The great French revolution, 1789-1793 Index THE GREAT FRENCH REVOLUTION, 1789-1793 PREFACE 1. THE TWO GREAT CURRENTS OF THE REVOLUTION 2. THE IDEA 3. ACTION 4. THE PEOPLE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION 5. THE SPIRIT OF REVOLT: THE RIOTS 6. THE CONVOCATION OF THE STATES GENERAL BECOMES NECESSARY 7. THE RISING OF THE COUNTRY DISTRICTS DURING THE OPENING MONTHS OF 1789 8. RIOTS IN PARIS AND ITS ENVIRONS 9. THE STATES-GENERAL 10. PREPARATIONS FOR THE COUP D'ÉTAT 11. PARIS ON THE EVE OF THE FOURTEENTH 12. THE TAKING OF THE BASTILLE 13. THE CONSEQUENCES OF JULY 14 AT VERSAILLES 14. THE POPULAR RISINGS 15. THE TOWNS 16. THE PEASANT RISING 17. AUGUST 4 AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 18. THE FEUDAL RIGHTS REMAIN 19. DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF MAN 20. THE FIFTH AND SIXTH OF OCTOBER 1789 21. FEARS OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES — THE NEW MUNICIPAL ORGANISATION 22. FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES — SALE OF CHURCH PROPERTY 23. THE FêTE OF THE FEDERATION 24. THE “DISTRICTS” AND THE “SECTIONS” OF PARIS 25. THE SECTIONS OF PARIS UNDER THE NEW MUNICIPAL LAW 26. DELAYS IN THE ABOLITION OF THE FEUDAL RIGHTS 27. FEUDAL LEGISLATION IN 1790 28. ARREST OF THE REVOLUTION IN 1790 29. THE FLIGHT OF THE KING — REACTION — END OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY 30. THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY — REACTION IN 1791-1792 31. THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE 32. THE TWENTIETH OF JUNE 1792 33. THE TENTH OF AUGUST: ITS IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES 34. THE INTERREGNUM — THE BETRAYALS 35. THE SEPTEMBER DAYS 36. THE CONVENTION — THE COMMUNE — THE JACOBINS 37. THE GOVERNMENT — CONFLICTS WITH THE CONVENTION — THE WAR 38. THE TRIAL OF THE KING 39. THE “MOUNTAIN” AND THE GIRONDE 40. ATTEMPTS OF THE GIRONDINS TO STOP THE REVOLUTION 41. THE “ANARCHISTS” 42. CAUSES OF THE RISING ON MAY 31 43. SOCIAL DEMANDS — STATE OF FEELING IN PARIS — LYONS 44. THE WAR — THE RISING IN LA VENDEE — TREACHERY OF DUMOURIEZ 45. A NEW RISING RENDERED INEVITABLE 46. THE INSURRECTION OF MAY 31 AND JUNE 2 47. THE POPULAR REVOLUTION — ARBITRARY TAXATION 48. THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AND THE COMMUNAL LANDS 49. THE LANDS RESTORED TO THE COMMUNES 50. FINAL ABOLITION OF THE FEUDAL RIGHTS 51. THE NATIONAL ESTATES 52. THE STRUGGLE AGAINST FAMINE — THE MAXIMUM — PAPER-MONEY 53. COUNTER-REVOLUTION IN BRITTANY — ASSASSINATION OF MARAT 54. THE VENDEE — LYONS — THE RISINGS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE 55. THE WAR — THE INVASION BEATEN BACK 56. THE CONSTITUTION — THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT 57. THE EXHAUSTION OF THE REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT 58. THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT 59. SCHEMES FOR THE SOCIALISATION OF LAND, INDUSTRIES, MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE AND EXCHANGE 60. THE END OF THE COMMUNIST MOVEMENT 61. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT — REPRISALS 62. EDUCATION — THE METRIC SYSTEM — THE NEW CALENDAR — ANTI-RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT 63. THE SUPPRESSION OF THE SECTIONS 64. STRUGGLE AGAINST THE HEBERTISTS 65. FALL OF THE HEBERTISTS — DANTON EXECUTED 66. ROBESPIERRE AND HIS GROUP 67. THE TERROR 68. THE 9TH THERMIDOR — TRIUMPH OF REACTION 69. CONCLUSION ALL PAGES Share TweetPage 1 of 71The Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin had returned to Russia after the February revolution to give full support to the provisional government, to the weak regime of Kerensky augmented by Kornilov. For him it was the logical conclusion of the undivided adherence which he had given at the beginning of the World War to one of the imperialist groups, the Allies, who conducted a so-called war of justice against Prussian militarism. Despite this:Vladimir Ilyich [Lenin] had a great respect for Pyotr Alexeyevich [Kropotkin]. He held him in great esteem, particularly as the author of the book about the Great French Revolution and he discussed at great length the qualities of this remarkable book. He pointed out to me that Kropotkin had been the first to look at the French Revolution through the eyes of a researcher, to focus the attention on the plebeian masses, and to continually underline the role and meaning of the craftsmen, the workers and other representatives of the working people during the French Revolution. He saw this work by Kropotkin as a classical work and he recommended reading it and circulating it on a large scale. He said it was certainly necessary to republish this book with a wide circulation and to distribute it free of charge to all libraries of our country. (From: A meeting between V.I. Lenin and P. A. Kropotkin)Lenin spoke of Kropotkin without acrimony; on the contrary, he praised his work on the French Revolution (published in France as The Great Revolution). According to Lenin: “He depicted the role of the people in this revolution and understood it well. It was a pity that at the end of his life he sank into an unbelievable chauvinism.”Translated: from the French by N. F. Dryhurst. Original online edition: Kropotkin, P. (1927). The Great French Revolution, 1789-1793 (N. F. Dryhurst, Trans.) New York: Vanguard Printings. Marxist.com version: HTML and footnotes from Libcom Epub file reworked. Initial proofreading, December 2019. Next
