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Why the French Revolution matters

The storming of the Bastille was the opening act in a century-long upheaval that broke with the premodern world and finally put ordinary people in charge of their nation’s destiny. That’s the legacy ...
Necessity of popular risings outside Paris — Effect of taking of Bastille over-estimated — Difference between French and English Peasant risings — Importance of peasant insurrection Paris, by ...
The peasants war in Germany 1525-1526 - Ernest Belfort Bax Belfort Bax's 1899 history of the peasants war in Germany: the largest popular uprising in Europe besides the French revolution.