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La Révolution française is a two-part 1989 historical drama co-produced by France, Germany, Italy and Canada for the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution. The full film runs at 360 minutes, but the edited-for-television version is slightly longer. It purports to tell a faithful and neutral story of the Revolution, from the calling of ...
Albert Soboul. Albert Marius Soboul (27 April 1914 – 11 September 1982) was a historian of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. A professor at the Sorbonne, he was chair of the History of the French Revolution and author of numerous influential works of history and historical interpretation. In his lifetime, he was internationally ...
The Demonstration of 20 June 1792 (French: Journée du 20 juin 1792) was the last bloodless attempt made by the revolutionaries of Paris to persuade King Louis XVI of France to abandon his current policy and adopt a more compliant role in the escalating frenzy of the French Revolution. The demonstrators' stated aims were to persuade the king to ...
Elections. The Society of 1789 ( French: Club de 1789 ), or the Patriotic Society of 1789 (French: Société patriotique de 1789 ), was a political club of the French Revolution inaugurated during a festive banquet held at Palais-Royal in May 13, 1790 [3] by more moderate elements of the Club Breton. [4] At their height of influence, it was the ...
t. e. The National Convention (French: Convention nationale) was the constituent assembly of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for its first three years during the French Revolution, following the two-year National Constituent Assembly and the one-year Legislative Assembly.
Michel Vovelle (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl vɔvɛl]; 6 February 1933 – 6 October 2018) was a French historian who specialised in the French Revolution. [1]Vovelle was born in Gallardon, near Chartres and he was educated at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, the Lycée Henri IV, the École Normale Supérieure of St Cloud and at the University of Paris. [1]
Georges Lefebvre. Georges Lefebvre (French: [ʒɔʁʒ ləfɛvʁ]; 6 August 1874 – 28 August 1959) was a French historian, best known for his work on the French Revolution and peasant life. He is considered one of the pioneers of "history from below". [1] He coined the phrase the "death certificate of the old order" to describe the Great Fear ...
The comte de Montlosier. François Dominique de Reynaud, Comte de Montlosier (April 16, 1755, in Clermont-Ferrand – December 9, 1838), was a notable French politician and political writer during the First French Empire, Bourbon Restoration and July Monarchy. He was the youngest of a large family belonging to the poorer nobility.