Susanne Lachenicht presents a highly readable and at the same time up-to-date account of the French Revolution, focusing not only on the political but also on the cultural and social revolution. The focus is not only on the king, court and ministers and the centre of power or the revolution - Paris - but also on the départements and the rural areas, where most of the inhabitants still lived at the time. But it also shows how new political behaviour, language, symbols and new public spheres brought about an upheaval in the political culture of France, which also brought about decisive changes for the entire Western world.
A volume from the series "Geschichte Kompakt". The French Revolution was a decisive turning point in French and European history. It marked the beginning of modernity and laid the foundations for developments that shape our world today.
