Reflections on the Revolution in France by Edmund Burke - Pt 1

Edmund Burke published his Reflections on the Revolution in France in November 1790. It takes the form of a long letter addressed to a young acquaintance living in France. In it he discusses his responses to the actions of the revolutionary National Assembly during an early period of the Revolution, their dealings with the king, Louis XVI, their selling off of church lands and holdings, the disruption of ancient rights of property inheritance and their re-organisation of the several municipalities in the country in terms of administration and representation. He makes many comparisons between France and Briton. He was a strong supporter of Briton's evolved system of constitutional monarchy with a two-house legislature, a functioning tiered society with a strong property-owning nobility at the top and the labouring and menial classes at the bottom. This pamphlet has become one of the founding texts of modern Conservatism.