The French Revolution’s Seating Arrangement: How ‘Left’ and ‘Right’ Got Their Political Meanings
The year is 1789. Paris is a tinderbox, the air thick with the scent of revolution. For centuries, France had been governed by an absolute monarchy, a rigid social hierarchy, and a populace increasingly burdened by poverty and injustice. The Bastille had fallen, the ancien régime was crumbling, and a new era was dawning. But … Read more