french revolution

The French Revolution truly shaked autocratic power in Europe and certainly left its mark on the future history of the continent. But it was rather bloody in its aftermath. The American Revolution was actually more of a war for independence. Though it seems rather timid by comparison to the...

I was quite ignorant about the French Revolution so I decided to do a bit of reading on the subject. First of all I read a simple history called “The French Revolution” by Christopher Hibbert in which he states clearly, at the beginning that he has no interest in examining the ideas of the...