Great Fear

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The Great Fear (French: Grande Peur) was a general panic that took place between 22 July to 6 August 1789, at the start of the French Revolution. Rural unrest had been present in France since the worsening grain shortage of the spring.

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Image: Maillart, Philippe Joseph (Bruxelles, 1764 - Ixelles, 23–04–1856), graveur, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.