Lectures on the French Revolution / John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton ; foreword by Steven J. Tonsor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron, 1834-1902.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 342 pages)

Place of Publication:

Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Delivered at Cambridge University between 1895 and 1899, these lectures provide an account of the entire epochal chapter in French experience. The 22 essays commence with "The Heralds of the Revolution", which presents a taxonomy of the intellectual ferment preceding the Revolution.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. THE HERALDS OF THE REVOLUTION 1

II. THE INFLUENCE OF AMERICA 17

III. THE SUMMONS OF THE STATES-GENERAL 33

IV. THE MEETING OF THE STATES-GENERAL 49

V. THE TENNIS-COURT OATH 59

VI. THE FALL OF THE BASTILLE 67

VII. THE FOURTH OF AUGUST 82

VIII. THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEBATES 95

IX. THE MARCH TO VERSAILLES IIO

X. MIRABEAU 123

XI. SIEYES AND THE CONSTITUTION CIVILE 138

XII. THE FLIGHT TO VARENNES 151

XIII. THE FEUILLANTS AND THE WAR 167

XIV. DUMOURIEZ 82

XV. THE CATASTROPHE OF MONARCHY 194

XVI. THE EXECUTION OF THE KING 208

XVII. THE FALL OF THE GIRONDE 222

XVIII. THE REIGN OF TERROR 233

XIX. ROBESPIERRE 246

XX. LA VENDEE 26I

XXI. THE EUROPEAN WAR 274

XXII. AFTER THE TERROR 286

APPENDIX:

THE LITERATURE OF THE REVOLUTION 298.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-61487-765-3

OCLC:

62280032