Feudal System
In Middle Ages, social structure was King -> Nobles -> Knights -> Peasant.
Each class received protection and provided food for the one above it.
But eventually, the need for protection dwindled, and the lower classes were supporting the upper classes for no reason. When they realized that, things like the French RevolutionFrench Revolution
French Revolution
Good overview video
follows the poattern of a religious revolution
anti-religious actions were not the goal, but the consequence
missionary impulse, like Christianity
Form vs Content
revolution changed the form to better match the content
it didn't actually change the content much
History of the Louis
Louis XIV
got nobles to go to Versailles, didn't let them go
opulent & indulgent
sent his own men out to hi... started to happen.