The guillotine certainly went a long way toward securing the freedom of countless peasants, and the effects of the French Revolution reverberated throughout Europe for the next 100 years at least.
>The guillotine certainly went a long way toward securing the freedom of countless peasants
Uh, I disagree. (What did you read? Are you being sarcastic?)
The French Revolution and accompanying Reign of Terror were symptoms if wild political instability, in which hundreds of people were wrongly killed at the same time the government troubled itself with renaming every month (for lulz?).
This instability was seized upon by Napoleon, who restored the rule of law at the cost of dictatorship and many _extremely_ costly wars.
The effects of the _idealism_ of the French Revolution reverberated around Europe, yes. But the effects of the blood and turmoil did, as well.
Uh, I disagree. (What did you read? Are you being sarcastic?)
The French Revolution and accompanying Reign of Terror were symptoms if wild political instability, in which hundreds of people were wrongly killed at the same time the government troubled itself with renaming every month (for lulz?).
This instability was seized upon by Napoleon, who restored the rule of law at the cost of dictatorship and many _extremely_ costly wars.
The effects of the _idealism_ of the French Revolution reverberated around Europe, yes. But the effects of the blood and turmoil did, as well.