The french revolution

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The fall of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 has become the commemorative symbol of the French Revolution. But this violent and random act was unrepresentative of the real work of the early revolution, which was taking place ten miles west of Paris, in Versailles. There, the nobles, clergy and commoners of France had just declared themselves a republic, toppling a rotten system of aristocratic privilege and altering the course of history forever.

The Revolution was led not by angry mobs, but by the best and brightest of France's growing bourgeoisie: young, educated, ambitious. Their aim was not to destroy, but to build a better state. In just three months they drew up a Declaration of the Rights of Man, which was to become the archetype of all subsequent Declarations worldwide, and they instituted a system of locally elected administration for France which still survives today. They were determined to create an entirely new system of government, based on rights, equality and the rule of law. In the first three years of the Revolution they went a long way toward doing so. Then came Robespierre, the Terror and unspeakable acts of barbarism.

In a clear, dispassionate and fast-moving narrative, Ian Davidson shows how and why the Revolutionaries, in just five years, spiralled from the best of the Enlightenment to tyranny and the Terror. The book reminds us that the Revolution was both an inspiration of the finest principles of a new democracy and an awful warning of what can happen when idealism goes wrong.

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French Revolution

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A clear and fast paced account of how and why the french revolution descended into the terror the fall of the bastille on july 14 1789 has become the commemorative symbol of the french revolution but this violent and random act was unrepresentative of the real work of the early revolution which w Uiterlijk 17 januari in huis .. MEER INFO

French Revolution

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The fall of the bastille on july 14 1789 has become the commemorative symbol of the french revolution but this violent and random act was unrepresentative of the real work of the early revolution which was taking place ten miles west of paris in versailles there the nobles clergy and commoner Op voorraad. Voor 15:00 uur besteld, dinsdag in huis .. MEER INFO

The Fabrication of Louis XIV

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Louis xiv was man like any other but the money and attention lavished on his public image by the french government transformed him into a godlike figure this book gives an account of contemporary representations of louis xiv and shows how the making of the royal image illuminates the relationship 1 - 2 weken .. MEER INFO

Taal: en

Bindwijze: E-book

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 25 augustus 2016

Ebook Formaat: Adobe ePub

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Hoofdauteur: Ian Davidson

Hoofduitgeverij: Profile Books

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EAN: 9781847659361

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