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Saving Mary
Amid the oceans of heart-breaking news that surrounded us in March 2022, there was some good news from a French village called, appropriately, Island, in the department of the Yonne in Burgundy–Franche-Comté. About 180 people live in the village, which … Continue reading →
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Tagged Allianz, Anne of Austria, Assumption of Mary, Avallon, Charles Trinquart d’Etampes, Island, La Voilotte, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Musee de Baron Martin, Noëlle Roy, Patrice Roy, Paule Buffy, Plancher de Jeannot, Sauvegarde de l’Art Français, St-Bénigne, St-Firmin, Val de Grace, Vézelay, Vivre Island
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How blind people learned to write: the truth can be told
Exactly 200 years ago, in June 1821, a crucial experiment was taking place in a school on the rue St-Victor in Paris. The school was the Institution Royale des Jeunes Aveugles (the Royal Institution for Blind Youth) and the students … Continue reading →
Posted in Charles Barbier, History of the blind, Paris cemeteries, Paris history, Paris museums
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Tagged Alexandre-René Pignier, Association Valentin Haüy, Charles Barbier, Coupvray, Disability Studies Quarterly, Douai, Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles, Institution Royale des Jeunes Aveugles, Louis Braille, Nicolas-Marie-Charles Barbier de la Serre, Noëlle Roy, Père Lachaise, Stéphane Mary, Zoubeida Moulfi
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