France and the age of revolution : regimes old and new from Louis XIV to Napoleon Bonaparte

Doyle, William, 1942- author.

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"From the turmoil and tragedy of the French Revolution to the rise and fall of the enigmatic figure of Napoleon Bonaparte, the history of France between 1789 and 1815 is one of the most enduringly fascinating - and widely-studied - periods of history. In this volume, the renowned historian William Doyle provides a new perspective on several key themes within the history of this period - from the world of the Ancient Regime to the Battle of Waterl...

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France History 1789-1815

France History Revolution, 1789-1799

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International library of historical studies International library of historical studies ; 91

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9781780764450
9781780764443
1780764456

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vi, 232 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Part 1: Functions for sale. Colbert and the sale of offices ; Voltaire and venality: The ambiguities of an abuse ; Secular simony: The clergy and the sale of offices in eighteenth-century France
Changing notions of public corruption (c. 1770-c. 1850)
Part 2: The old order disintegrates. The union with Ireland in a European context ; The French Revolution: Possible because thinkable or thinkable because possible? ; Desacralising desacralisation ; The French Revolution and monarchy ; The American Revolution and the European Nobility
Part 3: Napoleon: An undemocratic revolutionary. The Napoleonic nobility revisited ; Napoleon, women and the French Revolution ; The political culture of the French Empire ; Revolutionary Napoleon

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