What Was The Impact Of The French Revolution

Question 1

What was the Fr rev

Answer 1

-many against corrupt + secretive old regimes Louis 16th + wife Mary antoinette
-the Bastille — people imprisoned without trial if rebelled
-mass rebellion where Louis was beheaded
-the great terror — period where king’s supporters executed without trial for crimes against revolution

Question 2

What was the romantic poets views on the Fr rev

Answer 2

-they salvaged ideas of romanticism from chaos of the revolution
-made art from revolutionary philosophy + gave it human face
-poet became religious philosopher