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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Andress, David, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Royal Historical Society : Boydell Press, 2000.
Colección:Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The people of Paris and their historians
  • Aristocrats, priests and brigands: January-February 1791
  • Guards, spies, and commissaires: policing the capital
  • Plots, pamphlets and crowds: February-April 1791
  • The Saint-cloud affair and the wages movement
  • Before and after Varennes: the rise in popular hostility
  • The Constitution in the balance: events after the king's return
  • 17 July 1791: massacre and consternation
  • After the bloody field: commentaries, narratives and dissent.