The French Revolution 1787-1804

by Jones; Peter M

• ISBN13: 9781408204382
• ISBN10: 140820438X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This classic, well-respected volume from theSeminar Studiesseries has been fully revised and brought up-to-date with recent scholarship. Contains valuable primary source material Includes a Who's Who, Timeline, and Glossary of Key Terms In the new, attractive Seminar Studies format

Author Biography

P. M. Jones is Professor of French History at the University of Birmingham. He has written extensively on the French Revolution and French rural history.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. x
Chronology	p. xi
Who's Who	p. xx
Glossary	p. xxv
Maps	p. xxix
	p. 1
The Setting	p. 3
	p. 17
Reform or Revolution, 1787-89?	p. 19
Gripping the nettle of reform	p. 19
Resistance to the royal will	p. 21
The nation awakes	p. 25
Countdown to a revolution	p. 28
Renewal, 1789-91	p. 32
Ending the ancien régime	p. 33
Building the nation	p. 36
Expanding horizons	p. 41
Towards a political settlement	p. 42
The Failure of Consensus, 1791-92	p. 47
The flight and its aftermath	p. 47
Managing the new regime	p. 50
The fall of the monarchy	p. 55
Citizenship in the colonies	p. 59
War and Terror, 1792-94	p. 63
A Jacobin republic	p. 64
Reactions in the departments	p. 66
Terror	p. 69
Repression	p. 72
The Search for Stability, 1795-99	p. 77
A Thermidorian republic	p. 78
'La grande nation'	p. 82
Rule by coup	p. 85
Opponents	p. 89
Consolidation, 1799-1804	p. 92
Brumaire	p. 93
Building afresh	p. 96
A new order	p. 98
Towards dictatorship	p. 101
	p. 105
The Assessment	p. 107
Documents	p. 119
A Royal Reprimand	p. 120
Imaging the Ancien Régime Body Politic	p. 120
Fundamental Laws According to the Parlement of Paris	p. 121
Defining the Nation	p. 122
Fixing a Framework for the Estates General	p. 123
Swansong of the Aristocracy	p. 123
Forward-Looking Nobles	p. 125
Backward-Looking Nobles	p. 126
Parish Grievancés	p. 128
The New Doctrine of Rights	p. 131
Church Reform	p. 133
What the King Really Thought About the Revolution	p. 134
Parting of the Ways in the Champ de Mars	p. 135
Overthrow of the Monarchy	p. 136
What is a Sans-Culotte?	p. 138
The Popular Programme	p. 138
Legislating Revolutionary Government	p. 140
Scorched Earth Treatment for Rebels	p. 142
Crisis in the Sections of Paris	p. 143
Civic Culture in the Making?	p. 143
Managing 'La Grande Nation'	p. 144
State of the Country in the Aftermath of Brumaire	p. 145
Regaining Control	p. 147
Marking out the New Civil Order	p. 149
Further Reading	p. 153
References	p. 159
Index	p. 165
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