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The Third Republic from its Origins to the Great War, 1871-1914 (The Cambridge History of Modern France) (1988) excerpt and text search; Price, Roger. A Social History of Nineteenth-Century France (1987) 403pp. 403 pgs. [ISBN missing] Robb, Graham. The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography, from the Revolution to the First World War (2007)
A Social History of the French Revolution. Routledge: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-710-06525-6. Kropotkin, Peter (1929). The Great French Revolution 1789–1793. Vol. I. New York: Vanguard Press. OL 5222400M. Lefebvre, Georges (1962). The French Revolution: From Its Origins to 1793. Vol. I. New York: Columbia University Press.
France later joined the conflict, and like in the Jülich War and the 80 Years War, fought on the side of the Protestants in spite of the fact that France's national religion was Catholicism. This was for the political reason of attempting to prevent the Habsburgs from achieving total hegemony over the German lands. [ 7 ]
On the social level, sources witnessed an increase in social tensions and social polarization: a small group of elite rich farmers were opposed to the masses of increasingly poor farmers. The peasants, described by certain sources as insurgents, were accompanied by village officials (who were sometimes forced) and by parish priests, like in ...
The Parlement's opposition and the court's absence from the wedding led to increased political tension. [7] Compounding this bad feeling was the fact that the harvests had been poor and taxes had risen. [8] The rise in food prices and the luxury displayed on the occasion of the royal wedding increased tensions among the common people.
Social media companies are once again under scrutiny, this time in France as the country’s president blames TikTok, Snapchat and other platforms for helping fuel widespread riots over the fatal ...
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.
Prior to the revolution, France was a de jure absolute monarchy, a system that became known as the Ancien Régime.In practice, the power of the monarchy was typically checked by the nobility, the Roman Catholic Church, institutions such as the judicial parlements, national and local customs and, above all, the threat of insurrection.