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Awakening of the Third Estate

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With the Bastille being destroyed in the background, a member of the Third Estate breaks his shackles. Here, the clergy and nobility recoil in fear, thereby emphasizing the conflict between the estates during the French Revolution.

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Bibliothèque Nationale de France

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"Awakening of the Third Estate," in World History Commons, https://worldhistorycommons.org/awakening-third-estate [accessed November 2, 2024]