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=, , , , The Revolution and Everyday Life, , Can politics change the clothes people wear, the language they speak, or the books they read? The years following 1789 in France saw many, such changes in the lives of men, women and children. The, revolutionary governments took it upon themselves to pass laws that, , would translate the ideals of liberty and equality into everyday practice., , One important law that came into effect soon after the storming of, the Bastille in the summer of 1789 was the abolition of censorship. In, the Old Regime all written material and cultural activities — books,, newspapers, plays — could be published or performed only after they, had been approved by the censors of the king. Now the Declaration, of the Rights of Man and Citizen proclaimed freedom of speech and, expression to be a natural right. Newspapers, pamphlets, books and, printed pictures flooded the towns of France from where they, travelled rapidly into the countryside. They all described and discussed, the events and changes taking place in France. Freedom of the press, also meant that opposing views of events could be expressed. Each, side sought to convince the others of its position through the medium, of print. Plays, songs and festive processions attracted large numbers, of people. This was one way they could grasp and identify with ideas, such as liberty or justice that political philosophers wrote about at, , length in texts which only a handful of educated people could read., , Describe the picture in, are the images that th, communicate the follo, equality, justice, takeo\, assets of the church?, , , , , , Fig.15 - The patriotic fat-reducing press., This anonymous print of 1790 seeks to make the idea of justice tangible., , , , , , , , 22 2021-22