Illustration
Image depicting the Great Fear, a general panic that swept France from late July to early August 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution. Bands of peasants raided abbeys and seigneurial estates, refusing to pay tithes and forcing seigneurs to renounce their feudal privileges. This painting, currently housed in the Musée Carnavalet Paris, is by an unknown author, c. 1792.
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Original image by Unknown Artist. Uploaded by Harrison W. Mark, published on 16 May 2022. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Public Domain. This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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Artist, U. (2022, May 16). The Great Fear. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15880/the-great-fear/
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Artist, Unknown. "The Great Fear." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified May 16, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15880/the-great-fear/.
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Artist, Unknown. "The Great Fear." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 16 May 2022, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15880/the-great-fear/. Web. 14 May 2025.
