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    The document discusses Marxist and revisionist interpretations of the origins of the French Revolution. The Marxist view is that it was a class struggle led by the bourgeoisie as the declining aristocracy lost economic power. Revisionists question if it was solely a bourgeois struggle and instead believe the Enlightenment spread democratic ideas that inspired the Revolution. Marxist historians see it as a class victory, while revisionists reject that analysis and provide alternative interpretations.

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    Chapter 1 - The Debate on the Origins

    Marxist Interpretation
    a classist struggle in which lower class (the bourgeoisie and the urbanists) began to have more economic
    power

    the members were kept out of political power in the nobility

    declining aristocracy and monarchy bankruptcy led a victorious take of power by the bourgeoisie

    believed it was a classist struggle for equal rights in the bourgeoisie

    Revisionist Interpretation
    questioned Marxist interpretation of whether or not it was through bourgeoisie (believing it was too
    simplistic)

    the best known revisionist explanation is to question the intellectual cultural background to 1789 - they
    believed the enlightenment period had inspired the advanced democratic ideas of the revolution

    Marxist historians - interpreting the revolution as part of Marx’s analysis of class struggles, resulting in triumph
    of the lower classes

    Revisionist - reject Marxist analysis and provide a revised interpretations

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