Bals des victimes
The Bals des victimes, or victims' balls, were balls that were said to have been put on by dancing societies after the Reign of Terror. To be admitted to these societies and balls, one had to be a near relative of someone who had been guillotined during the Terror. The balls came to prominence after the death of Robespierre, supposedly first being held in early 1795 and first mentioned in popular writing in 1797. While anecdotal evidence attests to the balls' occurrence, and generations of French and non-French historians described them and accepted them as fact, some recent scholarship, citing a near-total lack of primary evidence, argues that they may have been fabrications based on rumor. Historian David Bell concludes: "The bals des victimes... never took place — they were an invention
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Bals des victimes
The Bals des victimes, or victims' balls, were balls that were said to have been put on by dancing societies after the Reign of Terror. To be admitted to these societies and balls, one had to be a near relative of someone who had been guillotined during the Terror. The balls came to prominence after the death of Robespierre, supposedly first being held in early 1795 and first mentioned in popular writing in 1797. While anecdotal evidence attests to the balls' occurrence, and generations of French and non-French historians described them and accepted them as fact, some recent scholarship, citing a near-total lack of primary evidence, argues that they may have been fabrications based on rumor. Historian David Bell concludes: "The bals des victimes... never took place — they were an invention
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Bale ofiar – bale organizowane ...... ganizację balów ofiar za fakt.
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Les Bals des victimes étaient ...... uelle rue de Provence à Paris.
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The Bals des victimes, or vict ...... too, adopted this salutation.
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Bale ofiar – bale organizowane ...... wdopodobniej na początku 1795.
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Les Bals des victimes étaient ...... uelle rue de Provence à Paris.
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The Bals des victimes, or vict ...... place — they were an invention
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Bal des victimes
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Bale ofiar
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Bals des victimes
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