LBST 1B05 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Romantic Poetry, Phrygian Cap, Spanish American Wars Of Independence

• School: OCAD University
• Department: Liberal Studies
• Course: LBST 1B05
• Professor: Ryan Whyte

Document Summary

Direct causes of the french revolution were economic (the french state was essentially bankrupted from its bankrolling of the american revolution). Three orders of french society: society was structured into three estates, that of the. Church, the nobility, and the bourgeoisie (everyone else who was not a member of the church or the nobility not just the middle class). Tax structure was highly inequitable; the third estate of the bourgeoisie bore the brunt of taxation; louis xvi asked the nobility to bear more taxes to avoid bankruptcy of the state. Feudal rights were abolished in 1789 (exemption from taxation for nobility, plus other rights that the nobility had eg. to the best pews in church). Calendar was changed; days were secularized (to encourage thoughts of agriculture) and changed to decimal time based on 10 hours. Tried to establish a cult of the supreme being. Towns with christian names were given secular names.