NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
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Union Jack
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Tricolour
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Red Cross
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White Saltire
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Detailed explanation-1: -A new French flag, the tricolour, was chosen to replace the former royal standard.
Detailed explanation-2: -The former royal standard was replaced with a new tricolour French flag.
Detailed explanation-3: -After the military victories of Napoleon I under the Tricolor, the Bourbon Restoration in 1814/15 led to the replacement of all symbols. The white flag was again supreme, but the revolution of 1830, which put Louis-Philippe on the throne, restored the Tricolor.
Detailed explanation-4: -The “tricolore” (three-colour) flag is an emblem of the Fifth Republic. It had its origins in the union, at the time of the French Revolution, of the colours of the King (white) and the City of Paris (blue and red).
Detailed explanation-5: -The Royal Standard of France was a blue field, adorned with rows of fleur-de-lys devices. This came into use around the early 13th Century. The flag would change under Charles V, simplified with only three fleur-de-lys devices.