1792 Assembly love-in!

[victoriavandal.livejournal.com]

Hi - I'm going to try and upload a picture I found and love, as a follow-up to the 'neoclassical slash' on estellacat's page. It's from vol 13 of Prudhomme's weekly newspaper Revolutions de Paris, 7 Juillet 1792. I've never tried uploading pics to this site, so apologies if my first attempt at an lj cut fails horribly, as the preview suggests it will, but I just feel I have to share it with the world (or that little corner of it that likes a bit of republican slashiness, anyway).

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[citoyenneclark.livejournal.com]

That come from a little known event during the Revolution. The Kiss of Lamourette. A man named Lamourette, (he might have been a deputy) gave a speech to the Convention basically saying we should, "make love not war," (yes, the first hippies were actully from the French Revolution) The Convention burst into joy, and people started randomly kissing who ever was next to them. I think only the French could do somthing like that. :)

[victoriavandal.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Thank you for the information. I've never come across it in the general Rev histories (just checking an index here - no....!), so I've just googled it from your tip: it says there's a French expression derived from the event, 'baiser-Lamourette', meaning 'insincere or ephemeral reconciliation', though the examples of use I've just come across seem to be 19thc. Do you know if it's still in use in the 21stC?
(I've got to say, some of them look pretty sincere to me...!)

[citoyenneclark.livejournal.com]

Robert Darnton (author of the Great Cat massacare) wrote a book called The Kiss of Lamourette. It's very good, the open letter to a movie producer about a Napoleon movie is hilarious!

[victoriavandal.livejournal.com]

The Great Cat Massacre? Oh dear...thanks, I'll try and track the books down!