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The French Revolution (French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of political and societal change in France which began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the Coup of 18 Brumaire on 9 November 1799.
A New Dictionary of the French Revolution (2011) excerpt and text search; Fremont-Barnes, Gregory, ed. The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History (3 vol. 2006) Furet, Francois, et al. eds. A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution (1989) long articles by scholars excerpt and ...
During the government of the Legislative Assembly (October 1791–September 1792), the Girondins had dominated French politics. [2]After the insurrection of 10 August and the start of the newly elected National Convention in September 1792, the Girondin faction (c. 150) was larger than the Montagnards (c. 120), the other main faction of the convention.
Lefebvre was born in Lille to a family of modest means. [2] He attended public school, obtaining his secondary and university training with the help of scholarships. Lefebvre attended the University of Lille, and it was here that he followed the "special curriculum", which emphasized modern languages, mathematics, and economics instead of the classical lang
The novel is one of the few works of literature that discuss this June Rebellion and the events leading up to it, though many who have not read the book often wrongly assume that it takes place either during the more widely known French Revolution of 1789–1799 or the French Revolution of 1848. [12]
The French Revolution of 1830, also known as the July Revolution (French: révolution de Juillet), Second French Revolution, or Trois Glorieuses ("Three Glorious [Days]"), was a second French Revolution after the first in 1789.
Jacques Mallet du Pan (5 November 1749 – 10 May 1800) was a Genevan political journalist and propagandist. [1] A Calvinist thinker and Counter-Revolutionary reformer, he opposed extreme positions held by both Revolutionary and Counter-Revolutionary partisans during the French Revolution. [2]
The French Revolution: A History, annotated HTML text, based on the Project Gutenberg version. The French Revolution: A History available at Internet Archive, scanned books, original editions, some illustrated. The French Revolution: A History, with illustrations by E. J. Sullivan. The French Revolution: A History, 1934 edition.