101. Top 5 Oui-diculous Moments in French History and the Hunchback of Notre Dame
Description
Welcome back! We saved you your favorite spot in the Smoke Circle! Spark up and get curious as the sisters are back together for another themed episode. Kt requested French history for this episode and we have a lot of stories for you! First up, Laurel has a top 5 list of "Most Oui-diculous (get it?!) Moments in French History. Ranging from history's shortest monarchy to hallucinogenic bread, diamond scandals, blackmailed kings, a man who would eat LITERALLY anything.
After the break, KT comes back with some literary history about one of her favorite places in the world: Notre Dame de Paris and the book by Victor Hugo which shares its name-- The Hunchback of Notre Dame!
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Mentioned in the Episode:
Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
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Source Materials--
Top 5 Oui-diculous French History--
https://www.rct.uk/collection/405142/louis-antoine-duke-of-angouleme-1775-1844-0
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-10996838
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-deadly-bread-bewitched-a-french-village-123126177/
https://www.history.com/articles/chevalier-d-eon-french-spy-man-woman
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/desire-love-and-identity/chevalier-deon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevali%C3%A8re_d%27%C3%89on
https://www.history.com/articles/marie-antoinette-diamond-necklace-affair-french-revolution
https://en.chateauversailles.fr/discover/history/key-dates/affair-diamond-necklace-1784-1785
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161014-the-man-who-couldnt-stop-eating
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare#CITEREFBondeson2006
Hunchback of Notre Dame--
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/who-are-the-roma-people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunchback_of_Notre-Dame
https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Hunchback-of-Notre-Dame
https://www.historydefined.net/who-was-the-real-hunchback-of-notre-dame/
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Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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