french revolution

I'm predominantly a c20 historian of labour history, and as a result incidentally of world-systems / imperialism. But Imperialism as a world-system chains back before the 20th century, and Sharpe's Rifles' episode one inspired this thought, as the two brother fight over Spain. Spain did have a...

This is one of the things that I've been interested in since, well, you know, the modern world has fulfilled the goals* of all but the most radical of the revolutionaries, but only long after they themselves collapsed into bloodshed, chaos, and dictatorship. What I'm asking is if the very first...

Say Napoleon falls sick in the Egyptian campaign and dies. What would be the goals of another French government? Would they try to conquer more territories or would they be fine with trying to maintain the status quo?

Picture this. The French Revolution stabilized with the constitutional monarchy instead of turning republican, and the National Assembly endured. I know that the British public was quite receptive of the French Revolution in its earlier stages, before the republic and execution of Louis XVI. Is...

Hello! Basically, my question is about what the impact of a failed/no American Revolution would have on the development of republican politics during the 19th and 20th centuries. Because you know, after the French Revolution failed, there was (apart from tiny Switzerland) still a big shining...

Despite the portrayal of the "Illuminati" in modern popular culture, they were indeed a real secret society during the Enlightenment era. Their aim was to counter superstition, obscurantism, the influence of religion (especially that of the Jesuits), and the abuses of power. These progressive...

Whenever people talk about Sweden winning the Great Northern War, they talk about either the immediate effects or the fact that unless something changed, Sweden would never remain a true great power long-term. However, I want to look at the medium-term in this thread. So first off, what is the...

We know the chances of a sealion is seen, by pretty much everyone, as zilch, both in the Napoleonic Era and in WW2 (though I see the WW2 one as Hitler trying to scare the British into suing for peace than not actually attempting an Operation Sealion). However, I recently read in a thread that...

"So Evident A Danger" ~Or, How One Fort Led to War between Britain, Prussia and Russia ~ The HMS Victory, Vice-Admiral Samuel Hood's flagship during the Russian Armament of 1791 "I speak however of the event of our coming to extremes, as a case which never can exist; for it is absurd to...

This is an idea that's been floating in my head for a while. I know that they're not the same, but there were some similarities between the two, and I've seen people draw parallels between them (the terrors, degenerating into dictatorship, etc), and I was thinking of what might be necessary to...

One of the most fascinating aspects of the French Revolution was the attempted dechristianization of France. In order to distance themselves from the Catholic Church, besides starting Deists Cults, the Revolutionary Republic adopted the French Republican Calander. Here how it worked: The...

Terrorism historically has had a positive connotation. It was coined to refer to the policies of the French Revolution. It was also liked by anarchists and communists alike.

What would happen if Napoleon's campaign in Egypt is a massive success, and as a result he rules the Nile himself (never returning to take over France) - ultimately reviving the Egyptian religion (maybe Atenism, a more monotheistic interpretation being more palatable to Europeans?) and language...

Admittedly, I don't know that much about this period, but as I understand it, the War of the First Coalition broke out because the Legislative Assembly, fearing invasion from Prussia and Austria after the declaration of Pillnitz, voted to preemptively declare war, even though, as I understand...

Part One: The Third French Revolution Freedom is nothing but a vain phantom when one class of men can starve another with impunity. Equality is nothing but a vain phantom when the rich, through monopoly, exercise the right of life and death over their like. The republic is nothing but a vain...

Whilst there's a bunch of threads on the site about constitutions, I've yet to find one on this subject: "WI: most countries didn't have a written constitution?" That doesn't mean that countries can't have constitutions, of course, they just have to be uncommon. (1) What sort of POD would be...

So from a cursory reading of the wikipedia page, it seems that while Louis' guilty verdict is unavoidable after Varennes, his death wasn't. If Louis had been sentenced to imprisonment until the end of the war followed by banishment, what would have changed? Would the European monarchies have...

Chapter 1 8 Thermidor "During the French Revolution, Maximilien Robespierre was a leader who fought for the rights of the common people. However, some people called the Thermidorians wanted to take power away from him. They were afraid of Robespierre because they saw him as a threat to their...

Louis XVII was the son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antionette. Despite his title, he never really was king, as after his father was executed, he was imprisoned, and would later die of an illness. However, after his death, many pretenders, such as Karl Wilhelm Naundorff and Eleazer Williams...

It seems that Emperor Napoleon I had enough time and contact with his 2nd wife, Marie Louise to try for another child. Let's say that he's lucky - and during/shortly after his visit in Dresden imperial couple is blessed with twin sons. And Napoleon now have three sons. Assuming that they are...