HIST111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Maximilien Robespierre, Brunswick Manifesto, Culottes
10 Apr 2013
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Women storm the palace and take the king and his family ( more the likely the women of the fish markers) Spread of french revolution through napoleon and the directory. Showed that the national assembly did not have full control over the population. Reasoning" of france such as the breakdown of areas into sections that had equal populations. King unwilling to reason/compromise with demand/desire of the people. Wartime mentality causes panic amongst the people. This panic increased the amount of dramatic reactions that occur ( ie, mass massacres of people) People becoming rapidly informed about the going on in the assembly. Political tensions which were already high are increased by the spread of news. Jacobins: - set the tone of the movement , most radical of the political clubs. Meaning without breeches - because they wore pants and not tights. They were the ordinary people of paris : i. e. the workers of paris.
