Murder in Aubagne - Lynching, Law, and Justice During the French Revolution

Klappentext This book is a study of faction, lynching, murder, terror and counter-terror during the French Revolution. Zusammenfassung This book is a study of faction, lynching, murder, terror and counter-terror during the French Revolution. It examines factionalism in small towns like Aubagne near Marseille, and how this produced the murders and prison massacres of 1795–8. Another major theme is the convergence of lynching from below with official terror from above. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Aubagne: an introduction to the problem; 1. Structures and events; 2. The Olive Festival; 3. Aubagne's universe: Marseille, Aix, and Arles, 1789-92; 4. Murders in Provence; 5. Vigilantism and federalism; 6. Federalism; 7. Terror in a small town: Aubagne; 8. The revolution of the antiterrorists: vengeance, massacre, and justice; 9. The Bande d'Aubagne; Appendix; Sources and methods; Index.

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• Authors: D. M. G. Sutherland, D. M. G. (Professor Sutherland, Sutherland D. M. G.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2012
• EAN: 9781107404281
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40428-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, c 1789 to c 1799 (French Revolutionary period), French Revolution