The overwhelming focus on Paris is probably nowhere in French studies more obvious than in treatments of the French Revolution. Until recently, with few exceptions, historians of the revolution have begun and ended with the events and philosophies of the capital. In this volume, however, the authors describe how men and women across France sometimes welcomed, often modified, but most often rejected policies emanating from Paris, thereby inflecting the course of the fateful revolution.
Steven G. Reinhardt examines peasant unrest in the region of the Perigord in 1789-90 and concludes that...

From the ancient world to modern times, the courtroom has been a stage for riveting, historic, and sensational drama. Often seen as a microcosm of the concerns of the community at the time, trials offer a fascinating look into how justice has been administered throughout history.

Famous Trials in History collects 100 significant legal trials from all time periods and places, ranging from Socrates in classical Greece and Joan of Arc in medieval France to Saddam Hussein in modern Iraq. Each trial entry includes the key issues, history of the case, summary of arguments, the verdict, the...