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Traumatic politics : the deputies and the king in the early French Revolution / Barry M. Shapiro.
LIBRA DC165 .S53 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shapiro, Barry M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- France. Assemblée nationale constituante (1789-1791).
- History.
- Legislators.
- Political culture.
- France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799.
- France.
- Political culture--France--History--18th century.
- Legislators--France--History--18th century.
- Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
- Louis.
- France. Assemblée nationale constituante (1789-1791)--History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 204 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2009]
- Summary:
- "Examines the ramifications of the fear of imminent death that many National Assembly deputies felt as they anticipated an attack from the soldiers of Louis XVI in the days preceding the fall of the Bastille, at the beginning of the French Revolution"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Prologue To Part I 17
- 1 Arrival in Versailles 19
- 2 The King and His Evil Advisers 38
- 3 Defiance at the Jeu de Paume 50
- 4 The Royal Session of 23 June 62
- 5 The Réunion of 27 June 74
- 6 The July Crisis 83
- 7 The Immediate Aftermath of the July Crisis 100
- Prologue To Part II 115
- 8 An Incident at the Abbaye 118
- 9 The Passage of the Suspensive Veto 128
- 10 Mirabeau and the Exclusion of Deputies from the Ministry 145
- 11 Royal Military Power and the Lingering Effects of Trauma 162.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271035420
- 0271035420
- OCLC:
- 301948405
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