Etudes Et Lecons Sur La Revolution Francaise

by Aulard, Alphonse

• ISBN13: 9781108035002
• ISBN10: 1108035000
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-03
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

L'éducation scolaire des hommes de la Révolution

Les origines historiques du socialisme franàais

L'enfance et la jeunesse de Danton

Danton au district des Cordeliers et à la Commune de Paris

Danton au club des Cordeliers et au départment de Paris

Danton en 1791 et en 1792

Danton et la révolution du 10 aoÔt 1792

Danton à la Convention nationale

Le centenaire de la Légion d'honneur

Napoléon et l'athée Lalande

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