Revolución; libertad; burguesía; revueltas; barricada; Museo del Louvre; 1848; siglo XIX; rue de la Mortellerie - History Lab https://historylab.es Thu, 19 May 2022 14:38:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Revolución; libertad; burguesía; revueltas; barricada; Museo del Louvre; 1848; siglo XIX; rue de la Mortellerie - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The Rue de Mortellerie barricade https://historylab.es/the-rue-de-mortellerie-barricade/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-rue-de-mortellerie-barricade Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:41 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/la-barricada-de-la-rue-de-mortellerie/ Depiction of the effects of the 1848 revolutions in France

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]]> Ernest Meissonier depicted a Parisian scene after the seizure of a barricade by the National Guard following the workers’ riots in June 1848. These events took place at the turbulent beginning of the Second Republic, a few months after the revolution of February 1848. Until the first elections to the national assembly, the government of the Republic was composed of moderates, radicals and socialists, taking a series of social and political measures. With universal male suffrage, the peasant vote, dominated by the more conservative classes, swung to the right, pushing the Radicals and Socialists out of government. Unpopular measures provoked demonstrations during the last days of June where workers took to the streets and erected barricades. All was repressed by General Cavaignac, marking the transition to a conservative republic.

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