The French Revolution
Subtitle: Aristocrats versus Bourgeois? (Studies in European History)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: August 15, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 115
ISBN-13: 9780333363041
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; France - History - Revolution And Napoleonic Empire (1789-1815); History - General History; History: American; General; History / General; 1789-1799; 18th century; Causes; France; History; Politics and government; Revolution, 1789-1799; Social classes
First sentence: 'The essential cause of the Revolution', wrote Albert Soboul, 'was the power of a bourgeoisie arrived at its maturity and confronted by a decadent aristocracy holding tenaciously to its privileges' [11].