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[[File:800px-Octobre_1793,_supplice_de_9_émigrés.jpg|250px|thumb|Nine emigrants go to the guillotine in 1793.]]The '''French Revolution''' (French: Révolution française | [[File:800px-Octobre_1793,_supplice_de_9_émigrés.jpg|250px|thumb|Nine emigrants go to the guillotine in 1793.]]The '''French Revolution''' (French: ''Révolution française'') was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire. | ||
The Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, experienced violent periods of political turmoil, and finally culminated in a dictatorship under Napoleon that rapidly brought many of its principles to Western Europe and beyond. | The Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, experienced violent periods of political turmoil, and finally culminated in a dictatorship under Napoleon that rapidly brought many of its principles to Western Europe and beyond. | ||
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Globally, became the focal point for the development of modern political ideologies, leading to the spread of liberalism, radicalism, nationalism, socialism, feminism, and secularism, among many others. | Globally, became the focal point for the development of modern political ideologies, leading to the spread of liberalism, radicalism, nationalism, socialism, feminism, and secularism, among many others. | ||
The Revolution also witnessed the birth of [[ | The Revolution also witnessed the birth of [[War (nonfiction)|total war]] by organizing the resources of France and the lives of its citizens towards the objective of military conquest. | ||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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* [[Enragés (nonfiction)]] | * [[Enragés (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Law of Suspects (nonfiction)]] | * [[Law of Suspects (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Reign of Terror (nonfiction)]] | * [[Reign of Terror (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[ | * [[War (nonfiction)]] | ||
External links: | External links: | ||
Revision as of 09:02, 22 June 2016
The French Revolution (French: Révolution française) was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire.
The Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, experienced violent periods of political turmoil, and finally culminated in a dictatorship under Napoleon that rapidly brought many of its principles to Western Europe and beyond.
Inspired by liberal and radical ideas, the Revolution profoundly altered the course of modern history, triggering the global decline of absolute monarchies while replacing them with republics and liberal democracies.
Globally, became the focal point for the development of modern political ideologies, leading to the spread of liberalism, radicalism, nationalism, socialism, feminism, and secularism, among many others.
The Revolution also witnessed the birth of total war by organizing the resources of France and the lives of its citizens towards the objective of military conquest.
In the News
Allumette enflammée inverse, symbol of Les Empyrées.
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External links:
- French Revolution @ Wikipedia