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1 online resource (xii, 238 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Over the last forty years a once-dominant interpretation of the French revolution has fallen to pieces. Elaborated by generations of distinguished left-wing French historians, this classic version was gradually undermined by the piecemeal criticisms of English-speaking scholars. Many of their doubts, and the controversies which they provoked, appeared in articles scattered over a wide range of learned journals and conference proceedings. This collection brings together the more important contributions of one of the leading British participants in these debates. Some of the essays explore the motivations and achievements of the old monarchy's aristocratic opponents. Others probe the development of venality of offices, one of the old regime's most distinctive institutions. A wide range of revolutionary reforms, their motivations and results, are also examined, and some of the achievements of a generation of revisionism in this field are reviewed. The introduction sets them in the context of the debates to which they contributed, and demonstrates their continued relevance to our understanding of eighteenth-century France. |
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1 The Parlements of France and the Breakdown of the Old Regime; 2 Was there an Aristocratic Reaction in Pre-Revolutionary France?; 3 The Price of Ennobling Offices in Eighteenth-Century Bordeaux; 4 Venality and Society in Eighteenth-Century Bordeaux; 5 The Price of Offices in Pre-Revolutionary France; 6 4 August 1789: The Intellectual Background to the Abolition of Venality of Offices; 7 Reforming the Criminal Law at the End of the Old Regime: The Example of President Dupaty. |
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8 The Principles of the French Revolution9 Reflections on the Classic Interpretation of the French Revolution; 10 The Political Thought of Mounier; 11 Revolution and Counter-Revolution in France; 12 Thomas Paine and the Girondins; 13 Avoiding Revolution in the Revolutionary Age; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Revolution (France : 1789-1799) |
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Sale of public office -- France -- History -- 18th century.
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Sale of public office. |
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France. |
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History. |
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18th century |
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Social classes -- France -- History -- 18th century.
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Social classes. |
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Geschichte 1715-1789 |
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1700 - 1799 |
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France History, 1789-1815 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Doyle, William, 1942- Officers, nobles and revolutionaries. London ; Rio Grande, Ohio : Hambledon Press, 1995 185285121X (DLC) 95038673 (OCoLC)33041797 |
| ISBN |
9781441108524 (electronic book) |
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1441108521 (electronic book) |
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185285121X |
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9781852851217 |
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