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please tell me from where to get a brief description about the legacy of the french revolution for the people of the world during the ninteenth and twentieth centuries

2006-07-17 04:18:36 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

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The ramifications were many.
Firstly, the ideals of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity caught on even in places dominated by French troops, especially (at first) Belgium, Holland, Italy, Poland and Germany. Even Tsarist Russia couldn't keep these ideas out.
Secondly, the Napoleonic Code swept away all kinds of feudal privileges and rights, and based the law on rational precepts. It was a truly progressive step in the development of law in Europe.
Thirdly, the French Revolution more or less gave birth to modern concepts of left, right and center. The left in France was communistic (see Babeuf). The Terror was used by both the anti-aaristocratic party and by the aristocrats when they briefly regained power about 1791 or so. The French Revolution legitimated the use of terror for political ends, something we are still living with.
Fourthly, the French Revolution was very scientifically minded and attacked the Catholic Church through propaganda and by seizing Church territory and selling it to the highest bidder. It championed the adpotion of universal standards for weights and measures (the meter, gram and so on).
Fifthly, the revolution introduced the permanent standing army, a curse we are still living with.
All in all, it's a whale of a legacy.

2006-07-18 10:49:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

i've got not got time to jot down an answer, yet I googled French Revolution and it is outcomes and this appeared like a solid answer. in case you like it, i've got blanketed the link to the main significant web site. "there is frequently used contract that the political and administrative face of France became into thoroughly altered: a republic based around elected – particularly bourgeois - deputies replaced a monarchy supported via nobles on an identical time as the numerous and dissimilar feudal systems have been replaced via new, in many circumstances elected institutions that have been utilized universally for the time of France. lifestyle became into additionally affected, a minimum of in the fast term, with the revolution permeating each resourceful endeavour. even nonetheless, there continues to be debate over despite if the revolution completely replaced the social systems of France or despite if or no longer they have been in straightforward terms altered in the fast term. Europe became into additionally replaced. The revolutionaries of 1792 began a warfare which prolonged in the direction of the Imperial era and compelled international locations to marshal their materials to a greater physically powerful quantity than ever in the previous. some aspects, like Belgium and Switzerland, became client states of France with reforms such as those of the revolution. nationwide identities additionally began coalescing like not at all in the previous. the numerous and quickly arising ideologies of the revolution have been additionally unfold for the time of Europe, helped via French being the continental elite’s dominant language."

2016-10-08 00:36:47 · answer #2 · answered by hobin 4 · 0 0

Try www.wikipedia.org, their a superb free dictionary produced online.

However, its just normal people writing it, so it can be biased..but yeah, try their

Or even, heaven forbid, the library

2006-07-17 05:48:20 · answer #3 · answered by thomas p 5 · 0 0

fedest.com, questions and answers