Intellectual Origins of the French Revolution

Discussions on the origins of the French Revolution often mention the role of the Enlightenment. The French Revolution was centered around Enlightenment principles, but can a direct causal link from the Enlightenment to the French Revolution be drawn? Maybe not.

 

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References:

 

Andress, D. (Ed.). (2015). The Oxford handbook of the French Revolution. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Censer, J. R. (2018). Intellectual history and the causes of the french revolution. Journal of Social History, 52(3), 545-554. 

 

Porter, R. S. (1995). The enlightenment. London: MacMillan.

 

Stromberg, R. N. (1988). The philosophes and the French revolution: Reflections on some recent research. The History Teacher, 21(3), 321.