ID: 901002043 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002043	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Wars of the Vendée (French insurrection, 1793–1796)

Note: Counterrevolutionary insurrections in the west of France during the French Revolution. The first and most important occurred in 1793 in the area known as the Vendée, which included large sections of the départements of Loire-Inférieure (Loire-Atlantique), Maine-et-Loire, Deux-Sèvres, and the Vendée proper.

Display Date: 1793–1796

Names:

	Wars of the Vendée (French insurrection, 1793–1796) (preferred,English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<European history> (P)
		........<French history> (P)
		............Wars of the Vendée (French insurrection, 1793–1796) (I)

Related Iconography:

	inspired by .... French Revolution
	..........(Named Events, European history, French history, French Revolution (French history, 1787-1799)) [901000102]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... wars
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... counterrevolution
	.....(revolutions, political events, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... Département de la Vendée
	.....(Pays de la Loire, France, Europe) (TGN)

Sources:

	Wars of the Vendée (French insurrection, 1793–1796)
	................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)