The Oxford history of the French Revolution / William Doyle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doyle, William, 1942-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

France.

History.

Europe--History--1789-1815.

Europe.

Physical Description:

viii, 481 pages : maps ; 20 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Other Title:

French Revolution

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

This second edition of the most authoritative and comprehensive history of I the French Revolution draws on a wealth of new research in order to reassess the greatest of all revolutions. Beginning with the accession of Louis XVI in 1774, leading historian William Doyle traces the history of France through revolution, terror, and counter-terror, to the triumph of Napoleon in 1802, along the way analyzing the impact of the events in France upon the rest of Europe. He explores how a movement which began with optimism and general enthusiasm soon became a tragedy, not only for the ruling orders, but for millions of ordinary people all over Europe who paid the price for the destruction of the old political order and the struggle to establish a new one. Highly readable and meticulously researched, "The Oxford History of the French Revolution will provide new insight into one of the most important events in European history.

Contents:

1. France under Louis XVI 1

2. Enlightened Opinion 44

3. Crisis and Collapse, 1776-1788 66

4. The Estates-General, September 1788-July 1789 86

5. The Principles of 1789 and the Reform of France 112

6. The Breakdown of the Revolutionary Consensus, 1790-1791 136

7. Europe and the Revolution, 1788-1791 159

8. The Republican Revolution, October 1791-January 1793 174

9. War against Europe, 1792-1797 197

10. The Revolt of the Provinces 220

11. Government by Terror, 1793-1794 247

12. Thermidor, 1794-1795 272

13. Counter-Revolution, 1789-1795 297

14. The Directory, 1795-1799 318

15. Occupied Europe, 1794-1799 341

16. An End to Revolution, 1799-1802 369

17. The Revolution in Perspective 391

2. The Revolutionary Calendar 444

3. The Revolution and its Historians 446.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

019925298X

OCLC:

51801117