Robert Darnton writes this small essay and tries to decide what exactly was revolutionary about the French Revolution. Just because it was a revolution does not make it revolutionary. Darnton explores this idea throughout his article. As Darnton develops the essay, he detail three main things that he believes made the French Revolution revolutionary: the involvement of such a large portion of the nation, the idea of popular sovereignty and the incredible amount of death …
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…that it wasn't revolutionary, but he totally did the opposite. I think that people feel that the French Revolution was just one of many Revolutions, such as the American and Russian revolutions, but it was not. It was very much unlike other revolutionary movements and Darnton does a great job at convincing the reading of that point. I really enjoyed reading this article. It really helped change some of my views on the French Revolution.