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The Great French Revolution, 1789–1793

Peter Kropotkin1909

Peter Kropotkin’s history of the popular movement and social forces of the French Revolution.

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Contents

  1. Editor’s Note
  2. Preface
  3. 1The Two Great Currents of the Revolution
  4. 2The Idea
  5. 3Action
  6. 4The People before the Revolution
  7. 5The Spirit of Revolt: the Riots
  8. 6The Convocation of the States General Becomes Necessary
  9. 7The Rising of the Country Districts during the Opening Months of 1789
  10. 8Riots in Paris and Its Environs
  11. 9The States-General
  12. 10Preparations for the Coup d’État
  13. 11Paris on the Eve of the Fourteenth
  14. 12The Taking of the Bastille
  15. 13The Consequences of July 14 at Versailles
  16. 14The Popular Risings
  17. 15The Towns
  18. 16The Peasant Rising
  19. 17August 4 and Its Consequences
  20. 18The Feudal Rights Remain
  21. 19Declaration of the Rights of Man
  22. 20The Fifth and Sixth of October 1789
  23. 21Fears of the Middle Classes – The New Municipal Organisation
  24. 22Financial Difficulties – Sale of Church Property
  25. 23The Fête of the Federation
  26. 24The “Districts” and the “Sections” of Paris
  27. 25The Sections of Paris under the New Municipal Law
  28. 26Delays in the Abolition of the Feudal Rights
  29. 27Feudal Legislation in 1790
  30. 28Arrest of the Revolution in 1790
  31. 29The Flight of the King – Reaction – End of the Constituent Assembly
  32. 30The Legislative Assembly – Reaction in 1791-1792
  33. 31The Counter-Revolution in the South of France
  34. 32The Twentieth of June 1792
  35. 33The Tenth of August: Its Immediate Consequences
  36. 34The Interregnum – The Betrayals
  37. 35The September Days
  38. 36The Convention – The Commune – The Jacobins
  39. 37The Government – Conflicts with the Convention – The War
  40. 38The Trial of the King
  41. 39The “Mountain” and the Gironde
  42. 40Attempts of the Girondins to Stop the Revolution
  43. 41The “Anarchists”
  44. 42Causes of the Rising on May 31
  45. 43Social Demands – State of Feeling in Paris – Lyons
  46. 44The War – The Rising in La Vendee – Treachery of Dumouriez
  47. 45A New Rising Rendered Inevitable
  48. 46The Insurrection of May 31 and June 2
  49. 47The Popular Revolution – Arbitrary Taxation
  50. 48The Legislative Assembly and the Communal Lands
  51. 49The Lands Restored to the Communes
  52. 50Final Abolition of the Feudal Rights
  53. 51The National Estates
  54. 52The Struggle against Famine – The Maximum – Paper-Money
  55. 53Counter-Revolution in Brittany – Assassination of Marat
  56. 54The Vendee – Lyons – The Risings in Southern France
  57. 55The War – The Invasion Beaten Back
  58. 56The Constitution – The Revolutionary Movement
  59. 57The Exhaustion of the Revolutionary Spirit
  60. 58The Communist Movement
  61. 59Schemes for the Socialisation of Land, Industries, Means of Subsistence and Exchange
  62. 60The End of the Communist Movement
  63. 61The Constitution of the Central Government – Reprisals
  64. 62Education – The Metric System – The New Calendar – Anti-Religious Movement
  65. 63The Suppression of the Sections
  66. 64Struggle against the Hebertists
  67. 65Fall of the Hebertists – Danton Executed
  68. 66Robespierre and His Group
  69. 67The Terror
  70. 68The 9th Thermidor – Triumph of Reaction
  71. 69Conclusion

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