Mongenan Lecture: Love and Revolutions to Portets
Le 03/05/2026Languages spoken
If we are to believe Madame Roland and Olympe de Gouges, revolutions also serve to liberate women. They provide an opportunity to denounce their subjugation, to change the ways in which love is expressed, and to embark on new experiences.
It is perfectly true that the French Revolution celebrated the defeat of fathers who had previously had the unfortunate habit of locking their daughters away in convents, and allowed women to divorce. The prospect of the guillotine also changed the way people loved. Sadism, once the preserve of the justice system, suddenly fell out of fashion as romantic love blossomed in prisons with André Chénier. In 1968, the revolution was first and foremost sexual. Simone de Beauvoir asserted gender equality and fought for the right to abortion.
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Talk at 5 pm
Talks followed by a gourmet tasting of the estate’s wines
- Le 03/05/202617:00
Price list
2026
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Full price
10€
activities included in the €10 admission price,
