1. Introduction
The French Revolution (1789-1799) grew out of a concurrence of the gradual loss of legitimacy suffered by the old society of the estates and the monarchy as a result of Enlightenment criticisms, a subversive “political pornography” [18] and the elites' hostility to reform [23], the crisis in the textile industry and a steep rise in the price of bread (Food riots). Because of the unprecedented natu…