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  2. List of people associated with the French Revolution - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Lumières - Wikipedia

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    The French Revolution in particular represents a violent application of the Lumières' philosophy, especially during the Reign of Terror, the interregnum of the Jacobins. Descartes characterised the desire for a "rational" and "spiritual" revolution as one that aimed to eradicate the Church, and Christianity, entirely.

  4. Legislative Assembly (France) - Wikipedia

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    The émigrés, mainly members of the nobility and public office who fled France after the events of the Revolution turned violent, were a major focus of the Legislative Assembly. In their decree on 9 November 1791, the Legislative Assembly established a three-class hierarchy of émigrés as well as the punishments that would correspond with ...

  5. Category:People by revolution - Wikipedia

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    This is a category for categories and articles about people involved in revolutions, ... People of the Texas Revolution (7 C, 157 P)

  6. Transform (Howard Jones album) - Wikipedia

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    Jones also teamed up again with producer Robbie Bronnimann, who was present on the 2005 album Revolution of the Heart. [3] When asked about the lyrics in Transform, Jones responded by stating he wanted the music to be relevant to those in his generation when it comes to "having kids or battling with negative forces". He continues by adding, "My ...

  7. French Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The Revolution resulted from multiple long-term and short-term factors, culminating in a social, economic, financial and political crisis in the late 1780s. [3] [4] [5] Combined with resistance to reform by the ruling elite, and indecisive policy by Louis XVI and his ministers, the result was a crisis the state was unable to manage. [6] [7]

  8. Auguste Comte - Wikipedia

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    Auguste Comte was born in Montpellier, [1] Hérault on 19 January 1798, at the time under the rule of the newly founded French First Republic.After attending the Lycée Joffre [7] and then the University of Montpellier, Comte was admitted to École Polytechnique in Paris.

  9. Sándor Petőfi - Wikipedia

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    Among the various young leaders of the revolution, called Márciusi Ifjak (Youths of March), Petőfi was the key in starting the revolution in Pest. He was co-author and author, respectively, of the two most important written documents: the "12 Points", a list of demands to the Habsburg Governor-General, and the Nemzeti Dal, his revolutionary poem.