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Hace 2 días · The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
Hace 2 días · France - Revolution, Republic, Napoleon: The insurrection of August 10, 1792, did not, of course, stop the Prussian advance on the capital. As enthusiastic contingents of volunteers left for the front, fear of counterrevolutionary plots gripped the capital.
Hace 3 días · France - Revolution, Monarchy, Enlightenment: The year 1789 is the great dividing line in the history of modern France. The fall of the Bastille, a medieval fortress used as a state prison, on July 14, 1789, symbolizes for France, as well as for other nations, the end of the premodern era characterized by an organicist and ...
Hace 1 día · France - Revolution, Monarchy, Equality: In an immediate sense, what brought down the ancien régime was its own inability to change or, more simply, to pay its way. The deeper causes for its collapse are more difficult to establish.
6 de jun. de 2024 · The French Revolution witnessed a series of major events that transformed France and had far-reaching consequences, including the formation of state constitutions, political party development, the rise of Napoleon, and the spread of revolutionary ideals across the nation.
24 de jun. de 2024 · The French Revolution was a period of significant social, political, and economic upheaval in France from 1789 to 1799. It led to the downfall of the monarchy, the rise of radical political groups, and the establishment of a republic.
21 de jun. de 2024 · The narrative form is a montage that tightly links the two great revolutionary stages, that of the elected assemblies and that of the people – high eloquence and the rumbling that acts as it basso continuo, and becomes so powerful at times that nothing else is heard’ (pp. 7–8).
