Why is the state prison of Bastille for political prisoners considered as a much hated symbol of the Ancien Regime
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The capture of the Bastille was chiefly a symbolic victory: the French Revolution would have days of greater political significance. ... The storming of the Bastille has shaped our perceptions of the French Revolution, giving us powerful images of an outraged people who took up arms against a symbol of oppression.
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