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Small-town martyrs and murderers : religious revolution and counterrevolution in western France, 1774-1914 /

On March 11, 1793, about a thousand counterrevolutionary rebels converged on the small French town of Machecoul and over the next six weeks killed many of its revolutionary officials and supporters. The massacres at Machecoul marked the beginning of a popular insurgency in western France called the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Woell, Edward J., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Milwaukee, WI : Marquette University Press, ©2006.
Series:Marquette studies in history ; no. 1.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • short title page; title page; copyright page; acknowledgements; table of contents; list of illustrations; abbreviations for notes; epigram; Introduction; 1: Where the Spirit Dwelt; 2: The Good Old Days; 3: A Higher Law; 4: Two Stories; 5: A Memory of Holy War; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.