Quotes Flashcards
Judy Anderson on the power of the monarchy
When Louis XVI inherited the throne in 1774, the people’s acceptance of his absolute power was still intact
William Doyle on the social conditions
Privilege was the hallmark of a country without uniform laws or institutions
Turgot on the American War of Independence
The first gunshot will drive the state into bankruptcy
George Rude on the notables
The Notables refused to endorse ministerial reforms because their own cherished fiscal immunities were threatened
Simon Schama on the notables
The notables were the first revolutionaries
Simon Schama on the Day of the Tiles
signified the breakdown of royal authority and the helplessness of military force in the face of sustained urban disorder
Peter McPhee on the harvest crisis
Twenty-two of the years between 1765 and 1789 were marked by food riots
Simon Schama on the Society of Thirty
aristocrats against privilege, officers who wanted to replace dynastic with national patriotism
Adcock on the Pamphlets
one of the strongest short-term influences on public opinion before the revolution
Judy Anderson on Abbe Sieyes’ pamphlet
the most powerful and influential attack on the social and political order of France
Adcock on the Réveillon Riots
one of the first examples of revolutionary action by the Parisian crowd - a rehearsal for the actions of 14 July
Alfred Cobban on Privilege
Privilege was the enemy of the whole third estate
Heather Sutherland on the Cahiers
gave people the expectation that their problems would be solved
Hampson on the impacts of the Enlightenment
The writers of the Enlightenment… were clearly not responsible for the revolutionary situation that developed in 1789… but they did dictate the terms in which educated people thought about society
Adcock on the Tennis Court Oath
Precipitated the beginning of the French Revolution
