"Not the hero we deserve, But the hero we needed"

man, she's a badass

Unfortunately Corday's actions were based on the naive and false hope that the killing would stop after Marat's death. It didn't! Marat became a martyr instead. It took a few years until the tide turned and his body was thrown out of the Pantheon.

@Tom Richey thanks for the wonderful content and explanation I've been following most of your work and I must say.... Thank you

ACTUALLY, WHEN SHE DIED, CHARLOTTES HEAD BLINKED AFTER IT WAS CUT OFF! A GUY SLAPPED HER TOO. WOW WHAT A STORY!

Im here because shes in fgo and wanted to learn why she became a hero

She was a brave person for killing a mass murderer

Thanks! I have been meaning to make a video about her for a while. This inspired me to get started! :)

I’m playing her in a play called the revolutionist. Thank you so much for this :).

Very helpful and answered all the questions I had!

When u realized Fate/Grand Order made people took interest in international history...

helped so much!

came from FGO.

Brilliant! I like you,Tom.

Just came here for FGO...

Haha I love your cup that says "Dad, I love you."

You're from Charleston? Where do you teach?

FGO gang where you at

Tommmmmmm! LOVE THE WALKING DEAD SO MUCH so the mention made me happy😂

finally,Some truth to hear about french revolution.

Thanks for that videos i studied marat's history when i was 14 yrs old but it's more clear with a foreign view so thanks

Regarding the "Judith slaying Holofernes" painting, you should totally check out Artemisia Gentileschi (another baroque artist)'s version! It's very fierce; the women's attitude completely different from the one you showed us.

Blessed be Charlotte Corday!

Marat was evil!

Im bere because of fgo, i wanted to know her story but damn that plan was stupid

Sadly, after that, the Jacobins used Matar as a martyr and an almost religious figure for their social justice sect.

Missed opportunity to used Judith by Artemisia Gentileschi!!

The thing is that most anti-revolutionaries were rather poor or marginalized. Simply the end of infamy ment a great loss of capital due to job competition for those practicing "badly viewed jobs". And for exemple, the aristocracy and the fashion industry did feed many mouths. So someone who worked as a lace maker for exemple was now begging in the streets. Of course they would resent the Revolution. The abolition of privileges also ment many provinces lost their cultural, economic and linguistics rights. At least, during the monarchy they were free to speak their languages and to exploit a series of ressources as long as it was done within certain rules.

Just another Fate Grand Order enjoyer coming to learn about her

Thanks Richey I have cleared my European history course with 70% now preapring for age of France from your videos. Greeting from Pakistan.

Marat had a massive commitment to the labouring poor. I dont like his maniacal politics, but his one redemption was his love for, and championing of the poor.

Thank you very much, I am French and I have to give a presentation on the assassination of Marat. Thanks to you, I am now absolutely certain of my conclusion that Charlotte Corday was a poor girl who let herself be bamboozled by false words. And yes, American friend, when you don't know your subject, it's better to keep quiet. Charlotte Corday was a Girondine (in the sense of the political current of the time). the Girondins were liberal and capitalist bourgeois, which is why they were supported by the English. They claimed that only the wealthiest citizens, the “active citizens”, should have the right to vote. they were opposed by the philosophy of the "montagnards", of which Marat is a part, which believes that the people as a whole should be able to vote (which includes black men in the colonies) according to the concept of a sovereign nation. your dubious parallels and your lack of historical rigor concerning my national history are purely outrageous!

in the painting it is not man behind her it is a woman. Look at gentileschi's version.

Poor Charlotte Corday - hailed as a heroine who got rid of a horrible man, but was in fact a misguided woman who thought she would stop killings by killing Marat. Not as simple as that, lady! In fact, it sounds like her action made the French Revolution even worse.

Please discuss Madame Roland a great person from the Revolution

The Stauffenberg of the revolution

Are you historian?

It's why she had a D+ ranked BS planning

I love Charlotte Corday. :)

It wasn't leprosy, dude, it was some kind of dermatitis.

Mr. Richey - another interesting (and somewhat relevant) story of a woman "doing awesome things with men trying to discredit her" is Agnodice in Ancient Greece! She was the first Athenian midwife (in disguise of a male physician) , and was so successful that she put other male doctors out of business. The rest of the tale is hilarious (I don't want to spoil), so I hope this would be something you'd like to read about.

To much for an editorial. Not necessary. Do not underestimate your public.

Why don't you talk about Girondins? Why don't you link Charlotte to Corneille? How can she be a heroine when hundred of Girondins were guillotined because of her?

Wonderfull! I loved the video as much I love Charlotte Corday!!! Thank you for remember her with justice! Marat was despicable, as was Che Guevara...

1* op assassin for real

Feminism in its finest.

Yippi ki yay mo fo

She tried to kill one and save a thousand... but she damned a million as a result. The Great terror thus begun.

I love all the feminine fawning over Corday. The aristocracy wasn't so great, either. Surely you all remember "Let them eat cake," spoken by another famous femme. If you're capable of unpacking that sort of injunction, and the sentiments embodied by the Second Estate, then one ought to be cautious when heroicizing anyone, really. Note: I simply came upon this video, I haven't seen all the other segments, so if my thoughts are represented elsewhere, then that's that.

I’m men are Strawn

Knifing somebody doesn't make you a hero, it makes you a murderer. Even if somebody is a wicked person doesn't mean you can justify a kill by your self. If such a person is trialed and proven guilty and put to death by s state, that is justified.