Summary of William Doyle's The French Revolution

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
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#1 The French Revolution, which took place in the late eighteenth century, marked the end of monarchy in France and the persecution of the nobility. The chosen instrument of revolutionary vengeance was the guillotine, a mechanical decapitator which made the streets of Paris run with royal and aristocratic blood.
#2 France was marked by a traumatic convulsion only just beyond living memory. Many believed that this must have been for the best and that it was somehow necessary.
#3 The last revolutions in the English-speaking world took place in Ireland in 1789, and even English-speaking contemporaries who sympathized with the French saw them as catching up with liberties proclaimed in England in 1688, or America in 1776.
#4 The French Revolution was a chaotic explosion of popular violence, which Carlyle believed was understandable if not defensible. He thought the most frightening figure was Robespierre, who tried to rule through terror.

Sujets

• Histoire
• History
• France
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 05 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822501126
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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#1

The French Revolution, which took place in the late eighteenth century, marked the end of monarchy in France and the persecution of the nobility. The chosen instrument of revolutionary vengeance was the guillotine, a mechanical decapitator which made the streets of Paris run with royal and aristocratic blood.

#2

France was marked by a traumatic convulsion only just beyond living memory. Many believed that this must have been for the best and that it was somehow necessary.

#3

The last revolutions in the English-speaking world took place in Ireland in 1789, and even English-speaking contemporaries who sympathized with the French saw them as catching up with liberties proclaimed in England in 1688, or America in 1776.

#4

The French Revolution was a chaotic explosion of popular violence, which Carlyle believed was understandable if not defensible. He thought the most frightening figure was Robespierre, who tried to rule through terror.

#5

The French Revolution was a chaotic period in which innocent victims were preyed upon by forces they could not control. Dickens’s book A Tale of Two Cities took this aspect of the French Revolution and made it famous.

#6

The French Revolution was depicted in the literature of Oscar Wilde’s generation, and later, as a blood lust perpetrated by the people against the aristocrats.

#7

The Scarlet Pimpernel was a successful play that was regularly re-adapted for stage and screen throughout the twentieth century. It was also adapted for film in 1917, and has been continuously adapted for stage and screen since.

#8

The French Revolution began the spread of the decimal metric system, which was zealously promoted under Napoleon. It also created the Civil Code, which remains the basis of civil law in much of Europe.

#9

The French National Assembly, formed by the people o