AQA A Level History Depth Study: France in Revolution, 1774-1815 (A-level only) June 2017 question paper 7042/2H

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the failure of Napoleon’s Russian campaign in 1812.

‘Between the October Days of 1789 and September 1791, the National Assembly completely dismantled the Ancien Régime.’

Assess the validity of this view.

How significant was the rising in the Vendée in the radicalisation of the revolution in 1793?

‘Personal ambition was more important than revolutionary principles in Napoleon's consolidation of power in the years 1799 to 1804.’

Assess the validity of this view.