The French Revolution (TRIH ep 48)
1788 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the causes, course and legacy of the French Revolution. They outline the structural problems (demographic pressure, fiscal crisis, bad harvests), the convocation of the Estates-General, the Tennis Court Oath, and the popular unrest culminating in the Storming of the Bastille. The conversation moves to the radical phase — the Terror — and profiles leading figures (Robespierre, Saint-Just, Danton), debates over motivations and responsibility for v...
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