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French Republican Calendar
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The New Calendar - A History of the French Revolution
The french republican calendar stayed in place for more than a decade Sort of. Adopting new festivals and holidays and giving up the ones that had been in place for centuries was something that just never really caught on People may have wanted new leadership for france, but they also wanted their traditional holidays and feast days By the time the year eight of the new calendar rolled around the years were always written in roman numerals I did not read as vii but I could have Uh, the new festivals were no longer being held, but the calendar itself was holding on Was finally when napoleum bonaparte came to power that as first console before he became emperor He and the catholic church
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