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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807752503321

Autore

Doyle William <1942->

Titolo

Aristocracy and its enemies in the age of revolution / / William Doyle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2009]

ISBN

0-19-160971-4

0-19-156827-9

9786612268816

1-282-26881-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 pages)

Disciplina

944.04

Soggetti

Aristocracy (Political science) - France - History - 18th century

Nobility - France - History - 18th century

Aristocracy (Political science) - France - Public opinion - History - 18th century

Nobility - France - Public opinion - History - 18th century

Public opinion - France - History - 18th century

France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Social aspects

France Social conditions 18th century

France Intellectual life 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-356) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Aristocracy ascendant : the world of eighteenth-century nobility -- Ideologies of inequality -- Ageless antagonisms : the limits of discontent -- Aristocracy avoided : America and the Cincinnati -- Straws in the wind : the breakdown of the old order -- Aristocracy attacked : the rise and fall of the noble order -- Aristocracy abolished : the destruction of noble power -- Ci-devants, 1790-1792 -- Persecution, 1792-1799 -- Ambiguous aftermaths.

Sommario/riassunto

Describes how the French revolutionaries tried to abolish the nobility, analysing the intellectual roots of hostility to nobles, the steps by which revolutionaries turned against aristocracy, the impact of persecution, emigration, confiscation, and Terror, and the long-term consequences of these developments for the nobility. - ;Since time immemorial



Europe had been dominated by nobles and nobilities. In the eighteenth century their power seemed better entrenched than ever. But in 1790 the French revolutionaries made a determined attempt to abolish nobility entirely. 'Aristocracy' became the t