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

Rioult, ClaireFathi, Romain2024-07-312024-07-31https://hdl.handle.net/1885/733714336For 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.application/pdfen-AU© 2023 The Conversationhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/The French Revolution executed royals and nobles, yes - but most people killed were commoners2023-07-132024-05-12CC BY-ND 4.0