POLB92H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Parlement, Dragonlance, Maximilien Robespierre
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Robespierre as inspiration behind terror: obsession with vaguely defined virtue, robespierre"s first encounter with king. Barriers to national market eliminated (guilds etc. ) Weakened french state opening for peasant rebellion change in social order/ revolution. War of austrian succession 1740-48, seven years war 1756- 63: expensive support for american revolution financial problems, heavy reliance on very expensive loans, debt service charges account for 60% of expenditures. French elite depends on state but resists reform to make state. Difference in interpretation of estates general: crists of estates- general manifestation of weak state/ nobility resistance to taxes rather than class conflict. French peasantry effective ownership over large portions of land passed. Peasants in many areas handle own affairs (but subject to heavy rents/ controls) In position to carry out massive rebellions in early 1790s downfall of. Cahiers) no real theory of urban revolts, which were key to french revolution no ideology; can we understand french revolution without enlightenment ideas.
