Interpretations of why the French Revolution happened
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- Interpretations
- Marxist
- Karl Marx
- 18th Century
- German Philosopher
- Series of class struggles
- Triumph of working class
- Proletariat
- Won because the monarchy became bankrupt following war with America
- Became economically stronger than the nobility
- For equality
- Triumph of working class
- Dominant for 100 years until 1960's
- Lefebvre: bourgeois revolution
- Became economically stronger than the nobility
- Rising bourgeoisie and declining aristocracy
- Historians
- A Mathiez
- G Lefebvre
- E Labrousse
- A Soboul
- Bourgeoisie contributed to the industrial capitalism in France
- Karl Marx
- Revisionist
- Political and financial changes
- Gained momentum in 1960's
- Anti-marxist
- Marxist
- Karl Marx
- 18th Century
- German Philosopher
- Series of class struggles
- Triumph of working class
- Proletariat
- Won because the monarchy became bankrupt following war with America
- For equality
- Triumph of working class
- Dominant for 100 years until 1960's
- Lefebvre: bourgeois revolution
- Rising bourgeoisie and declining aristocracy
- Historians
- A Mathiez
- G Lefebvre
- E Labrousse
- A Soboul
- Bourgeoisie contributed to the industrial capitalism in France
- Karl Marx
- Marxist
- Focused on absolutism and role of Church
- Was the revolution led by the Bourgeoisie?
- Led by peasants
- Historians
- A Cobban
- Validity of social interpretations?
- G Taylor
- C Lucas
- W Doyle
- F Furet
- Focus on intellectual and cultural background
- Enlightenment philosophers like Rousseau
- Focus on intellectual and cultural background
- G Lewis
- Post-revisionist interpretation
- Criticises revisionists
- Revisionists don't recognise the importance of social causes
- Criticises revisionists
- Post-revisionist interpretation
- A Cobban
- Social
- Population trends
- Class divisions
- Links to Marxist
- J Shennan
- Uses detailed local research to get a better view
- Financial problems following war with America
- Series of bad harvests
- Finance and government prevented land from developing to produce income
- Long term resentments brought to a head in events just before 1789
- Uses detailed local research to get a better view
- Marxist
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