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Revolutionary Ideals Met Institutional Collapse in France

Revolutionary Ideals Met Institutional Collapse in France

By Rothwell, Selene

Published by epubli

English 2026 ISBN 9783565216673
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The French Revolution was not a linear path from tyranny to liberty—it was a contested process where ideological commitments collided with institutional breakdown, producing both democratic aspirations and systematic terror. This book examines how revolutionary actors navigated the gap between Enlightenment ideals and the practical realities of dismantling an absolute monarchy while defending against external threats. Drawing on legislative debates, pamphlets, eyewitness accounts, and administrative records, the narrative traces how revolution radicalized through stages: constitutional monarchy, republican experiment, and Terror. The analysis explores how competing visions of liberty—natural rights versus collective security—justified escalating violence. Revolutionary tribunals, mass executions, and civil war emerged not as betrayals of principles but as logical outcomes when radical egalitarianism encountered perceived enemies and resource scarcity. The book explores how ordinary people experienced revolution: peasants seizing land, sans-culottes demanding bread, provincial communities resisting Parisian authority. Through analysis of trial records, popular petitions, and regional responses, it reveals tensions between revolutionary rhetoric and lived consequences. Relevant for understanding how political movements transform when ideological purity confronts governance challenges, and how regimes justify violence through claims of defending revolution itself.

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