INTERVIEW - Virginie Girod receives Loris Chavanette, specialist in the French Revolution and the First Empire, author of "Danton and Robespierre The shock of the Revolution". The Paris Olympic Games Organizing Committee has unveiled the mascot that will embody the Olympic Games: Phryge, who reinterprets the symbol of the Phrygian cap and echoes the French Revolution. At the time, while aristocrats wore wigs by convention, the Phrygian cap was worn by sans-culottes. Just before the overthrow of the monarchy, Louis XVI himself will be forced to wear it! “The French Revolution democratized politics. From then on, everything is political, until today the mascot of the Olympic Games. , summarizes Loris Chavanette. When and why was the Phrygian cap worn during the Revolution? Has it always been red? And why is he so famous in the United States? "The Phrygian cap is a symbol of the Republic, it is also the adherence to a feeling of freedom, which recalls 1789 and also the Terror. It is a bone of contention and it will remain so", insists Loris Chavanette.

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INTERVIEW - Virginie Girod receives Loris Chavanette, specialist in the French Revolution and the First Empire, author of "Danton and Robespierre Le choc de la Révolution" (Past/Composed Editions). The Paris Olympic Games Organizing Committee has unveiled the mascot that will embody the Olympic Games: Phryge, who reinterprets the symbol of the Phrygian cap and echoes the French Revolution. At the time, while aristocrats wore wigs by convention, the Phrygian cap was worn by sans-culottes. Just before the overthrow of the monarchy, Louis XVI himself will be forced to wear it! "The French Revolution democratized politics. From there, everything is political, until today the mascot of the Olympic Games. The Phrygian cap has the virtue of making people talk about our history, a glorious and bloody past", summarizes Loris Chavanette. When and why was the Phrygian cap worn during the Revolution? Has it always been red? And why is he so famous in the United States? "The Phrygian cap is a symbol of the Republic, it is also the adhesion to a feeling of freedom, which recalls 1789 and also the Terror. It's a bone of contention and it will remain so", insists Loris Chavanette. Subjects covered: Phrygian cap - French Revolution - Eugène Delacroix - Louis XVI - Napoleon - History - Olympic Games it is also adherence to a feeling of freedom, which recalls 1789 and also the Terror. It's a bone of contention and it will remain so", insists Loris Chavanette. Subjects covered: Phrygian cap - French Revolution - Eugène Delacroix - Louis XVI - Napoleon - History - Olympic Games it is also adherence to a feeling of freedom, which recalls 1789 and also the Terror. It's a bone of contention and it will remain so", insists Loris Chavanette. Subjects covered: Phrygian cap - French Revolution - Eugène Delacroix - Louis XVI - Napoleon - History - Olympic Games