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Episode Seven: The Undesired

The Age of Napoleon Podcast

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The Great Fear and Peasant Unrest

This chapter explores the worsening conditions in France during the summer of 1789, with rising food prices, mass hunger, and peasant unrest. It discusses the period of the Great Fear, attacks on suspected hoarders, and the response of the National Assembly in addressing the peasant discontent.

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