Essays on French Revolution

George Danton was one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution. Jacques Danton, his father, was a local prosecutorHis parents were pushing him into joining priesthood. He was more interested in law, worked as a defence lawyer in Reims. He moved from Reims…

French revolution started in 1789. At that time, France had three social classes, the clergy or the first estate, the nobles or the second estate and the peasants or the third estate. The third estate established the National Assembly and demanded certain rights from the…

French nobility had rather dynamic and wide shifting beliefs from the time leading up to the French Revolution till it had passed. These dynamic shifts in thought were caused largely by enlightenment which opened the eyes of some nobles to the realization that religion and…

The Age of Enlightenment was a period of intellectual development from the 17th to 18th century that sprouted many ideas about humanity and government, most of them surrounding reasoning, science, and equality. The French Revolution, which took place from 1789-1799, centered around many of these…

Would you like fries with that? I would, and likely, so would you. After all, it’s a ubiquitously known question and we all seem to find ourselves replying “yes” to it. Whether you order a pizza slice, a burger, or something else, this savory delicacy…

The German Revolution of 1918-1919 did not resemble a real revolution, leastwise not in the traditional sense of the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917, or even the German Revolution of 1848 (Bassel, 1993). The traditions in political sphere differed somehow…

Timothy Tackett Imagine trying to understand the make up of a leaf by simply staring at it with the naked eye. You would have a very clear idea of its basic shape, color, and texture but not much else. Now picture studying a leaf under…

Revolutionary French Feminism Olympe de Gouges and Mary Wollenstonecraft pioneered a peculiar brand of french feminism during the tumultous French Revolution (1789-1793) that advanced female equality for inheritance, suffrage and employment rights. Olympe de Gouges “Declaration of the Rights of Woman” (1791) declares her stand…