EWTN To Air ‘The Hidden Rebellion:’ What America Can Learn From France’s Reign of Terror

By Michelle Laque Johnson

Today, more and more people like to claim they are socialists. But do most of them understand what this means?

During the Reign of Terror in 1793, the French people – who lived in a country that was predominantly Catholic – found out...

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Producer and Director Daniel Rabourdin’s docudrama, “The Hidden Rebellion,” traces the events of the French Revolution that inspired the peasants in Vendée to revolt in defense of their beliefs and way of life.

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The Hidden Rebellion - DVD

This powerful docu-drama presents a searing examination of the events and ideas surrounding one of history's most chilling stories of genocide, the slaughter of the noble Catholics of the Vendee region of France.

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