title: A History of Violence in the French Revolution
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metadata.value: Gueniffey, Patrice
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-09-21T10:50:52Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-09-21T10:50:52Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-09
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Gueniffey P. A History of Violence in the French Revolution. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2018, vol. 63, issue 3, pp. 908–916.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2018.315
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/14922
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The aim of the French Revolution was to reform the Old Regime of absolute monarchy according
  to the principles of Enlightenment. It succeeded but also brought about terrible fits
  of violence. This contradiction had always challenged the judgement of the contemporary
  witnesses as well as the reflection of subsequent historians. Was it the result of a fortuitous
  drift due to the circumstances (fierce resistance of the counter-revolution, unexpected conflict
  with the Church, unwished wars with European monarchies)? Was it an expression of the
  barbaric standards of the people under the Old Regime? Or was it a necessary consequence
  of the very option of a radical rational revolution? This article demonstrates that violence was
  inevitable but the circumstances made it much worse. Four unexpected events contributed to
  the radicalization of the Revolution: the decree of the 27th November 1790 on the reorganization
  of the Church; the flight of Louis XVI to Varennes (20−21 June 1791); the election of
  inexperienced new deputies in the Legislative Assembly which succeeded the “Constituante”
  in October 1791; the declaration of the war to Austria on 20th April 1792. Nonetheless, above
  all, in a completely new context the competition for power and the ill-fated role played by a
  limited group of publicists triggered, the disastrous spiral which led to the Terror.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 63; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: French revolution
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: violence
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Terror
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: publicists
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Robespierre
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Marat
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: A History of Violence in the French Revolution
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metadata.value: Article
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