The French Revolution 1789-17-1795
By Bertha Meriton Gardiner
Length9h 2m
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Excerpt: "Like the rest of Western Europe, France, in the Middle Ages, was ruled by a feudal nobility, holding their lands of the king. Nowhere in Western Europe in the tenth century was the power of the king less, or the power of the nobles greater. The weight of their authority, therefore, fell heavily upon the peasants on their estates, and upon the inhabitants of the little towns scattered over the country. A feudal noble, if he were a seigneur, answering to our lord of the manor, ruled all dwellers on his estate. Their claims to property were heard in his courts, and they were amenable to his jurisdiction for crimes committed, or alleged to have been committed, by them. The seigneur may not have been a worse tyrant than many kings and princes of whom we read in history; but he was always close at hand, whilst Nero or Ivan the Terrible was far off from the mass of his subjects. He knew all his subjects by sight, had his own passions to gratify amongst them, and his vengeance to wreak upon those whom he personally disliked. To be free from this domination must have been the one thought of thousands of miserable wretches. To shake off the yoke by their own efforts was an2 impossibility. The nearest ally on whom they could count was the king. He too was opposed to the domination of the nobles, for as long as they could disregard his orders with impunity, he was king in name alone. He was, in fact, but one nobleman amongst many, with a higher title than the rest."
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GenreHistory
Length9 hrs 2 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 20, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PREFACE.
2LEADING DATES IN THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.
3CHAPTER I. FEUDALISM AND THE MONARCHY.
4CHAPTER II. FRANCE UNDER LOUIS XVI. (1774–1789).
5CHAPTER III. THE ASSEMBLY AT VERSAILLES.
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6CHAPTER IV. THE CONSTITUTION.
7CHAPTER V. THE FALL OF THE MONARCHY.
8CHAPTER VI. THE FALL OF THE GIRONDISTS.
9CHAPTER VII THE COMMUNE AND THE TERROR.
10CHAPTER VIII. THE FALL OF THE HÉBERTISTS AND DANTONISTS.
11CHAPTER IX. THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE.
12CHAPTER X. FALL OF THE MONTAGNARDS.
13CHAPTER XI. THE TREATY OF BASEL AND THE CONSTITUTION OF 1795.
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