Introduction to the Primary Source
Espionage - there has been extensive activities by people spying on the kingdom. These people are all over in the public places and it is important that the king be of high vigilance to avoid them. (Pg 7, Line 18 of the primary source excerpt)
Celibacy - this is a situation where priests in the kingdom are not allowed to be married or to have a sexual relationship at any time. This is an ancient tradition that was followed by the Catholic priests to maintain purity. (Pg 9, Line 2 of the primary source excerpt)
Egotism - this is a situation where people in the kingdom tend to act in a way that they demonstrate superiority than others in the society. They despise others because they have self-centered interests that do not focus on caring about others’ welfare. (Pg 9, Line 26 of the primary source excerpt)
Introduction
This introduction is titled, “the French Ancient Revolution” dated 03/11/2012. The reason behind publishing this work is to bring out a clear picture of how things were during the French revolution era. This covers broadly the ancient French society that was under the rule of the King. The subjects were very obedient and loyal to His Majesty the King. In the old French society setting, the King was perceived to have certain powers and capabilities that no any other person in the land possessed. The government consisted of two principles, that is, the legislative and the executive power. The King was an idol to the people of France who viewed him as the head of religion. In this ancient French society, women did not have major responsibilities apart from taking care of the family and the citizens.
The ancient French Kingdom was under the rule of an idol King who was highly respected and believed by the subjects. It is evident that the subjects of this kingdom do not have a homogeneous view on the leadership of the King and also on the laws put in place to control them. Some of the subjects are of the opinion that the current constitution should be reformed while others are satisfied with it. The people are also being enlightened to be truly happy in reuniting themselves by embracing the abundant resources in the society. These resources include; fertile soils, abundant population, vast richness, generosity, humanness and felicitous character. The subjects are also enlightened to cast away from ancient Gauls, who were viewed to be discordant and adopt the character of Frank whom they believed was their veritable, simple and upright origin. The people had no belief on the existence of a super natural Monarchy who had control over humanity. They were arguing that such a Monarchy would be succeeded by an immortal person. The kingship advocated for freedom of press and conscious by giving liberty to the subjects. There have been instances of espionage in the kingdom where spies are used to attack the society from different positions which are all targeted at reaching the king.
There was a lot of religious enlightening during the French revolution, but despite information there were still cases of fallacy amongst the population.1 There was a lot of correlation between religion and the French revolution. 2The revolution had caused dechristianization amongst the Catholics who had vowed to maintain their practices especially with regard to celibacy. During the revolution times the Kingdom had wanted to marry Catholic priests, this was against the practices of their religion. 3The Catholics women were also actively involved in riots to protest dechristianization in efforts to maintain their religious beliefs. The French women therefore played important roles in ensuring that they upheld their Christian beliefs. The female gender is viewed as an asset to the society and is public safeguard. Disturbing the peace and modesty of women was valued as crime in the society. Prostitution was regarded as an everlasting disgrace to the people found guilty. The non- Catholics argued that marriage was initiated by Jesus and it was therefore everybody’s responsibility to be married rightfully.
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