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Considerations on the principal events of the French revolution

by Germaine de Staël · 1818

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This title made a deeply original contribution to an ongoing political and historical debate in early 19th-century France and Europe. As a representative of classical liberal opinion, Staël's voice, which Napoleon Bonaparte tried to silence by censorship and banishment, is an important contribution to revolutionary historiography.

HistoryInfluenceCausesPolitical and social viewsCauses and characterStael, madame de (anne-louise-germaine), 1766-1817France, history, revolution, 1789-1799, influenceFrance, history, revolution, 1789-1799, causes