The mere fact that French Revolution can be told from the point of view of loosers is a revelation to many French.
The value of Puy du Fou is in the teaching of pluralism while being hightly entertaing in the process.
The value of Puy du Fou is in the teaching of pluralism while being hightly entertaing in the process.
The French Revolution is always told from the point of view of losers. Most of its most prominent actors ended losing at some point and the whole thing ends with an epuration followed by a military coup.
The myth surrounding the Revolution has little to do with who won or lost. Like most of what the French view as their history, it is a construction dating from the rise of nationalism at the end of the 19th century.
There are science and facts. You can't teach false facts to people.
Note that I never said that Puy do Fou presents the true facts. But the attacks of French historians on Puy du Fou I saw so far are not based on facts at all.
Then why are history books filled with false facts? And that's in the case the government didn't decided to suppress history classes altogether, as it might make people think (I'm referencing the deletion of history classes in scientific high shool section). Paille et poutre...