Aristocracy and its enemies in the age of revolution / / William Doyle
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| Autore: |
Doyle William <1942->
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| Titolo: |
Aristocracy and its enemies in the age of revolution / / William Doyle
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2009] |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (382 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 944.04 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | France History Revolution, 1789-1799 Social aspects |
| France Social conditions 18th century | |
| France Intellectual life 18th century | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Aristocracy and its enemies in the age of revolution |
| ISBN: | 0-19-160971-4 |
| 0-19-156827-9 | |
| 9786612268816 | |
| 1-282-26881-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807752503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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