The
Bastille
was
a
____________________
,
built
in
the
mid
to
late
1300s
to
house
a
garrison
of
royal
soldiers
.
The
fortress
and
its
garrison
were
installed
to
protect
the
eastern
flanks
of
Paris
from
English
during
the
____________________
Years'
War
(
1337
-
1453
)
.
By
the
early
1400s
,
the
fortress
had
been
expanded
to
become
one
of
the
largest
structures
in
____________________
.
A
contingent
of
royal
troops
was
permanently
housed
there
,
both
to
defend
the
city
walls
and
keep
order
inside
them
.
By
the
reign
of
Louis
XI
(
1461
-
1483
)
,
the
Bastille
had
become
a
royal
____________________
,
though
by
the
late
1700s
there
were
rarely
more
than
20
or
30
prisoners
.
The
majority
of
those
____________________
in
the
Bastille
were
not
common
criminals
but
____________________
or
men
held
at
the
king's
pleasure
.
They
tended
to
be
rebellious
or
troublesome
noblemen
,
aristocrats
with
large
gambling
____________________
,
rogues
caught
in
____________________
with
the
wives
of
powerful
men
,
religious
____________________
or
critics
of
the
church
,
seditious
journalists
and
political
pornographers
.
Several
notable
____________________
and
revolutionary
figures
spent
time
in
the
Bastille
,
including
____________________
(
twice
)
,
Denis
Diderot
,
Jacques
Brissot
,
the
playwright
Pierre
Beaumarchais
,
the
pornographer
Marquis
de
Sade
.
