Must be able to
interpret the F R
completely to
understand complete
social structure
Marx + Engels-
"B...conquered for
itself, in the modern
representative state,
exclusive political
sway"
M- T F R was an e.g
of Eng R
B headed movement
non-B + W/C had same
interests as B
Even when they fought
against B they still had
same aim
Rev was European Rev
created a new social order
B overthrowing Feudalism
Bourgeoisie Revolution
Revisionist Against This View
M- B at front of R
No clear diving line between
classes
B- land owners + some had seigneurial
rights
Peasants
revolted against
taxes
'feudal reaction'
Peasants- didn't want capitalism moving into rural
areas
R B- made up of declining
professional workers
Revisionists-
Furet + Richet-
rev did not
compromise
the Ancien
Regime
T R did not stay with
one aim or course
throughout
Jacobins had separate aims
from B + masses
Structure
rev that promoted capitalism
change in the pow of S
B became dominant +
capitalism took over
B led the way in rev but capitalist class still
had strong role
proletarian revs create a socialist system
B revs help capitalist production increase and
become dominant
Classical B Rev
Internal crises within A.R + R/C caused fall- revisionist
Lenin- w/c did not want to live under A.R + R/C could not continue to do so
B developed due to their economic prosperity- seigniorial rights + land
Mon unstable + so hard to buy nobility
some Nobility against others- court nobility disliked
Estate G- limits to B advancement +
share of pol pow
3rd E dominate
clergy- divided
nobles- opposed
The outvoting of 3.E caused a B Rev-
against R/C
they challenged mon + R/C
created National Assembly- June 1789
B in control
B capitalist system then in place- based on property and wealth- not
birth right- destroying nobility privileges
had to have Paris on their side- Capture of Bastille 14th July
fear of capitalistm in urban areas + high bread prices=
peasant uprisings
Triggered also by 1788-89
economic crisis
Urban movement- driving force of rev
Soboul- "sans- culotterie did not
constitute a class"
Fragile times- rations of food
united artisans in a common interest +
wanted price controls
Law of the General Maximum 29th Sept
1793- allowed for food for families
Richet "under Robespierre, blood flowed
and there was enough bread...blood no
longer flows and there is a shortage...we
must spill a little blood before we can get
bread"
overthrew feudal system
4th Aug 1789
Rich and Poor had increasing tension
high food prices
harvest failures
M see the T rev was caused to do B rise due to the resulting increase in
Capitalism
B were agents of capitalism
B overtook T monarchies pow
had land and economic pow
mainly due to commerce and industry
Cobben- against this as saw majority of 3.E had nothing to
do w commerce.- many B not against feudalism as
land/property owners
many brought titles of nobility
Blanning "with so many B behaving like nobles + so many nobles
behaiving like b, it is difficult to find much evidence of class- conflict
between T two"
B able to dominate due to the Pol pow of mon collapsing
ran out of money and nobility +
aristocrats turning against them due to
taxation
Lefebvre saw that Rev began w aristocratic revolt, rather than B - due to reforms
nobility got support of B which motivated B to pursue own aims