1789: The French Revolution Begins

ISBN-13: 9781108716673 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 297 str.

Robert H. Blackman

Opis

The first comprehensive study of the complex events and debates through which the 1789 French National Assembly became a sovereign body.

Recenzje

'This excellent book provokes the reader to wonder 'what if' the delegates' fail-safes had worked, if moderate voices continued to place a check on radicalism, and terror did not eventually become the order of the day.' Caroline Hackett, H-Nationalism

Spis treści

Introduction: building a national assembly; 1. The long slumber of the Estates General; 2. The Estates General sitting as a National Assembly; 3. The king responds; 4. The king resists; 5. Toward a defensive constitution; 6. A truly national Assembly; Conclusion.