Confiscating the common good : small towns and religious politics in the French Revolution / Edward J. Woell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Woell, Edward J., 1965- author.

Series:

Studies in modern French and francophone history.

Studies in modern French and francophone history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics--France--History--18th century.

Religion and politics.

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

France.

City and town life--France--History--18th century.

City and town life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 291 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (colour), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2022.

Summary:

Comprising five microhistories, this book proposes that the French Revolution's religious politics in small towns weakened democratic society to such an extent that it precluded political democracy. It details two revolutionary dynamics that damaged the civic life of small towns: social polarisation and the loss of local institutions that had been a source of social capital as well as a common good.

Contents:

Front matter

Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

Introduction

Hidden in plain sight

A new story

Two tribes

Out of many, one

Myth and realpolitik

A forgotten fight

Conclusion

Appendices

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 5, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526172877

1526172879

9781526159144

1526159147

9781526159120

1526159120

OCLC:

1336987421