Toby Young went to Oxford, thanks to the machinations of his father, a Baron (who coined, ironically, the term "meritocracy"). Young at age 55 is learning about the counterrevolutionary violence at the Vendée, one of the most famous events of the French Revolution. https://twitter.com/toadmeister/status/1105039636592762880 …
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Ah - I see. This late 18th-century event has received much scholarly attention since around the 1980s. But it's totally false to suggest it didn't receive as much attention for around 200 years (?).
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Also, somehow this ties into Vichy, for reasons that aren't made clear.
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