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CafeLitt 104:French Revolution II

Fri 9 Jan 2009, 19:06, by , at Thomson House: 3650 Rue McTavish Montreal (Map)

Subject: French Revolution II
Date: 15 th. Jan 2009 19:00
Presented by: Shahdad Heydari

Place: Basement of
Thomson House (Dining room),3650 McTavish St., Montreal, QC, H3A 1Y2
Metro: Peel (sortie Metcalfe) or McGill sortie University
Bus 144 (Map) (Schedule)


The french revolution destroyed age-old cultural, institutional, and social structures in France and beyond.It tried to recreate everything in a human society. It has shaped the very foundation of Europe.The goal in this introductory presentation is to show why the Ancien régime became ancient as well as examining cases in which achievement failed to match ambition and how we are still living with its legacy and why the french revolution mattered.

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