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The French Revolution was has been seen as a world-changing altering event. It demonstrated to the world The revolution demolished a long standing monarchy and showed that monarchy it was not the only a natural form of government, possible. The Revolution also showed that it was possible to change society, using reason, for the betterand worse. The French Revolution inspired many to agitate for democracy and equality around the world. In a real sense It also unleashed an extraordinary amount of violence and paved the way for Napoleon's takeover of France. Many historians (not all) have argued that the French Revolution can be seen as the start of the modern world.
William Doyle. ''The Origins of the French Revolution''. (1990).
Roger Chartier and Lydia Cochrane. ''The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution'' (1991).
The cause of the Revolution was because of changes in the culture of France. Due to the Enlightenment and growing levels of literacy, people began to question the existing political system of France. Many French citizens came to believe that the Royal government was deeply flawed. This ultimately led to the monarchy losing support especially among the middle class. When the kingdom was beset by a series of socio-economic crises the government failed to act success and the population became eager for dramatic change. This led to the Revolution and the fall of the French Monarchy.
 
George Lefebvre. ''The French Revolution (Volume One)''. Penguin Books (1962).
This work is a narrative and an analysis of the French Revolution. It is primarily concerned with the perspective of the main players in the French Revolution. The author portrays as France as a very vibrant society, that was advancing economically and intellectually. The royal government of Louis XVI was autocratic. Such a government was not suited for the vibrant and new society that was emerging in France. The elite and the middle class increasingly became frustrated with the monarchy. When there was a fiscal crisis in 1789, they decided to use this as a pretext to change the government and this led to the fall of Louis XVI.
Christopher Hibbert. ''Peter McPhee, Liberty or Death: The Days of the French Revolution''. (19802016)This is a traditional account of very recent book on the French Revolutionfrom Yale University Press. There The book is relatively little analysis in this work. However, it does discuss focused on trying to determine whether the origins French Revolution was a world changing event or simply a part of a longer period of violence around the French Revolutionglobe. The work agues for McPhee's book attempts to reinterpret the traditional view that impact of the French King, Louis XVI was becoming increasingly tyrannical and this provoked the French people, to unite and to overthrow the KingRevolution.
Alexis De Tocqueville. ''The Old Regime and the French'' (1998)
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