Relationship between the Military Situation of the French Revolution and Radicalization



Relationship between the Military Situation of the French Revolution and Radicalization

Introduction

As we have studied in previous issues, the old regime was a society with great social and legal inequalities (privileges for nobility and clergy), in which economic growth prevented the bourgeoisie interested with a despotic political power to the Third Estate had no access, and a cultural framework controlled by the Church. In this paper we are going to talk about French revolution, no doubt the French Revolution is a milestone in modern history. In contemporary world history, the French Revolution marked the transition from stratified society, inherited from feudalism, capitalist society based on a market economy. The bourgeoisie, conscious of its role in the economic life of power shifted to the aristocracy and absolute monarchy. The French revolutionaries not only created a new model of society and state, but released a new way of thinking for the most of the world. The French Revolution fits into the cycle of political and economic transformations that marked the end of the modern age and the beginning of the modern era. We propose here an analysis and Relationship of Military Situation of the French Revolution and radicalization taking into account: the Robespierre and the consequences if the military would not have gone radical or violent.

Thesis statement

The situation of military at the time of French revolution provided mix results.

Relationship

Military service is one of the most paradoxical institutions of the modern state. There is a connection between the military situation of the French Revolution and radicalization, since one of the reason behind the radicalization of French Revolution is military, they could have stopped this but due to lack of proper trained officers, soldiers and NCOs they were not able to control the revolution on initial stage. Initially the revolutionary military was with King and French Revolution entered radical phase due to the anger of people. People did not like it because people and their children were starving to death while upper class was having grand feasts. When the French Revolution radicalized, it was soon threatened by external and internal enemies. This state of permanent war, inner and outer, led to several reforms of existing militaries in 1791: Military of the Rhine, the North and Centre. They were divided into seven, then eleven and fifteen armed culminated after the reorganization by Lazare Carnot, a member of the Committee of salvation public in autumn 1793. They were often named after the department where they operated. They all had a dedicated log. In France, the social and political instability and military defeat Napoleon convinced of the need to establish a strong government. April 20, 1792, the Assembly decided to declare war on Austria, the first military actions were disastrous for the French, the threats of Austrian troops on Paris and the complicity of the monarch with the enemgio exasperated tempers. The reason was that the revolution had profoundly disrupted the military and the combined forces were insufficient ...