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The French Revolution had a major impact on western history, by ending feudalism in France and creating a path for advances in individual freedoms throughout Europe. [ 228 ] [ 2 ] The revolution represented the most significant challenge to political absolutism up to that point in history and spread democratic ideals throughout Europe and ...
The Irish revolutionary John Mitchel called the French Revolution "the profoundest book, and the most eloquent and fascinating history, that English literature ever produced." [ 15 ] Florence Edward MacCarthy, son of Denis MacCarthy , remarked that "Perhaps more than any other, it stimulated poor John Mitchel & led to his fate in 1848", i.e ...
The Oxford History of the French Revolution received positive reviews from the historian Colin Jones in The Times Literary Supplement, [4] Michael Broers in History, [5] the historian Malcolm Crook in the European Review of History, [6] and the historian Norman Hampson in The English Historical Review, [7] and a mixed review from Thomas J. Schaeper in Library Journal. [8]
Hutton, Patrick H. "The role of memory in the historiography of the french revolution." History and Theory 30.1 (1991): 56–69. Israel, Jonathan. Revolutionary Ideas: An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from The Rights of Man to Robespierre (2014) Jones, Rhys. "Time Warps During the French Revolution." Past & Present 254.1 (2022 ...
The French Revolution: A Beginner's Guide (2009), 192 pp; Gershoy, Leo. The French Revolution and Napoleon (1945) 585 pp; Gershoy, Leo. The Era of the French Revolution, 1789–1799 (1957), brief summary with some primary sources; Gottschalk, Louis R. The Era of the French Revolution (1929), cover 1780s to 1815; Hanson, Paul R.
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The French Revolution had a major impact on Europe and the New World. Historians widely regard the Revolution as one of the most important events in European history. [1] [2] [3] In the short-term, France lost thousands of its countrymen in the form of émigrés, or emigrants who wished to escape political tensions and save their lives.
December 6: French army under Jean Étienne Championnet defeats the army of the King of Naples and his wife at Battle of Civita Castellana. December 14: French army under Championnet recaptures Rome. December 21: French army attacks Naples and forces King of Naples to take sanctuary on the flagship of Admiral Nelson.