“Liberty, equality, fraternity”: the motto that France still uses today and which first emerged following the French Revolution. This in itself shows that the revolution had a major impact on France. She played an important role in changing France through, for example, the new definition of nationalism, the abolition of the monarchy and the abolition of feudalism. Whether these changes succeeded in modernizing France or resulted in something that was no better than pre-revolutionary times will be discussed in more detail using the three examples above. Nationalism existed, to some extent, in pre-revolutionary France. and “it played an important role in the Revolution itself” (O'Brien, 1988: 18), but it only had a real impact on France after the revolution. The nationalism that existed before the revolution gave rise to the idea of ​​a more egalitarian society without a monarchy or clergy, so after the revolution this pride in the nation was manifested through the equality that they managed to achieve achieve and obtain the desired result of no monarchy nor clergy. This was the beginning of this concept of nationalism which resulted in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen and, consequently, the motto that France uses today. O'Brien emphasizes this idea of ​​nation above all else, including their king, which the French were driven to realize. So, not only was this idea of ​​nationalism present before the revolution, being one of the causes of the revolution, but also after the revolution. revolution, remaining with the French until the present day, and influencing other countries to exalt this idea of ​​nationalism and implement it. However, the nationalism that existed in relation to Joan of Arc was still in its infancy......the revolution had never happened. There would not be such a feeling of nationalism in France today without the revolution. and its Legacy 1789-1989, London: Fontana Press 101-127Blanning, TCW (1987), The French Revolution: Aristocrats versus Bourgeois?, London: MacMillanJones, C. (1988), The Longman Companion to the French Revolution, London and New York: Longman Markoff, J. (1998), Violence, Emancipation and Democracy in Kates, G. (ed.), The French Revolution: Recent Debates and New Controversies, London and New York: Routledge O'Brien, CC (1988), Nationalism and the French Revolution in Best, G. (ed.), The Permanent Revolution: The French Revolution and its Legacy 1789-1989, London: Fontana Press 17-48