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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451224703321

Titolo

The French Revolution and Napoleon : a sourcebook / / edited by Philip G. Dwyer and Peter McPhee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-63837-X

1-280-10605-0

0-585-45286-5

0-203-45683-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (236 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DwyerPhilip G

McPheePeter <1948->

Disciplina

944.04

Soggetti

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815

Electronic books.

France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; About the editors; Preface; A note on the Revolutionary Calendar; Chronology; The Ancien Regime challenged; Revolutionary action; Creating a regenerated France; Exclusions and inclusions; The Church and the revolutionary State; Monarchy and revolution; The Revolution at war; The end of the monarchy; The peasantry and the rural environment; A new civic culture; The republic at war; Revolt in the Vendee; The Terror at work; The Thermidorian reaction; The Directory; Bonaparte; Law and order; Rule by plebiscite; Governing the Empire

Resistance and repressionThe Russian catastrophe; Collapse; The Hundred Days; French men and women reflect; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period was the defining moment for modern European history. Using primary texts, this volume explains the upheavals, terror, and drama that restructured politics and society on such a large scale.