Hey people, just finishing off my piece of work, this is my first go at writing a synopsis. I'd appreciate it if you people criticise or comment on this draft.
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Synopsis – The French Revolution
The Focus question is:
What was the nature of change of the French Revolution?
How has the historians concluded to what has caused this change?
The French Revolution was one of the fundamental developments in the modern world; it witnessed the destruction of the feudal system and the creation of modern day democracy in Europe. The scope of this event and with its repercussions around the world has seen many interpretations.
The essay will try to answer the focus questions. It would be divided mainly into 3 parts, representing the 3 major schools of historians; the Marxists, Revisionists, and the Post Revisionists. It would address:
• The main arguments, interpretations and views of the major historians
• The reasons behind their arguments
• The conflicting issues and aspects of the Revolution
Each school of historians had different perspectives and analysed different aspects of the revolution:
• The Marxists examined the social and economic aspects and came up with the conclusion that it was ultimately capitalism triumphing over feudalism
• The Revisionists examined and followed up on the sources neglected by the Marxists contradicted their arguments; unfortunately they did not have a proper coherent conclusion to what the revolution was.
• The Post revisionists saw it as an inevitable result of the cultural and political zeitgeist in France.
Most of these arguments, interpretations and views were made during the Cold War ear, so it is quite subjective to the historian’s stance political and social beliefs. It is perhaps why there have been different and conflicting views over this event, the backgrounds of these historians were mostly pro- or anti-socialists.
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Rave and rant away,
Thanks alot
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Synopsis – The French Revolution
The Focus question is:
What was the nature of change of the French Revolution?
How has the historians concluded to what has caused this change?
The French Revolution was one of the fundamental developments in the modern world; it witnessed the destruction of the feudal system and the creation of modern day democracy in Europe. The scope of this event and with its repercussions around the world has seen many interpretations.
The essay will try to answer the focus questions. It would be divided mainly into 3 parts, representing the 3 major schools of historians; the Marxists, Revisionists, and the Post Revisionists. It would address:
• The main arguments, interpretations and views of the major historians
• The reasons behind their arguments
• The conflicting issues and aspects of the Revolution
Each school of historians had different perspectives and analysed different aspects of the revolution:
• The Marxists examined the social and economic aspects and came up with the conclusion that it was ultimately capitalism triumphing over feudalism
• The Revisionists examined and followed up on the sources neglected by the Marxists contradicted their arguments; unfortunately they did not have a proper coherent conclusion to what the revolution was.
• The Post revisionists saw it as an inevitable result of the cultural and political zeitgeist in France.
Most of these arguments, interpretations and views were made during the Cold War ear, so it is quite subjective to the historian’s stance political and social beliefs. It is perhaps why there have been different and conflicting views over this event, the backgrounds of these historians were mostly pro- or anti-socialists.
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Rave and rant away,
Thanks alot
