No 484 of History — June 2021 In July 1830, the Parisians are campaigning to defend freedom of the press. In three days Charles X’s conservative monarchy collapsed. What was forgotten was that this year, from Brussels to Warsaw, from Leipzig to Bologna, it was a good part of the Continent that ignited in the name of freedom. But what freedom? Individual freedoms, the right to vote, the sovereignty of nations, dignity of work,... everything is mixed. Even if 1830 was often an f...