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A show of hands for the republic : opinion, information, and repression in eighteenth-century rural France /

In 1796, Thomas Bordas was indicted for ""seditious speech"" after proposing a simple vote -- a ""show of hands""--To determine who wanted a republic, and who wanted a king. In 'A Show of Hands for the Republic', Jill Maciak Walshaw uses hundreds of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Walshaw, Jill Maciak (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2014.
Series:Changing perspectives on early modern Europe.
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Online Access:Texto completo