The historiography of the French Revolution has undergone several significant shifts. The traditional Marxist interpretation emphasized class struggle, viewing the revolution as a predictable outcome of the rising bourgeoisie's attempt to overthrow a stagnant feudal order. However, revisionist historians in the late twentieth century challenged this view, arguing that the social boundaries between the nobility and the bourgeoisie were actually quite porous. They suggested that the revolution was driven more by political contingencies and Enlightenment ideas than by fixed economic identities. More recently, post-revisionist scholars have integrated these views, examining how political rhetoric and the growth of the public sphere allowed for the rapid radicalization of the population. These scholars focus on the role of pamphlets and newspapers in creating a shared revolutionary consciousness that transcended traditional social hierarchies. This evolution in thought illustrates how historical narratives are shaped by the prevailing intellectual and social concerns of the historian's own era.