{"product_id":"the-french-revolution-paperback-softback-9780882958989","title":"The French Revolution (Paperback \/ softback) 9780882958989","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe French Revolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOwen Connelly (Author), Fred Hembree (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780882958989, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 January 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e178 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.7 x 1 cm, 0.204 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Bastille, symbol of injustice and monarchial tyranny, surrendering to the Parisian throng; the hungry women of Paris, demanding bread from their king; the guillotine, revolutionary death machine, dispatching human lives amid the grotesquely gala atmosphere of the Place de la Revolution: Such dramatic images of a society in turmoil are vividly recreated in The French Revolution. Connelly and Hembree not only recapture the drama of the Revolution but provide a reasoned analysis of the causes, course, and legacy of this distinct turning point in history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword v\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. The Old Regime To 1789 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Surprise 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Origins of French Absolutism 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEighteenth-Century France 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Financial Crisis 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Revolt of the Nobles 24\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreparations for the Estates-Genera 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. 1789 28\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Estates-General 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParis Erupts 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMunicipal Revolutions and the Great Fear 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Declaration of the Rights of Man 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Legislature and the Veto 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Government by the National Assembly 46\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe October Days 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Political Clubs 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNationalization of Church Property 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCivil Constitution of the Clergy 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdministrative and Judicial Reform 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Flight to Varennes 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMassacre of the Champ de Mars 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Constitution of 1791 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Radicalization of the Revolution 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. The Fall of the Monarchy 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Legislative Assembly 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tuileries 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe September Massacres 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Battle of Valmy 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Convention 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Trail and Execution of Louis XVI 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fall of the Girondins 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. The Reign of Terror 86\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Terror 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Republican Calendar 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Organs of the Terror 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Vendée 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Federalist Revolts 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nation at War 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Accomplishments 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDe-Christianization 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHébertists and Dantonists 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCult of the Supreme Being 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThermidor 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. The Directory and the Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte 116\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Thermidorian Reaction 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMilitary Victory in the Vendée 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParis, the Convention, and the Constitution of the Year III 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThermidorian Last Acts: The Cultural Legislation 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Directory (1795-1799) 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNapoleon Bonaparte 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrumaire 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 157\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52509179511064,"sku":"9780882958989","price":16.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780882958989.jpg?v=1786496297","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-french-revolution-paperback-softback-9780882958989","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}