House in the Rue Saint-Fiacre - A Social History of Property in Revolutionary Paris

Officially, revolutionary France granted all citizens a right to property. In practice, however, there was significant continuity with the Old Regime. H. B. Callaway argues that the state's fraught attempts to confiscate property from Parisian émigrés reveal contradictions in ideas of ownership considered foundational to modern property rights.

About the author

H. B. Callaway is Research Associate at the Centre Roland Mousnier of the Université Paris-Sorbonne.

Summary

Officially, revolutionary France granted all citizens a right to property. In practice, however, there was significant continuity with the Old Regime. H. B. Callaway argues that the state’s fraught attempts to confiscate property from Parisian émigrés reveal contradictions in ideas of ownership considered foundational to modern property rights.

Product details

• Authors: H B Callaway, H. B. Callaway
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9780674279346
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27934-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Harvard Historical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; France, European History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / France, Social & cultural history, LAW / Property, Social and cultural history, Paris (City), Property law: general, property law