1789: The French Revolution Begins

Informationen zum Autor Robert H. Blackman is Elliott Professor of History at Hampden-Sydney College, where he won the J. B. Fuqua Award for excellence in teaching. He is the author of articles in French History and French Historical Studies, regularly presenting his research at the Western Society for French History and the Society for French Historical Studies. He is also the co-editor of the H-France Salon 'Becoming Revolutionaries: Papers in Honor of Timothy Tackett' with Micah Alpaugh and Ian Coller. Klappentext The first comprehensive study of the complex events and debates through which the 1789 French National Assembly became a sovereign body. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: building a national assembly; 1. The long slumber of the Estates General; 2. The Estates General sitting as a National Assembly; 3. The king responds; 4. The king resists; 5. Toward a defensive constitution; 6. A truly national Assembly; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Robert H. Blackman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781108492447
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49244-7
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: New Studies in European Histor; New Studies in European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, c 1789 to c 1799 (French Revolutionary period), C 1700 To C 1800, French Revolution