Name: The Spread of Literary Forms Across India
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 5 min 6 s
Description: The emergence of print led to many different literary forms, and new ideas about society and culture spreading across India

Question

Examine any three effects of Print culture on the French Revolution.

Accepted Answer

Many historians have suggested that print culture contributed to the circumstances that led to the French Revolution.

Firstly, the Enlightenment thinkers' beliefs became more widely accepted through print. The works of Voltaire and Rousseau were extensively read and people discovered a new way of looking at the world-one that was critical, questioning, and rational.

Secondly, Print sparked a new discourse and debating culture. All standards, laws, and institutions were re-examined and discussed by a populace that had grown to understand the value of reason and the necessity of challenging preconceived notions.

Thirdly, by the 1780s, there was a flood of literature mocking the monarchy and criticising their morality. Cartoons and caricatures frequently depicted the royalty as being entirely preoccupied with sensuous pleasures while the common people endured terrible hardships.

Examine any three effects of Print culture on the French Revolution.

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