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The French Revolution executed royals and nobles, yes - but most people killed were commoners

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dc.contributor.authorRioult, Claire
dc.contributor.authorFathi, Romain
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-31T01:08:27Z
dc.date.available2024-07-31T01:08:27Z
dc.date.issued2023-07-13
dc.date.updated2024-05-12T08:16:12Z
dc.description.abstractFor a lot of people, mention of the French Revolution conjures up images of wealthy nobles being led to the guillotine. Thanks to countless movies, books and half-remembered history lessons, many have been left with the impression the revolution was chiefly about chopping off the heads of kings, queens, dukes and other cashed-up aristocrats.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733714336
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherThe Conversation
dc.rights© 2023 The Conversation
dc.rights.licenseCC BY-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
dc.sourceThe Conversation
dc.titleThe French Revolution executed royals and nobles, yes - but most people killed were commoners
dc.typeNewspaper/magazine article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage6
local.contributor.affiliationRioult, Claire, Monash University
local.contributor.affiliationFathi, Romain, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidFathi, Romain, u5085663
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor430308 - European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
local.identifier.ariespublicationu1066051xPUB43
local.publisher.urlhttps://theconversation.com/the-french-revolution-executed-royals-and-nobles-yes-but-most-people-killed-were-commoners-200455
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