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Massacre at the Champ de Mars : popular dissent and political culture in the French Revolution /
On 17 July 1791 the revolutionary National Guard of Paris opened fire on a crowd of protesters: citizens believing themselves patriots trying to save France from the reinstatement of a traitor king. To the National Guard and their political superiors the protesters were the dregs of the people, brig...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY :
Royal Historical Society : Boydell Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | On 17 July 1791 the revolutionary National Guard of Paris opened fire on a crowd of protesters: citizens believing themselves patriots trying to save France from the reinstatement of a traitor king. To the National Guard and their political superiors the protesters were the dregs of the people, brigands paid by counter-revolutionary aristocrats. Politicians and journalists declared the National Guard the patriots, and their action a heroic defence of the fledgling Constitution. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 239 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585443610 9780585443614 9781846150074 1846150078 9780861932474 0861932471 |
| ISSN: | 0269-2244 |