Cargando…

Revolutionary ideas : an intellectual history of the French Revolution from the Rights of Man to Robespierre /

"Historians of the French Revolution used to take for granted what was also obvious to its contemporary observers--that the Revolution was caused by the radical ideas of the Enlightenment. Yet in recent decades scholars have argued that the Revolution was brought about by social forces, politic...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Israel, Jonathan, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Revolution of the press (1788-90)
  • From estates-general to national assembly (April-June 1789)
  • The rights of man : summer and autumn 1789
  • Democratizing the revolution
  • Deadlock (November 1790-July 1791)
  • War with the church (1788-92)
  • The Feuillant revolution (July 1791-April 1792)
  • The "general revolution" begins (1791-92)
  • The revolutionary summer of 1792
  • Republicans divided (September 1792-March 1793)
  • The "general revolution" from Valmy to the fall of Mainz (1792-93)
  • The world's first democratic constitution (1793)
  • Education : securing the revolution
  • Black emancipation
  • Robespierre's putsch (June 1793)
  • The summer of 1793 : overturning the revolution's core values
  • De-Christianization (1793-94)
  • "The Terror" (September 1793-March 1794)
  • The Terror's last months (March-July 1794)
  • Thermidor
  • Post-Thermidor (1795-97)
  • The "general revolution" (1795-1800) : Holland, Italy, and the Levant
  • The failed revolution (1797-99)
  • Conclusion : the revolution as the outcome of the radical enlightenment.