Unattributed, Source: http://purl.stanford.edu/dw207bn3687
The Women’s March on Versailles was an early event of the French Revolution. Tensions were rising because of the high cost of bread leading thousands of women to band together into a mob. According to Hanson, the women were visibly armed, though he also states that the weapons were more symbolic than real (Hanson, 2009, p. 48). The above picture also clearly shows a large crowd of women, they appear to be angry and are quite clearly armed with muskets and what appear to be pikes. The mob marched all the way to the Palace of Versailles where the group pressed their desires upon Louis XVI. This march forced the monarch to return to Paris, and in effect symbolized a shift in power from the monarch himself to that of the common people of the third estate.
The Women’s March on Versailles is given very little attention in Assassin’s Creed Unity. The Women’s March can only be experienced through a side-mission in the game which can be easily missed or ignored. Upon starting the mission very little detail is given about the March, the game mentions that the March began because of the high price of bread and focuses a little bit of attention upon Anne-Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt who is portrayed as the leader of the March on Versailles and is the only women who is clearly armed. Historically, Méricourt was institutionalized shortly after this and would die in an instituion though this is not mentioned in the game. This side mission involves the player needing to protect the March as it proceeds of out Paris and to keep it peaceful, which involves killing those who would seek to do the mob harm such as guards. This event was exaggerated and modified a bit to be more entertaining for the player. It also portrays the mob in a more sympathetic light since in the game since only Méricourt is visibly armed, the rest of the mob appears to have no weapons. Gameplay of this side mission has been provided below so that you may come to your own conclusion about the game’s portrayal of the Women’s March on Versailles.
Assassin's Creed and the French Revolution 