Project Gutenberg 2017-02-17 Public domain in the USA. 343 Tocqueville, Alexis de 1805 1859 De Tocqueville, Alexis Toqueville, Alexis de Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clérel de Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Maurice Clerel de Reeve, Henry 1813 1895 Reeves, Henry L'ancien régime et la Révolution. English The State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789 And the Causes Which Led to That Event Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Regime_and_the_Revolution E-text prepared by Cindy Horton, Clarity, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789" by Alexis de Tocqueville is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. This work explores the social condition of France in the lead-up to the French Revolution, analyzing the political, social, and economic factors that contributed to the uprising. It aims to provide insight into the complexities of pre-revolutionary society and the underlying causes that led to one of the most significant political events in history. The opening of Tocqueville's work sets the stage for an in-depth analysis of the French Revolution, challenging the common perceptions of its motivations and consequences. It emphasizes that, despite the unexpected and revolutionary nature of the events leading to 1789, they were the culmination of gradual societal changes and philosophical developments that had long been underway. Tocqueville addresses the misjudgments of contemporaneous observers and critics, asserting that the Revolution was not merely a spontaneous upheaval, but rather a political evolution spurred by a history of social grievances and class distinctions. He intends to dissect the intertwined fates of religious authority, aristocratic privileges, and the evolving aspirations of the French populace, suggesting that the roots of modern French society were deeply entrenched in its tumultuous past. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 51.2 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Causes DC Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Religious 960266 2025-06-21T13:49:58.001410 text/html 963252 2024-10-23T01:45:56 text/html 522569 2025-06-21T13:50:10.715335 application/epub+zip 524220 2025-06-21T13:49:59.946440 application/epub+zip 462610 2025-06-21T13:49:58.969438 application/epub+zip 750676 2025-06-21T13:50:18.753296 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 679956 2025-06-21T13:50:09.705353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 619095 2022-09-24T17:04:52.552926 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 866734 2025-06-21T13:49:56.518428 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 846642 2024-10-23T01:45:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17990 2025-06-21T13:50:18.931293 application/rdf+xml 14223 2025-06-21T13:49:59.132381 image/jpeg 1924 2025-06-21T13:49:59.049435 image/jpeg 458915 2025-06-21T13:49:58.083423 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia