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Online-Ressource (194 p)
ISBN:
9781934389911
Series Statement:
For Beginners
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Allons enfants de la Patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivé!
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"Arise children of the Fatherland, the day of glory has arrived!" These opening lines to La Marseillaise, France's famously stirring and evocative national anthem, capture perfectly the passion, fear, and frenetic energy of Republicanism's sanguinary birth on French soil. Through the violence of the Revolutions the reign of the Bourbon monarchy came to an end and modern France was born
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French Revolutions For Beginners examines the several bloody revolutions and counter-revolutions throughout the course of the 19th century and the constant upheavals and disruptions in France's ever changing political landscape from 1789-1900. While most people have some familiarity with names like Louis XVI and Napoleon, the details
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Of what exactly happened during the French Revolution--apart from pithy royal pronouncements about cake eating and the ever-falling blade of the guillotine--are often difficult to understand, and for good reason: there were 15 changes of government in less than a century! The legacy of the French Revolutions remains with us today; we see it all over the world when an oppressed people rise up against an authoritarian regime demanding their rights as citizens be recognized
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French Revolutions For Beginners presents the major political figures, events and hot-button political issues of this extremely violent, chaotic, confusing--but exciting--period in a way that is accessible, interesting, and fun to both history buffs and the neophyte alike
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Allons enfant de la Patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivé! "Arise children of the Fatherland, the day of glory has arrived!" These opening lines to La Marseillaise, France's famously stirring and evocative national anthem, capture perfectly the passion, fear, and frenetic energy of Republicanism's sanguinary birth on French soil. Through the violence of the Revolutions (yes there were many) the reign of the Bourbon monarchy came to an end and modern France was born. French Revolutions For Beginners examines the several bloody revolutions and counter-revolutions throughout the course of the 19th
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; I: Introduction; II: The Ancien Regime-When it Was Good to be the King; III: Slouching Toward Revolution; IV: The Dam Breaks-The Estates-General of 1789; V: Happy Bastille Day!; VI: Working Towards a Constitution; VII: A Royal Pain-The Flight to Varennes and the Legislative Assembly; VIII: The Center Cannot Hold-The Legislative Assembly to the National Convention; IX: Vive La Republique!; X: A Republic of Virtue-A Republic of Terror; XI: The Directory-A Government as Exciting as it Sounds; XII: Napoleon's Rise-The French Consulate
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XIII: Napoleon's Triumph-The First French EmpireXIV: Napoleon's Downfall-The End of the Empire and the Hundred Days; XV: Turning Back the Clock On the Revolution-The Congress of Vienna and Boubon Restoration; XVI: The Boys of Summer-Louis-Philippe and the July Monarch; XVII: French Revolution of 1848 and the Second Republic-What Happens When You Run Out of Kings to Overthrow; XVIII: Napoleon III-The Empire Strikes Back; XIX: Fighting Germans and Communists-The Twentieth Century Beckons; XX: The End of a Wild Ride-The Legacy of the French Revolutions; Works Cited; About the Author
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Additional Edition:
9781934389928
Additional Edition:
Print version French Revolutions For Beginners
Language:
English
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