The coming of the terror in the French Revolution /

How and why did the French Revolution's lofty ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity descend into violence and terror? The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution offers a new interpretation of this turning point in world history. Timothy Tackett traces the inexorable emergence of a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tackett, Timothy, 1945- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
1789-1799
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Französische Revolution
Politische Verfolgung
Politischer Mord
France > History > Reign of Terror, 1793-1794.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.
France
France > 1789-1799 (Révolution)
France > 1793-1794.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the revolutionary process
  • The revolutionaries and their world in 1789
  • The spirit of '89
  • The breakdown of authority
  • The menace of counterrevolution
  • Between hope and fear
  • The factionalization of France
  • Fall of the monarchy
  • The first terror
  • The convention and the trial of the king
  • The Crisis of '93
  • Revolution and terror until victory
  • The year II and the great terror
  • Conclusion: becoming a terrorist.

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