A Study Of The French Revolution In Global Perspective-A Contrast Of New And Old Historiography

The historical status of the French Revolution is very important.It is not only a landmark event in French history,but also a deserving book on the long history of the world.Therefore,since the outbreak of the French Revolution,historians have never ceased their research on it,and its causes,experiences,results and influences have all attracted researchers.The rise and development of the global history is the matter in recent decades.It emerged in the 1960s from the United States.It initially evolved into a methodological system for compiling the general history of the world after it had emerged from a new perspective on world history that emerged in the history education reform.In recent years it has also developed into a new school of history,Its impact is also out of the United States,to the world.Its most basic feature is that it treats the history of human society as a whole.In the 21st century,some western scholars have turned their attention to the field of global history research.They tried to break the shackles of the original research methods with a broader global perspective and make new contributions in the field of the French Revolution.By analyzing and studying the related new works and comparing with the traditional research of the French revolutionary history,combining with the relevant theoretical achievements of the global history,this article evaluates this brand-new viewpoint of studying the French Revolution,As an Example,Prospect the Development Prospects of Global History.This article will be divided into four parts to discuss.The preface briefly narrates the research course of the French Revolution and briefly reviews and summarizes the research perspectives and methods of various schools since the French Revolution broke out.The first chapter introduces the evolution of French Revolutionary research under the framework of traditional historiography,and evaluates the research of French Revolution under this framework.The second chapter discusses the new changes of the French Revolution in the perspective of global history.The content of this chapter is the focus of the full text,as compared with the previous chapter.Firstly,it introduces the rise of the history of the world as a new historiography,then elaborates the research of the French Revolution in the perspective of global history from three aspects:interaction and dependence,the network of cultural communication,aggregation and convergence,The third chapter summarizes and comments on the new idea of the French Revolution in the perspective of global history.The turning of regionalization is a new trend in the study of global history.The study of the French Revolution is a typical example.It broke the traditional western theory and expanded the field of historical research,reflecting its innovation.But at the same time,some scholars have also questioned this research method.