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A Short, Easy History of the French Revolution
A Short, Easy History of the French Revolution
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This easy-to-understand history of the French Revolution (equivalent in length to a physical book of approximately 20 pages), was written especially for the multi-volume “World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture” (1919 edition) by the editor of that esteemed reference work.
CONTENTS
Part I. A Brief History of the French Revolution
Part II. People, Places, and Things of the French Revolution
Part I explains the causes, events, and results of the Revolution. Part II includes biographies and descriptions of such people and places as Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Mirabeau, Robespierre, Girondists, Jacobins, the Bastille, the States-General, and the Tuileries.
Sample passages:
(from Part I) Every phase of the Revolution had its leader, and the leader of this stage was Robespierre. If a man was too radical in his demands, as was journalist Jacques-René Hébert, at the will of Robespierre he was sent to the guillotine, with his followers; if a man was not radical enough, and ventured to suggest that the Terror was passing all bounds, as did Danton, he, too, was put out of the way. However, he who ruled by the Terror was to perish by the Terror, and in July 1794 a plot against Robespierre succeeded and he was beheaded. With his death ended the Reign of Terror.
(from Part II) The Jacobins were a democratic club and radical political group in France during the French Revolution. The club met in a hall of the former Jacobin convent in Paris, from whence it took its name. It increased rapidly in favor, gained importance upon the removal of the court and national assembly to Paris, and gradually became the ruling power of the Revolution. The Jacobins originated the terrible Commune of Paris, and for a time they were very powerful. During the Reign of Terror they ruled through Robespierre, who was their most influential member, and after his downfall in 1794 they were overthrown. The term “Jacobin” is now often applied to anyone expressing extreme views in politics.
CONTENTS
Part I. A Brief History of the French Revolution
Part II. People, Places, and Things of the French Revolution
Part I explains the causes, events, and results of the Revolution. Part II includes biographies and descriptions of such people and places as Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Mirabeau, Robespierre, Girondists, Jacobins, the Bastille, the States-General, and the Tuileries.
Sample passages:
(from Part I) Every phase of the Revolution had its leader, and the leader of this stage was Robespierre. If a man was too radical in his demands, as was journalist Jacques-René Hébert, at the will of Robespierre he was sent to the guillotine, with his followers; if a man was not radical enough, and ventured to suggest that the Terror was passing all bounds, as did Danton, he, too, was put out of the way. However, he who ruled by the Terror was to perish by the Terror, and in July 1794 a plot against Robespierre succeeded and he was beheaded. With his death ended the Reign of Terror.
(from Part II) The Jacobins were a democratic club and radical political group in France during the French Revolution. The club met in a hall of the former Jacobin convent in Paris, from whence it took its name. It increased rapidly in favor, gained importance upon the removal of the court and national assembly to Paris, and gradually became the ruling power of the Revolution. The Jacobins originated the terrible Commune of Paris, and for a time they were very powerful. During the Reign of Terror they ruled through Robespierre, who was their most influential member, and after his downfall in 1794 they were overthrown. The term “Jacobin” is now often applied to anyone expressing extreme views in politics.
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