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A 10 page research paper that analyzes two books on the causes of the French Revolution-- Bailey Stone (The Genesis of the French Revolution) and Georges Lefebvre (The Coming of the French Revolution). While these two historians disagree on particular points, they are largely in agreement the primary impetus towards revolution came from the inability of the French monarchy and its government to function. No additional sources cited.
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the work of Bailey Stone (The Genesis of the French Revolution) and Georges Lefebvre (The Coming of the French Revolution), a "contentious and rich historiography" has built up around this
topic (Stone 1). While these two historians disagree on particular points, they are largely in agreement the primary impetus towards revolution came from the inability of the French monarchy
and its government to function. Lefebvre feels that the officials of the old regime, for whatever reason, proved themselves incapable of taking the necessary measures to maintain French political life.
Likewise, Stone feels that the monarchy made its fatal mistake in not remaining in touch with the changing social, intellectual and political realities that were affecting French life in the
late eighteenth century. Additionally, Stone places the French Revolution within an international setting that shows the relationship between the French monarchy and its failures on the international level. Lefebvres perspective
The French Revolution of 1789 entailed, first of all, the fall of the absolute monarchy and the rise of human rights guaranteed by constitutional government (Lefebvre 210). While popular betrayals
of the Revolution have emphasized the role of the Third Estate, Lefebvre argues that it was truly a national revolution, since the aristocracy as well as the commoners demanded a
constitution and a new regime in which personal rights would be respected. In discussing the calling of the Estates-General. Lefebvre states that, in stipulating that the Estates "should be
constituted, as in 1614, in three separate order or houses," the clergy and nobility won the upper hand (33). He continues, "The aristocracy had won its point...(and) formed a
common front against the royal power" (33). Following this action, the aristocratic class developed its own organizations for "political action, exchanging correspondence and passing instructions from town to town"
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