The French Revolution and Napoleon
A Sourcebook
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Word Count
48,000 words, Guess
Page Count
192 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7486169M
- ISBN-139780415199087
- ISBN-100415199085
- OCLC Control Number59487921
- OCLC Control Numberfrenchrevolution00phil
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- LibraryThing6838775
- Goodreads1215663
Classifications
- LCC
Description
This volume collects together a wide selection of primary texts 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.
Description
"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, the editors 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."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
This extract is from a speech delivered by Chretien-Francois de Lamoignon (1735-89), Garde des sceaux, at a royal sitting of the Parlement of Paris, on 19 November 1787.
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