Histoire de la Révolution Française

Volume 11 of this 1847–62 work describes the Thermidorian Reaction in 1794, which led to the execution of Robespierre.

Louis Blanc (Author)

9781108035163, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 November 2011

482 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.61 kg

Louis Blanc (1811–82) was a French historian and politician whose writings had a considerable influence on the development of French socialism. In his famous Organisation du travail (1839) he called for social reform by action of the State, an unusual position at the time. As a member of the provisional government established after the 1848 Revolution, he campaigned for workers' rights, advocating the creation of cooperative workshops. His twelve-volume Histoire de la Révolution Française (1847–62), most of which he wrote while in exile in England, combines years of thorough research with Blanc's characteristic socialist and republican enthusiasm. Volume 11, first published in 1861, focuses on the Thermidorian Reaction, a movement against the excesses of the Reign of Terror, which took place in 1794 and led to the execution of Robespierre. It charts the beginnings of the counter-revolution and its consequences for the French political sphere.

Livre Douzième: 1. Campagne de 1794
2. Horribles machinations contre Robespierre
3. Les prisons de la Révolution
4. La Terreur à son apogée
5. Robespierre veut arrêter la Terreur
6. Testament de mort
7. Le Dénoûment
Livre Treizième: 1. Contre-révolution
2. Fin de la campagne de 1794
3. La contre-révolution en Vendée
4. Histoire du Maximum
5. Marche de la contre-révolution
Notes critiques additionnelles
Errata.

Subject Areas: European history [HBJD]