LEADER 03465nam 22005895 450 001 9910558496103321 005 20230810174640.0 010 $a9783030952099$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783030952082 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-95209-9 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6945648 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6945648 035 $a(CKB)21462856900041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-95209-9 035 $a(EXLCZ)9921462856900041 100 $a20220403d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe French Debate $eConstitution and Revolution, 1795-1800 /$fby Marcus Ackroyd 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (261 pages) 225 1 $aWar, Culture and Society, 1750-1850,$x2634-6702 311 08$aPrint version: Ackroyd, Marcus The French Debate Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030952082 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 1. 'The Constitution, the Whole Constitution, Nothing but the Constitution' -- 2. Minds Innocent and Quiet: Conservatives and the Private Domain, 1795-1797 -- 3. Republicans, Revolution and Law, 1795-1798 -- 4. Brumaire: The Politics of Experience -- Conclusion. 330 $aThis book explores the creation and career of the French Constitution of 1795, operative from the start of the Directory until Napoleon's takeover in 1799. It explores the composition, history and replacement of the French Revolution's third Constitution through a focus on the speeches and writings of four sets of political voices discernible in late 1790s France. The four main chapters present these voices as Thermidorians, Conservatives, Republicans and Brumairiens. They reveal the intensity and breadth of the debates generated by the permanent tension between the Constitution and the many ongoing conflicts of the Revolution. Set within and beyond the government and the two legislative chambers, the debates feature numerous conflicts central to the French Revolution including the composition and functions of the public powers, the legitimacy of exceptional laws, the regulation of the press and freedom of religion. This sustained focus on the relationship between the political nation and the Constitution provides a fresh reading of the political culture of the Directory. Marcus Ackroyd was educated at the Victoria University of Manchester and Balliol College, Oxford. He has worked as a researcher, translator and writer on a variety of literary, legal and academic projects. 410 0$aWar, Culture and Society, 1750-1850,$x2634-6702 606 $aFrance$xHistory 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aIntellectual life$xHistory 606 $aHistory of France 606 $aPolitical History 606 $aIntellectual History 615 0$aFrance$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 0$aIntellectual life$xHistory. 615 14$aHistory of France. 615 24$aPolitical History. 615 24$aIntellectual History. 676 $a944.045 676 $a944.045 700 $aAckroyd$b Marcus$01131943 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910558496103321 996 $aThe French Debate$92824661 997 $aUNINA