The French Revolution

开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: Unknown

所在平台: CourseraArchive 课程类别: 人文 大学或机构: University of Melbourne（墨尔本大学） 授课老师： Peter McPhee

课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/course/frenchrev

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The French Revolution is one of the great turning-points in history.

In 1789 huge numbers of French peasants, urban workers and middle-class people successfully rebelled against absolute monarchy and the privileges of the nobility. But the struggle over what social and political system should replace the 'Old Regime' was to divide French people and finally the whole of Europe. This subject examines the history of the French Revolution from its origins to 1799.

The French Revolution continues to fascinate us, to inspire us, at times to horrify us. Never before had the people of a large and populous country sought to remake their society on the basis of the principles of liberty and equality. The drama, success and tragedy of their project has attracted students to it for more than two centuries. Its importance and fascination for us are undiminished as we try to understand revolutions in our own times.

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The subject will cover the following major topics:

• The old regime in France: society, economy, politics.
• The Revolution of 1789: causes and narrative.
• The Revolutionary remaking of France, 1789-92: Church and State.
• The Revolution in crisis, 1792-93: republic and military invasion.
• Ending the Terror of 1793-94 and ending the Revolution.
• Change and continuity: How revolutionary was the revolution?

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