Introduction [excerpts] [I] attempt in this thesis to explain not only the question of the material causes, but also the mind cast of the Parisian crowd in 1792. Enough has been written on the social origins of the Revolution to provide a good picture of its material causes. Such unfair conditions as then existed, i.e., the financial burden of the general population which resulted in hunger and deprivation for many, would have driven anyone to extremes. Yet, that explanation fails to answer three very important...