quotes Flashcards
American war of independence 1
turgot “the first shot will drive the state to bankruptcy”
enlightenment 2
Albert Soboul
“undermined the ideological foundations”
William doyle
“established order had collapsed…enlightenment…attitudes…lead frenchmen into devolutionary directions”
friction between monarchy and parlenemt and monarchy and assembly of notables 2
Darius von Guttner: no limits to absolute power but actually “depended on the agreement of France’s elite”
William Doyle “Assembly of Notables concluded that the disorder in finances was the result of incompetent government”
inequalities of ancien regime 2
William doyle: “it fell because of its inner contradictions”
Peter McPhee: “resentment of seigneurialism…bonded rural communities against their lords”
grievances of peasants 1
Peter McPhee: “rural population…underwrote the costs”
Finance 1
Simon Schama: “end…was brought about…by a cash-flow crisis” politicisation of this crisis lead to EG
calling of EG 2
Simon Schama: “abandon fiscal fine-tuning…turn to drastic political solutions”
Peter McPhee: “expression of tensions [in] French society”
Cahiers 1
Simon Schama: “not…the most auspicious time to ask people…to voice their grievances”
popular movements 1
William Doyle “people…convinced that they alone had saved the National Assembley”
harvest crisis 1
Simon Schama “it was the connection of anger and hunger that made the revolution possible”
declaration of National Assembly 1
William Doyle “the founding act of the French Revolution…the nation was sovereign, the king no longer was”
storming of the Bastille 1
swiss guard taken: “swords, bayonets, pistols”
the great fear 2
Georges Lefebvre: “relaxation of strength…preparation for the night of august 4”
William Doyle: “hunger, hope and fear were the main ingredients”
attack of feudalism 1
Francois Furet: “the clergy were the principle losers”
October days 1
Peter McPhee “people now began to refer to [the days before as] the ancient regime”
