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The 418 pages that link to French Revolution, each with the reason it gives.

• Selim IIIRelated: Its wars and diplomacy reshaped the European setting of Selim’s reign.

• Thomas PaineRelated: Paine supported the revolution and served in the French National Convention.

• Académie royale de peinture et de sculptureRelated: Revolutionary governments dissolved the Academy in 1793 and replaced its institutional framework.

• Age of EnlightenmentBroader topic: Its declarations and reforms turned Enlightenment political principles into contested revolutionary programs.

• Bastille DayNarrower topic: Bastille Day grew from the revolution that transformed France’s political order.

• Civil Constitution of the ClergyNarrower topic: Revolutionary political restructuring created the setting for state-led church reform.

• Counter-EnlightenmentBroader topic: The Revolution gave critiques of abstract political reform a concrete and influential target.

• French Revolutionary ArmyRelated: Revolutionary governments transformed the army while fighting to defend the new order.

• Irish Rebellion of 1798Related: Its republican ideals and war with Britain encouraged Irish revolutionaries to seek French assistance.

• Lazare CarnotNarrower topic: Carnot's political and military career unfolded through the Revolution's successive governments and wars.

• Louis Antoine de Saint-JustNarrower topic: The Revolution created the institutions and conflicts that propelled Saint-Just into power.

• Paris ObservatoryRelated: Revolutionary reforms replaced royal administration and changed the observatory’s institutional structure.

• Pont du GardRelated: The bridge's toll and local administration changed during the revolutionary era.

• Revolutionary TribunalNarrower topic: The Tribunal was created within this revolution to address perceived internal enemies.

• Show trialNarrower topic: Revolutionary tribunals made public prosecution a tool for identifying and punishing enemies of the new order.

• Alexandre PétionRelated: Its upheaval weakened colonial authority and helped set the stage for revolution in Saint-Domingue.

• Basilica of Saint-DenisRelated: Revolutionaries opened royal graves at Saint-Denis and dispersed or damaged funerary remains.

• Bertrand BarèreNarrower topic: Barère’s rise, power, and downfall unfolded within the Revolution’s changing regimes.

• BordeauxRelated: Revolutionary politics reshaped Bordeaux's municipal institutions and commercial order.

• Charles James FoxRelated: Fox initially welcomed the revolution, a position that widened his political break with Burke.

• Civic RepublicanismRelated: Republican ideals informed revolutionary claims about popular sovereignty and civic equality.

• ConfiscationRelated: Revolutionary authorities confiscated Church and émigré property to reshape ownership and finance the state.

• Estates of the RealmRelated: Revolutionary reforms abolished estate privileges and challenged the legal basis of the old order.

• Flight to VarennesNarrower topic: The flight became a turning point within the Revolution’s escalating conflict over sovereignty.

• French regionsRelated: Revolutionary reforms abolished provinces and created departments, shaping later territorial debates.

• Georgian eraRelated: Its upheaval intensified British debates about reform, order, and revolution.

• Great FearNarrower topic: The Great Fear was an early rural crisis within the Revolution.

• Hegelian dialecticRelated: Hegel interpreted the revolution as a decisive historical expression of freedom and its contradictions.

• IntendantsRelated: Revolutionary reforms abolished the provincial administrative system in which intendants served.

• Jacques Pierre BrissotNarrower topic: Brissot’s political career unfolded within this upheaval.

• Joseph de MaistreRelated: Its overthrow of monarchy and church authority prompted his counterrevolutionary defense.

• La MarseillaiseNarrower topic: The anthem emerged amid revolutionary conflict and republican mobilization.

• Law of SuspectsNarrower topic: The law grew from the Revolution’s escalating struggle over loyalty and security.

• Metric prefixRelated: The metric system emerged from efforts to standardize measurement during the Revolution.

• Napoleonic eraNarrower topic: Its upheavals created the political opening through which Napoleon rose.

• SalonRelated: Revolutionary politics changed the social order that had sustained aristocratic salons.

• Sophie GermainRelated: The Revolution’s early years framed Germain’s childhood and access to books during political unrest.

• State atheismRelated: Revolutionary efforts to subordinate the Catholic Church anticipated later state campaigns against religious authority.

• The PreludeRelated: Wordsworth’s early hopes for the Revolution and later disillusionment form a major strand of the poem.

• UltramontanismRelated: Its attacks on church property and authority helped spur Catholic calls for a stronger papacy.

• Abolition of slavery in FranceRelated: Revolutionary debates over rights and citizenship shaped the Convention’s abolition decree.

• Alien and Sedition ActsNarrower topic: Its wars and political divisions framed American fears about foreign influence and domestic unrest.

• AndorraRelated: Revolutionary France temporarily relinquished its co-princely rights over Andorra.

• BastilleNarrower topic: The Bastille’s capture became an early turning point in the Revolution.

• BourgeoisieRelated: The revolution advanced the political power of property-owning groups later described as bourgeois.

• British abolitionismRelated: Revolutionary arguments about liberty shaped the political setting in which abolition was contested.

• Charles FourierRelated: Fourier’s lifetime began amid the revolution’s collapse of inherited institutions and promises of social reform.

• Decimal timeNarrower topic: The revolutionary government created the setting for decimal clock reform.

• Emmanuel Joseph SieyèsNarrower topic: His writings helped supply the Revolution’s claim that sovereignty belonged to the nation.

• Estates-GeneralNarrower topic: The assembly’s transformation opened the revolutionary sequence.