CIV 102 Modern World History
Dalya Odai Hameed- 16295
Tocqueville on Religion and the French Revolution
The Old Regime and The Revolution is a work written by the French writer, politician and historian Alexis de Tocqueville which it describes the society and life before the French revolution starts and also the causes and reasons behind the revolution. Tocqueville is also the writer of Democracy in America. The French revolution took place in the 18th century, which it considers as the enlightenment era and the start of the new modern world. The French revolution has turned out to be a very important and unforgettable event in the history because even after it was over, it had an effect on multiplicity of revolutions and uprisings; …show more content…
As church was using the power of the politics in return the government used the religion to get respect and moral impact from the citizen because religion kept people to stay loyal to the government and not do bad behaviors and to stay away from enlightenment which leads to revolution. The monarch had boundless authority and they expressed themselves as “the representatives of God”. This also led to the fact that the catholic Christianity was forced among the people but unlike in England and America where they didn’t force the religion among the people because when the religion is not forced the people will be more likely to worship god and this will make the church stronger, as how it was in America and England. But in France the non-separation between the politics and church made the church weaker and in the start of the revolution the people realized to change the system they needed to attack the church first since the government depended on …show more content…
The French revolution had a very long term effect on the rest of the world, were it showed them that people have power and they can speak up and change the system if even there will be victims but they will win the victory in the end. We can see this effect as an example of what was happening in Britain in the 18th century the same time as the French revolution was taking place, where Britain was going through and industrial revolution but the rulers were scared that what was happening in France would happen in Britain so they started a fair and justice ruling
Dalya Odai Hameed- 16295
Tocqueville on Religion and the French Revolution
The Old Regime and The Revolution is a work written by the French writer, politician and historian Alexis de Tocqueville which it describes the society and life before the French revolution starts and also the causes and reasons behind the revolution. Tocqueville is also the writer of Democracy in America. The French revolution took place in the 18th century, which it considers as the enlightenment era and the start of the new modern world. The French revolution has turned out to be a very important and unforgettable event in the history because even after it was over, it had an effect on multiplicity of revolutions and uprisings; …show more content…
As church was using the power of the politics in return the government used the religion to get respect and moral impact from the citizen because religion kept people to stay loyal to the government and not do bad behaviors and to stay away from enlightenment which leads to revolution. The monarch had boundless authority and they expressed themselves as “the representatives of God”. This also led to the fact that the catholic Christianity was forced among the people but unlike in England and America where they didn’t force the religion among the people because when the religion is not forced the people will be more likely to worship god and this will make the church stronger, as how it was in America and England. But in France the non-separation between the politics and church made the church weaker and in the start of the revolution the people realized to change the system they needed to attack the church first since the government depended on …show more content…
The French revolution had a very long term effect on the rest of the world, were it showed them that people have power and they can speak up and change the system if even there will be victims but they will win the victory in the end. We can see this effect as an example of what was happening in Britain in the 18th century the same time as the French revolution was taking place, where Britain was going through and industrial revolution but the rulers were scared that what was happening in France would happen in Britain so they started a fair and justice ruling