The French Revolution : from Enlightenment to tyranny

Davidson, Ian, 1935- author.

Book 2016

The French Revolution casts a long shadow, one that reaches into our own time and influences our debates on freedom, equality, and authority. Yet it remains an elusive, perplexing historical event. Its significance morphs according to the sympathies of the viewer, who may see it as a series of gory tableaux, a regrettable slide into uncontrolled anarchy--or a radical reshaping of the political landscape. In this riveting new book, Ian Davidson pr...

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France History Revolution, 1789-1799

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ISBN:

9781681772509
1681772507

Edition:

First Pegasus Books hardcover edition

Description:

xxii, 314 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Maps
Timeline
Introduction
États Généraux
The fall of Necker
The storming of the Bastille
The dismantling of feudalism
Declaration of the rights of man
The King moves to Paris
The Assembly starts to govern France
The revolutionaries reform the Church
The flight of the King
The rush to war
The overthrow of the monarchy
The Commune insurrectionnelle
The Convention
The wars in 1792: from Valmy to Jemappes
The trial of the King
Girondins and Montagnards
The fall of the Girondins
The civil wars of 1793
The Gouvernement Révolutionnaire
The Terreur
The spasm of religion to the fall of Danton
The fall of Robespierre
The aftermath
Epilogue
A note on the children of Louis XVI ; A note on the franchise for women ; The coups d'état of the French Revolution ; The French text of the Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1789 ; A note on money and inflation ; A note on the Comité de Salut Public ; A note on death and the Revolution

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2291168

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