Academic Source Search 1. A scholarly article about women’s participation in the French Revolution. I chose the article‚ “All of His Power Lies in the Distaff: Robespierre‚ Women and the French Revolution”‚ by Noah Shusterman. For a person doing research on this topic this article explains why and how women supported Maximilien de Robespierre during the French Revolution which led to his success (Shusterman‚ 2014). Since women did not have the legal right to vote they would support their ideas through
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The Age of Enlightenment spanned from the Middle 18th century and on to the French Revolution. It is defined as the time when thinkers emerged believing in shedding the light of science and reason on the world in order to question traditional ideas and ways of society’s norms and established hierarchies. Many philosophers presented many theories and beliefs to form questions in the minds of people. These questions entertained elites and aristocrats to pass by the time. Eventually these thinking
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Causes and Outcomes of the French Revolution A common theme of the historical French Revolution of the late 1700s is the bloodshed associated with a new execution device developed by Antoine Louis‚ the guillotine (Acton). This negative connotation of the Revolution resides in the minds of the French and people all around the world. Although the French Revolution has contained a fair amount of bloodshed‚ its aftermath on the French nation was overall positive for the French people. There were several
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During the turbulent and unstable years of the French Revolution‚ there were many changes in the aims and ideologies of the revolutionaries. The Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 sparked off events that caused the upheaval of French society‚ as the three Estates sought to protect and advance their interests. Many factors influenced the changing of the revolutionaries aims‚ and perhaps none more so than the abolishment of the constitutional monarchy. From the Declaration of the Rights of Man
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Maximilien de Robespierre was a French politician that started the Committee of Public Safety. Because of the lower classes rebellion 300‚000 were captured and 20‚000 were killed. Eventually Robespierre’s Committee was charged for a crime and the leaders of this group were sentenced to death or prison. Robespierre tried to kill himself but failed‚eventually was sentenced to
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The immediate bloody aftermath ‚ was a product of social‚ economic‚ and political forces. The spirit of idealism that gripped France during the early phases of the Revolution gave way to mass paranoia and extremism‚ culminating in Robespierre’s cruel regime. In the beginning of the French Revolution‚ Enlightenment of the French Revolution‚ known as the Reign of Terrorphilosophy seemed like a panacea for societal woes. Prominent philosophers like Rousseau‚ Voltaire‚ and Diderot contributed to a new
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Notes on the French Revolution The French Revolution - or the French Revolution Wars (1789–1799) - refers to a period of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years and French society underwent an epic transformation as feudal‚ aristocratic‚ and religious privileges were destroyed under a sustained assault from liberal political groups and the masses on the streets. Old ideas about hierarchy
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had very unmanageable nerves. In France‚ Napoleon became associated with Augustin Robespierre (1763-1794)‚ the brother of revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794)‚ a Jacobin who was a key force behind the Reign of Terror (1793-1794)‚ a period of violence against enemies of the revolution. During this time‚ Napoleon was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the army. However‚ after Robespierre fell from power and was guillotined (along with Augustin) in July 1794‚ Napoleon was
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Ashley Smith Archduke Charles of Austria: Verdict for Trial of Napoleon Bonaparte After witnessing the trial of Napoleon Bonaparte regarding his charges for treason and misconduct to the country of France‚ I can safely say that Napoleon has been proven guilty for all charges. Napoleon’s reign over France during the French Revolution was not only the most catastrophic event to take place in all of French history‚ but it was a failure that affected the entirety of Europe. The Napoleonic code brought havoc upon
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