The Revolutionary Temper - Paris, 1748-1789

When a Parisian crowd stormed the Bastille in July 1789, it triggered the overthrow of the monarchy and the birth of a new society. In retrospect we understand the French Revolution as the outcome of such factors as a faltering economy and Enlightenment thought. But what did the Parisians themselves think they were doing - how did they understand their world?

In this dazzling history, Robert Darnton draws on decades of study to conjure a past as vivid as today''s news. He explores eighteenth-century Paris as an information society like our own, its news circuits centered in cafes, park benches, and under the Palais-Royal''s Tree of Cracow. Through pamphlets, gossip, and public performances, the events of some forty years - from disastrous treaties and royal debauchery to thrilling hot-air balloon ascents - entered the churning collective consciousness of ordinary Parisians. With public trust eroding as new aspirations soared, Parisians prepared themselves for revolution.<>

Product details

• Authors: Robert Darnton, Darnton Robert
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.11.2023
• EAN: 9780713996562
• ISBN: 978-0-7139-9656-2
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 236 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; France, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Social and cultural history, c 1789 to c 1799 (French Revolutionary period), C 1700 To C 1800