Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . 6* liOD^iud« Woit 4 from Qr«onwloh 3. M T S. f X-ongitude East T Irom Greenwloh The French Revolution 5^7 by only a few fanatical leaders. France, moreover, became,involved in a war with most of the powers of western weakness of her government which permitted the forcesof disorder and fanaticism to prevail, combined with the immi-nent danger of an invasion by the united powers of Europe,produced the Reign of Terror. While practically the whole o


Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . 6* liOD^iud« Woit 4 from Qr«onwloh 3. M T S. f X-ongitude East T Irom Greenwloh The French Revolution 5^7 by only a few fanatical leaders. France, moreover, became,involved in a war with most of the powers of western weakness of her government which permitted the forcesof disorder and fanaticism to prevail, combined with the immi-nent danger of an invasion by the united powers of Europe,produced the Reign of Terror. While practically the whole of the nation heartily rejoiced in The emigra-the earlier reforms introduced by the National Assembly and noblescelebrated the general satisfaction and harmony by a greatnational festival held at Paris on the first anniversary of the fallof the Bastille, some of the higher nobility refused to remain inFrance. The kings youngest brother, the count of Artois, setthe example by leaving the country. He was followed by otherswho were terrified or disgusted by the burning of their countryhouses, the loss of their privileges, and the unwise abolition ofhereditary nobility by the


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