HISTORY: THE FRENCH REVOLUTION - KEY HISTORIANS

Question 1

FRENCH REVOLUTION - KEY HISTORIANS: SIMON SCHAMA

Answer 1

• “A three-fold revolution…signified the breakdown of royal authority and the helplessness of military force in the face of sustained urban disorder…”
• Delivered the initiative for further political action into the hands of a younger, more radical group…”

Question 2

FRENCH REVOLUTION - KEY HISTORIANS: DOYLE

Answer 2

• “The king’s words turned what seemed destined to be a government triumph into a disaster”

Question 3

FRENCH REVOLUTION - KEY HISTORIANS: PETER MCPHEE

Answer 3

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Question 4

FRENCH REVOLUTION - KEY HISTORIANS: ALBERT SOBOUL

Answer 4

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Question 5

FRENCH REVOLUTION - KEY HISTORIANS: GEORGES RUDE

Answer 5

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Question 6

FRENCH REVOLUTION - KEY HISTORIANS: GEORGES LEFTEBOURE

Answer 6

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Question 7

FRENCH REVOLUTION - KEY HISTORIANS: THE TEXTBOOK - LIBERATING FRANCE

Answer 7

• “Brienne was forced into a program of financial cutbacks and loans”
• “The magistrates were hailed as defenders of the people’s rights and there were protests and demonstrations demanding their recall”
• “The aristocratic revolution had succeeded”
• “In Grenoble on 10th June 1788, the inhabitants of the town stood on the roofs of their houses to shower tiles on the soldiers”

Question 8

FRENCH REVOLUTION - KEY HISTORIANS: OTHER KEY QUOTES

Answer 8

• THE ABBE MORELLET: “On whom would you have the nation rely today?”
• LAMOIGNAN: “Sovereign power in his kingdom belongs to the King alone… He is accountable only to God for his exercise of supreme power”
• Louis XVI: “That is of no importance to me… it is legal because I will it”