Changes

Radicals saw the Catholic Church as the enemy and promoted in its place a [[Cult of Reason]].  The Revolution emerged in part from the [[rationalism]] of the [[Enlightenment]] which distrusted all established institutions.  It inspired fear into European monarchs and aristocrats as well as conservative intellectuals like [[Edmund Burke]] in Britain, who mobilized to fight the Revolution, and finally succeeded in 1815.

Radicals saw the Catholic Church as the enemy and promoted in its place a [[Cult of Reason]].  The Revolution emerged in part from the [[rationalism]] of the [[Enlightenment]] which distrusted all established institutions.  It inspired fear into European monarchs and aristocrats as well as conservative intellectuals like [[Edmund Burke]] in Britain, who mobilized to fight the Revolution, and finally succeeded in 1815.

The revolution was very [[liberal]] in nature, and saw a perfect execution of the [[classical liberal]] ideas proposed by [[John Locke]]. It resulted in chaos, destruction, and radicalization, which were the very ideas that Burke and other classical conservatives had warned about. It gave the world a glimpse of what liberalism was like when put into action. Unlike the [[American Revolution]], it had nothing to do with natural progress or change and launched a series of events that led to Europe becoming more classically liberal. These radical changes would arguably lead to more [[globalism]] as well as alliances, giving rise to [[World War I]].

The revolution was very [[liberal]] in nature, and saw a perfect execution of the [[classical liberal]] ideas proposed by [[John Locke]]. It resulted in chaos, destruction, and radicalization, which were the very ideas that Burke and other classical conservatives had warned about. It gave the world a glimpse of what liberalism was like when put into action. Unlike the [[American Revolution]], it had nothing to do with natural progress or change and launched a series of events that led to Europe becoming more classically liberal. These radical changes would arguably lead to more [[globalism]] as well as alliances, giving rise to [[World War I]] over a century later.

==Social structure of Old Regime==

==Social structure of Old Regime==