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This book, the latest in the best-selling Seminar Studies in History series, provides readers with an accessible and succinct introduction to the French Revolution, one of the most exciting and important periods in modern history.The author examines the events leading up to the revolution, the revolution itself, and the aftermath. The Assessment and Documents sections of the book will be particulalry helpful for the reader to understanding the French RevolutionFor those interested in French History or the French Revolution

Acknowledgements

vii

Chronology

viii

Maps

xvi

PART ONE

1

(14)

The Setting

3

(12)

PART TWO

15

(74)

Reform or Revolution, 1787--1789?

17

(12)

The Nettle of Reform

17

(5)

The Nation Awakes

22

(3)

Countdown to Revolution

25

(4)

Renewal, 1789--1791

29

(13)

Ending the Ancien Regime

29

(3)

Building the Nation

32

(5)

Towards a Political Settlement

37

(5)

The Failure of Consensus, 1791--1792

42

(11)

The Flight and its Aftermath

42

(2)

Managing the New Regime

44

(5)

The Fall of the Monarchy

49

(4)

War and Terror, 1792--1794

53

(12)

A Jacobin Republic

54

(2)

Reactions in the Departments

56

(2)

Terror and Repression

58

(7)

The Search for Stability, 1795--1799

65

(11)

A Thermidorian Republic

66

(4)

`La Grande Nation'

70

(2)

Rule by Coup

72

(4)

Consolidation, 1799--1804

76

(13)

Brumaire

77

(2)

Building Anew

79

(5)

Towards Dictatorship

84

(5)

PART THREE

89

(12)

The Assessment

91

(10)

Documents

101

(35)

Glossary

136

(3)

Who's Who

139

(4)

Guide to Further Reading

143

(4)

References

147

(3)

Index

150

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French Revolution 1787-1804, The

French Revolution 1787-1804, The

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