Seeking a mandate from the French people for his policies, Louis XVI convened the Estates General. Events soon outran the king’s intentions.

Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin's extensive history and analysis of the French Revolution of 1789. Class Struggle in the First French Republic Bourgeois and Bras Nus 1793-1795 - Daniel Guerin Daniel ...

Throughout the 18th century, France faced a mounting economic crisis. A rapidly growing population had outpaced the food supply. A severe winter in 1788 resulted in famine and widespread starvation in ...

For centuries, historians have debated whether the “Great Fear” panic in the early days of the French Revolution was driven by the mass hysteria of ignorant peasants or a rational response to the ...