Continuity during the storm : Boissy d'Anglas and the era of the French Revolution / John R. Ballard.

Format:

Book

Series:

Contributions to the study of world history 0885-9159 ; no. 74.

Contributions to the study of world history, 0885-9159 ; no. 74

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boissy d'Anglas, François-Antoine, comte de, 1756-1826.

Boissy d'Anglas, François-Antoine.

Revolutionaries--France--Biography.

Revolutionaries.

France.

Legislators--France--Biography.

Legislators.

France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 203 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000.

Summary:

Explores the life of Francois Boissy d'Anglas, a moderate political leader who served France throughout the Revolution, the Empire, and the Restoration.

Contents:

Preface: The Storm Breaks ix

1. Youth and Maturation during the Ancient Regime: Monsieur Boissy 1

2. The Early Political Essays and Election to the Estates General 19

3. Political Indoctrination: Boissy during the Estates General 31

4. Development of a Political Philosophy: The Publicist 51

5. Procureur-General-Syndic of the Ardeche: Boissy and Provincial Administration 73

6. The Journees of Germinal and Prairial and the Constitution of the Year III: The Thermidorians Take Control 89

7. The Coup d'Etat of Fructidor and Exile: Moderate Victim or Reactionary Royalist? 113

8. Tribune and Senator: Boissy during the Reign of Napoleon 133

9. Boissy and the Restoration 153

10. Continuity during the Era of the French Revolution 165

Appendix Letters to Boissy in Oleron during His Deportation 177.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-198) and index.

ISBN:

0313315086

OCLC:

43168229