The
most heroic character
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Pierre-Claude-André
RASSE - (23/04/1758 - 13/09/1832)
A "shock"
priest, gendarme during the Terreur, member of maquis during the Empire,
decorated with Legion of Honour by Napoleon himself, sentenced to death
by the Austrian, and ... priest of Moux (Nièvre).
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The
most beautiful document
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The "cahier
de doléances" of the ploughmen of Auxois for the "Etats
généraux" - 30 avril 1789
A document of an
exceptional quality, full of poetry. Unusual formula for a "cahier
de doléances".
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The
most moving document
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The letter written
by Anne-Bénigne-Augustine ESPIARD de MACON to the directors of
the Côte d'Or to obtain a residence permit - 18/06/1793
June 1793 is the
true beginning of the "Terreur". The hunt of the families
of emigrated lords has begun. Anne-Bénigne, wife of Jean-Baptiste-Lazare-Pierre
ESPIARD de MACON, threatened with imprisonment as emigrated's wife,
writes to the directors of the district to obtain a residence permit
at her nephew's Mr de Montcrif at Bard-le-Régulier (7 km au south
of her castle of Mâcon). Unsuccesfully, as she will soon be imprisoned
in Dijon
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The
funniest document
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The report of
Louis-Benoit DARNAY, commissioner of the inventory of the trees and
the clog-makers requisitionned for the equipment of the French Army
- 19/12/1794
In Paris, the "Comité
de Salut Public" (leader Robespierre) has decreed the production
of a million pairs of clogs for the equipment of French Army. Darnay
is responsible for counting in St Martin de la Mer the birches and the
alders fit for becoming clogs, and the clog-makers, who are requisitionned.
Difficult task, as neither the inhabitants of St Martin nor the weather
are co-operative with him...
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The
most precise document
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The inventory
of the properties of the parish by Jean-François RENARD,
St Martin de la Mer's priest - 15/12/1790
The French Revolution
begins to be effective in St Martin. The properties of the church will
be soon nationalized. Claude François RENARD, priest of Saint Martin,
makes the last inventory of the parish properties.
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The
most surprising document
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The St Brisson's
priest explains his curious method to save drowned people - 23/08/1773
A third type mouth-to-mouth,
a drop of brandy, a bit of blackcurrant liqueur and to the grace of
God.
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O
tempora, o mores
Other time, other customs
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The contract
of the schoolmaster of Alligny-en-Morvan - 01/11/1790
The church singer
- schoolmaster was a parish servant who both sings in church and teaches
children, under supervision of the priest.
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The
most unspeakable document
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A mail of the
municipal council of Arnay-le-Duc to the Austrian Governor of occupation
troops, which denounces the authors of an rebellion act against the
first Restauration of Louis XVIII.
Unrest in Arnay-le-Duc
for the come-back of king Louis XVIII, in 1814. The bonapartists of
the "bands of Saulieu" dont let themselves do. Some of them have dared
to shout "Vive l'Empereur" !. This document has been divulged
in june 1815, during the "Cent-Jours". Its authors had a bad
time of it ...
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