The War in the Vendée (French: Guerre de Vendée) was a counter-revolution from 1793 to 1796 in the Vendée region of France during the French Revolution...

The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453) turned much of the Vendée into a battleground. Since the Vendée held a considerable number of influential Protestants...

internal strife (War in the Vendée) and responded with draconian measures. The Committee of Public Safety was formed (6 April 1793) and the levée en masse...

during the war in the Vendée and the Chouannerie, who opposed the French Revolution. The Catholic and Royal Army of Vendée was composed of the three Vendéen...

Revolution (21 August 1791 – 1 January 1804) War of the Pyrenees (7 March 1793 – 22 July 1795) War in the Vendée § Vendée military response (3 March 1793 – 16...

(1485–1488) French Wars of Religion (1562–1598) The Fronde (1648–1653) French Revolutionary Wars Chouannerie (1792–1800) War in the Vendée (1793–1796) Chouannerie...

unit armed with war scythes. They were used in the 1784 Transylvanian peasants' Revolt of Horea, Cloşca and Crişan, in the war in the Vendée by royalist peasant...

politician. He served in the French Navy during the American Revolutionary War and was one of the leaders of the War in the Vendée against the French Revolution...

him. As the War in the Vendée grew in success, Cathelineau joined forces with other counterrevolutionary leaders and was made generalissimo of the Catholic...

Jacques Hussenet (dir.), « Détruisez la Vendée ! » Regards croisés sur les victimes et destructions de la guerre de Vendée, La Roche-sur-Yon, Centre vendéen...