Great Fear
What Great Fear means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
Rural uprisings in the countryside in which peasants attacked châteaux and destroyed feudal records, forcing the Assembly to abolish feudalism in the August Decrees.
Rural panic in 1789 that drove deputies to abolish feudal privileges on 4 August.
Topics that use Great Fear
- 2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815 (A-level only) – The experiment in constitutional monarchy, 1789–1792 (AQA A-Level)
- Revolution and the failure of constitutional monarchy, 1789–93 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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