INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY OF FRENCH REVOLUTON Michel Vovelle
Live under
revolution The revolution has been
seen in its double phaseof distruction of the live dream. At the same time there''s a number of actions from which revoution did not survive but they survived under
revolution. It''s considered that the majority of French people remained at the marge of revolution of which they were victioms or condemned by revolution. This was not just a phenomenon of commit for them, without an influence on their behaviour, activities and till every day life.
The revolution in the daily life
In the memory of many people, French revolution has left the image of that time harshness, dominated by careness of life and the active daily life. First of all, the revolution was raised in the middle of financial and social crisis of 1789, the pressure of which was felt until 1790 and a bit later in 1792 and 1793, within a period of calmness, we see the agitation for bread, sugar, coffee against life carelessness and following of food shops. Thus, harshness of the era and difficulty, swas able to mean for lot of people one of the most important aspects of vivid revolution. The revolution represented a shortcut in the experienced life. It had to do with illustration of a ''''the one who saves himself let him do it'''' socila and affirm of an egoist individualism, real triumph of financial freedom.
The daily caractersitics as an example :
-it''s being played within image of death
=intense mobility : immigrants, soldiers, disarrogals etc
-high number of cities grew in popolation. They moved from country to the town (or city).
-Fervently increase of weddings number, at a 50%
-There was a big change in the space concept and change of that time of men
-There was a prevail of a distint space existence; soldiers and volunteers discover other horizonts.
Love :
In the field of love relationships revolution, passionate though, is cast. There was left behind memory of platonic loves and posterged before the urgency mission higher than a relationship completion related to revolution. Heroes loves are lessening based on medium models not medium though. They are more difficult to perceive. The free join and company was already not an single fact in the world.
Woman
In the revolution handle the woman heroes have conquered an important position. The female compromise and population movement started to gain importance. Women are not anymore in the margin of society, women are perhaps the main participants in the produced movements from economic motives,much more discreet and they don''t have an entrance licence in the revolution feasts. They are recognized as divine beings under the main reason of family mothers or housewives.
-The revolution events don''t let be upon it an extrordinary fastening stimulate.
Die under revolutin
Is there death thereunnder revolution ? 50.000 shots, oficial ones or not, may be every 1000 2 inhabitants of the Republic. The most interseting of all is not the shot gun number, without assessment of womens death in the instance sensibility, that was too big to judge for the social position they had in funerals in the revolution feast. In regard to poetry, music, art etc death covered an important protocol. During the whole cermony they ought something fto a woman''s death for the moment.