The French Revolution
The French Revolution (1789 - 1799) was a period of radical social and political upheaval in French and European history. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years. French society underwent an epic transformation as feudal, aristocratic and religious privileges evaporated under a sustained assault from liberal political groups and the masses on the streets. Old ideas about hierarchy and tradition succumbed to new Enlightenment principles of citizenship and inalienable rights. (from wikipedia.org)
| The French Revolution |
This film tells a history of the French Revolution from when Louis XVI came to the throne around the mid 1770s to the death of Maximillien Robespierre in 1794. The film presents the background of the revolution by showing ordinary people's lives in France under Louis XVI's control, and chronicles what happened during the period of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1794, featuring influential figures of the period.
| Book. | The French Revolution Author: Thomas Carlyle. Subject: The French Revolution, French History. Language: English. Book Contributor: Project Gutenberg. www.archive.org/details/thefrenchrevolut01301gut |
| Book | The French Revolution Author: R. M. Johnston. Subject: The French Revolution. Language: English. Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, New York. www.archive.org/details/frenchrevolution017403mbp |
| Film... | Empires: Napoleon This is a four-part PBS documentary series narrated by David McCullough, chronicling Napoleon Bonaparte's life from his birth in Corsica to his final exile on Saint Helena. www.infocobuild.com/books-and-films/biography/pbs-empires-napoleon.html |