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« Nos ancêtres les Gaulois »: national histories and the misuse of history
By Sam Rowe (@SamuelRowe12) ‘Dès que vous devenez français, vos ancêtres sont gaulois.’ [‘As soon as you become French, your ancestors are Gaulish.’] These were the words uttered by former French president Nicolas Sarkozy during a political meeting in 2016 while campaigning for the 2017 presidential elections. He proposed that French identity, essentially linked to…
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