The French Revolution and the PeopleAlthough the French Revolution started with the resistance of a minority to absolutist government, it soon spread to involve the whole nation and the men and women who made up by far the largest part of it were the peasantry. "The French Revolution and the People is a portrait of the common people of France, and of their engagement in revolutionary struggle in town and country: from Paris to Lyon to the Vendee and the other regions of France. Peasants and townsfolk formed the ranks of revolutionary patriot armies, and fought as counterrevolutionary guerrillas for church and king. Others fought only for the right to be left alone. "The French Revolution and the People is a vivid story of conflict, violence, and death, but also a story of the people's eventual triumph for freedom and prosperity. |
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... social and political relations . This led many into conflicts with what survived of the old order , and into further conflicts with new authorities and their new political visions . Once people began to rebel , they were subject to ...
... social and political relations . This led many into conflicts with what survived of the old order , and into further conflicts with new authorities and their new political visions . Once people began to rebel , they were subject to ...
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... Social Origins of Popular Counter - Revolution in Upper Brittany , 1770–1796 ( Oxford , 1982 ) , p . 291 . 26. Richard M. Andrews , ' Social Structures , Political Elites and Ideology in Revolutionary Paris , 1792-4 : A Critical ...
... Social Origins of Popular Counter - Revolution in Upper Brittany , 1770–1796 ( Oxford , 1982 ) , p . 291 . 26. Richard M. Andrews , ' Social Structures , Political Elites and Ideology in Revolutionary Paris , 1792-4 : A Critical ...
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... Social Policy in the Age of the Enlightenment ( Oxford , 1990 ) . Ado , Anatoli , Paysans en révolution : terre ... Social Structures , Political Elites and Ideology in Revol- utionary Paris , 1792–4 : a Critical Evaluation of Albert ...
... Social Policy in the Age of the Enlightenment ( Oxford , 1990 ) . Ado , Anatoli , Paysans en révolution : terre ... Social Structures , Political Elites and Ideology in Revol- utionary Paris , 1792–4 : a Critical Evaluation of Albert ...
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The Terror: The Merciless War for Freedom in Revolutionary France David Andress No preview available - 2006 |