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French Revolution and Napoleon - A Sourcebook

English · Paperback / Softback

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The upheavals, terror, and drama of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period restructured politics and society on a grand scale, making this the defining moment for modern European history.
This volume collects together a wide selection of primary texts to explain the process behind the enormous changes undergone by France and Europe between 1787 and 1815, from the Terror to the Counter-Revolution and from Marie-Antoinette to Robespierre and Bonaparte. While bringing the impact of historical events to life, Philip Dwyer and Peter McPhee provide a clear outline of the period through key documents and lucid introductory passages and commentary. They illustrate the meaning of the Revolution for peasants, sans-culottes, women, and slaves, as well as placing events within a wider European context..
Students will find this an invaluable source of information on the Revolution as a whole as well as the international significance of the events.


List of contents

List of illustrations, About the editors, Preface, A note on the Revolutionary Calendar, Chronology, 1 The Ancien Régime challenged, 2 Revolutionary action, 3 Creating a regenerated France, 4 Exclusions and inclusions, 5 The Church and the revolutionary State, 6 Monarchy and revolution, 7 The Revolution at war, 8 The end of the monarchy, 9 The peasantry and the rural environment, 10 A new civic culture, 11 The republic at war, 12 Revolt in the Vendée, 13 The Terror at work, 14 The Thermidorian reaction, 15 The Directory, 16 Bonaparte, 17 Law and order, 18 Rule by plebiscite, 19 Governing the Empire, 20 Resistance and repression, 21 The Russian catastrophe, 22 Collapse, 23 The Hundred Days, 24 French men and women reflect, Index

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Philip Dwyer, Peter McPhee

Summary

The upheavals, terror, and drama of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period restructured politics and society on a grand scale, making this the defining moment for modern European history.
This volume collects together a wide selection of primary texts to explain the process behind the enormous changes undergone by France and Europe between 1787 and 1815, from the Terror to the Counter-Revolution and from Marie-Antoinette to Robespierre and Bonaparte. While bringing the impact of historical events to life, Philip Dwyer and Peter McPhee provide a clear outline of the period through key documents and lucid introductory passages and commentary. They illustrate the meaning of the Revolution for peasants, sans-culottes, women, and slaves, as well as placing events within a wider European context..
Students will find this an invaluable source of information on the Revolution as a whole as well as the international significance of the events.

Product details

Authors Philip Dwyer, Philip (University of Newcastle Dwyer, Philip Mcphee Dwyer
Assisted by Philip Dwyer (Editor), Philip (University of Newcastle Dwyer (Editor), Dwyer &. McPhee (Editor), Peter Mcphee (Editor), Peter (University of Melbourne Mcphee (Editor)
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd.
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 27.06.2002
 
EAN 9780415199087
ISBN 978-0-415-19908-7
No. of pages 240
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918
Non-fiction book > History

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