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Song of the Marseillaise of the Federation of 10 August, Year II

One of many hymns that was composed by rhyming new lyrics to the wildly popular tune of the "Marseillaise," this song was performed at a festival celebrating the first anniversary of the republican revolution of August 10.

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Song for the Festival of Old Age

This song was composed for one of the many Directorial festivals that were not overtly political. Several, like the festival for which this song was composed, celebrated important moments in the life cycle.

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Patriotic Song on the Unveiling of the Busts of Marat and Le Pelletier (1793)

This song illustrates the fluid boundary between "high" and "popular" musical forms. Althought these lyrics were set to a new composition by Joseph Gossec, they could also be sung to a tune already familiar to many French men and women.

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Don Eduardo Brown v. Don Leonardo Brown

During the Rosas era, parents in Argentina grew increasingly concerned about the behavior of their children. Lawsuits throughout this turbulent period illustrate the disagreements between young people and their parents over marriage choice, property rights, and inheritance.

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Ignacia Funes and Teresa Bulnes to Manuel López

In Córdoba, Argentina's second largest province, two women, Ignacia Funes and Teresa Bulnes, found themselves defending the conduct of two children, who were accused by their stepfather, known only as "Roca," of composing pro-Unitarian songs.

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José Antonio Juárez, "Petition for Permission to Marry," May 15th, 1830, Children and Youth in History.

Children frequently turned to the courts in seeking greater independence from their parents, especially in matters related to marriage choice.

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Ferreyra Sons v. Pedro Sueldo

After the Rosas regime ended in 1852, hundreds of families throughout Argentina hoped to make claims on property and wealth that had been taken away from them during the Rosas years. However, many heads of these families were elderly or deceased.

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Hymn of 9 Thermidor

This hymn commemorates the overthrow of Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety by the men of the National Convention during the French Revolution. It had its debut performance on the first anniversary of that event (27 July 1795).

Costumes of the Council of Five Hundred
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Costumes of the Council of Five Hundred

In this bicameral legislature, the smaller of the two councils (the Elders with 250 members) had to pass all the legislation, while the Five Hundred could initiate legislation. The revolutionaries decided on the division of authority.

Day of 13 Vendemaire of the Year 4
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Day of 13 Vendemaire of the Year 4

In the waning days of the Convention in the fall of 1795, royalist–influenced sections of Paris revolted to prevent the adoption of a new constitution that protected the position of the radicals. Bonaparte was delegated to put down the uprising of 5 October 1795 (13 Vendémiaire Year IV).