A Political History of Modern Europe From the Reformation to the Present Day
The book A Political History of Modern Europe From the Reformation to the Present Day was written by author Schevill, Ferdinand. [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of A Political History of Modern Europe From the Reformation to the Present Day book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is A Political History of Modern Europe From the Reformation to the Present Day a good or bad book?
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What greatly contributed to the power of the multitude was the excitement and vague enthusiasm which possessed all classes alike. We must always remember, in order to under- stand the tremendous pace at which the Revolution devel- oped, that the year 1789 marks an almost unparalleled agita- tion of public opinion. A leading symptom of this condition were the innumerable pamphlets ,a^ newspapers which ac- companied the events of the day vv'sih explanatory comment, and not infrequently assumed t^...e.^foErfi-pf fanatical exhor- tation. But the most prominent andi^aique witi4ess of the disturbed state of opinion was offered '•b}'"t!!l€ clubs. Clubs for consultation and debate becalne the^^^'feat demand of the hour; they arose spontaneously iiy'all quarters; in fact, every coffee-house acquired, through^ the passri6n of its frequenters. Cordeliers and the character of a poUtical as^ciation. * Of all th'ese-unions the Jacobins and the Cordeliors'-sqo^ won^the most influen- tial position. The Cordeliers reomited' th^ numbers from among the Parisian " patriots "^^^rftitcfejijid Marat were among their leaders, and the tof^^ ihejpl^b was^'fr'J^hi the first, wildly revolutionary.
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