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Category: Culture

Geneva, 1536
02/17/2008
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| English, Hayward Beywood

There is an invisible line running North-South across Switzerland. Up until 1536, this was the firm frontier between two completely different cultures. To the east lay the German-speaking Swiss cantons, to the west the French-speaking territory of the Duke of Savoy. In the middle of the Duke’s territory could be found the city of Geneva. In Mediaeval times, there was a continuous dispute as to who should govern the city of Geneva –– was it the Bishop of Geneva,…

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GENERAL DUFOUR
02/17/2008
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| Contributing Writers, English, Hayward Beywood

In February 1781 there was an uprising in Geneva. The revolutionaries demanded liberty, equality and republican government of the city based on the American model. The French King Louis XVI sent troops since he thought the uprising would be a bad example to his own people. The revolutionaries were crushed. In 1782 about 1,000 people fled the city. These were the circumstances that led to Guillaume-Henri, the future General Dufour, being born at the town of Constance on the…

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