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Apr 23, 2024
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2017-2018 Academic Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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HIST 253 - Citizenship, Democracy, and the French Revolution
Credits: 4
An introduction to the study of the French Revolution in which students are assigned and act out positions as leaders of major revolutionary factions. Role-playing begins as the newly-emerged National Assembly struggles to create a Constitution amidst internal chaos and threats of foreign invasion. Questions considered include: will the king be permitted to retain a semblance of power; can the Assembly contain the radical demands of “the People;” will Catholic priests obey the new revolutionary government or the dictates of the Pope; can the revolutionaries create a stable democratic regime, or was the violence and bloodshed of the Reign of Terror inevitable?
Distribution Requirements: CL, HE.
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