French Revolution 1789 Flashcards
Europe is - a continent
- a geopolitical and economic entity
- a communicative space
- an idea, or an ideology
- a cultural reference or a value system
- a political instrument
3 Empires in Central and Eastern Europe
Russian Empire
Ottoman Empire
Habsburg Empire
schism
separation of two relgions
confessionalism
everyone is born into being religious
estates
chartered represantitives of the orders
burghers
burgeoise (middle ages)
comeralism
improvement of economic production (e.g. through education)
meritocracy
one has to prove himself instead of using the status he was born into
merit = ability, quality
The three roles of Napoleon
conqueror
beats Austria, Prussia and Russia, doesn’t defeat GB, but: Continental System
administrator: law (Napoleonic Codes), finances, education, relations with the church,
authoritarian/absolutist ruler,
establishes central bank
reorganizer of Europe
reshaping the borders, taking power off the catholic church
Outworking
= Outsourcing
People did work for a landlord in rural eras for the exchange of other goods and productivity
clergy and nobility demand more authority
taxation, state expenditures, guarantees for freedom of expression and protection
“one member, one vote”
instead of voting by order
doubling the “Third”
more represantitives from the Third Order
challenging the concept of the Society of Orders
influence of Enlightenment Ideas
The French Revolution is a transnational phenomenon
Establishment of republics modelled on the French Revolution
Netherlands: Batavian Republic
Switzerland: Helvetic Republic
Italy: Italian republics
Germany: Mainz
