Études et leçons sur la Révolution Française

Aulard's eight-volume study of the French Revolution (originally published 1893–1921) was a pioneering work of historicist research.

Alphonse Aulard (Author)

9781108035002, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 November 2011

326 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 kg

Alphonse Aulard (1849–1928) was the first French historian to use nineteenth-century historicist methods in the study of the French Revolution. Pioneered by German historians such as Leopold van Ranke, this approach emphasised empiricism, objectivity and the scientific pursuit of facts, rather than philosophical or literary concerns. Aulard's commitment to archival investigation is evidenced by the many edited collections of primary sources that appear in his extensive publication record. In these eight volumes of papers analysing the French Revolution (published 1893–1921), Aulard sought to apply the principles of historicism to reveal the truth. The work draws on earlier journal articles and lectures which Aulard delivered as Professor of the History of the French Revolution at the Sorbonne, a post he had held since 1885. Volume 4 (1904) covers education under the Terror, the rise of socialism, and the life of Georges Jacques Danton, a leading figure in the Revolution.

1. L'éducation scolaire des hommes de la Révolution
2. Les origines historiques du socialisme français
3. L'enfance et la jeunesse de Danton
4. Danton au district des Cordeliers et à la Commune de Paris
5. Danton au club des Cordeliers et au départment de Paris
6. Danton en 1791 et en 1792
7. Danton et la révolution du 10 août 1792
8. Danton à la Convention nationale
9. Le centenaire de la Légion d'honneur
10. Napoléon et l'athée Lalande.

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]