Reflections on the Revolution in France is a political pamphlet by the British statesman Edmund Burke, published in November 1790. It contrasts the French Revolution with the unwritten British Constitution and is considered one of the best-known intellectual attacks against the French Revolution and a defining tract of modern conservatism.
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One of the best-known intellectual attacks against the French Revolution, Reflections is a defining tract of modern conservatism as well as an important contribution to international theory.
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is a political pamphlet written by the British statesman Edmund Burke and published in November 1790
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Reflections on the Revolution in France is a political pamphlet by the British statesman Edmund Burke, published in November 1790.
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published in November 1790
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Reflections was published on 1 November 1790, less than eighteen months after the storming of the Bastille.
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Reflections was published on 1 November 1790, less than eighteen months after the storming of the Bastille.
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