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How Bloody was la Semaine sanglante of 1871? A Revision

Robert Tombs · The Historical Journal 55(3), 679-704 · 2012

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Robert Tombs
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DOI 10.1017/s0018246x12000222
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2026-09-01

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DisputedRobert Tombs argues, from archival evidence including cemetery records, that the death toll of the Bloody Week has been greatly exaggerated, and proposes a revised estimate of roughly 6,000 to 7,000 deaths, about 1,400 of them executions.