. In the Vendée the peasant and commoner were living in the
austerity and they participated to the elaboration of the “cahiers de doléances”. The
bourgeoisie at the general estates represented them. The aristocracy of the Vendée lived modestly in the countryside. They also participated to the “cahiers de doléances”. They
wanted a more democratic monarchy. Finally, the clergy also lived as poor as the
parishioners. They have a serious impact on them. During the general estates, the clergy
join the majority of the third estate. They were also hoping for change.
The new republic after 1789, quickly dishearten the people of the Vendée. In fact, the state was requisitioning the grain to give them to the people living in the city. The republic’s police insured the requisitioning. They were wearing this blue uniform, and it was the reason why the vendéen called them the “blue”. The country people was living from few resources, and this decision helped the uprising. The second reason of the uprising was the civil constitution of the