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French Revolution and Napoleon: A Sourcebook 2nd edition [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 304 pages, aukštis x plotis: 234x156 mm, weight: 630 g, 8 Line drawings, color; 14 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, color; 14 Illustrations, black and white
  • Išleidimo metai: 25-Jun-2024
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1032618795
  • ISBN-13: 9781032618791
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 304 pages, aukštis x plotis: 234x156 mm, weight: 630 g, 8 Line drawings, color; 14 Halftones, black and white; 8 Illustrations, color; 14 Illustrations, black and white
  • Išleidimo metai: 25-Jun-2024
  • Leidėjas: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1032618795
  • ISBN-13: 9781032618791
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
"This volume collects together a wide selection of primary texts that explain the processes behind the enormous changes undergone by France and Europe between 1787 and 1815, from 'the Terror' to the counter-revolution and from Marie-Antoinette to Bonaparte. The achievements, terror and drama of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period restructured politics and society on a grand scale, making this the defining moment for modern European history. While bringing the impact of historical events to life, Philip Dwyer and Peter McPhee provide a clear outline of the period through the selection of key documents, lucid introductory passages and commentary. They illustrate the meaning of the Revolution for peasants, sans-culottes, women and slaves, as wellas placing events within a wider European and global context. Students will find this an invaluable source of information on the Revolution as a whole as well as its international significance"--

This volume collects together a wide selection of primary texts that explain the processes behind the enormous changes undergone by France and Europe between 1787 and 1815, from ‘the Terror’ to the counter-revolution and from Marie-Antoinette to Bonaparte.



This volume collects together a wide selection of primary texts that explain the processes behind the enormous changes undergone by France and Europe between 1787 and 1815, from the origins of the Revolution to the counterrevolution and from Marie-Antoinette to Bonaparte.

The achievements, terror and drama of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period restructured politics and society on a grand scale, making this the defining moment for modern European history. While bringing the impact of historical events to life, Philip Dwyer and Peter McPhee provide a clear outline of the period through the selection of key documents, lucid introductory passages and commentary. They illustrate the meaning of the Revolution for peasants, sans- culottes, women and slaves, as well as placing events within a wider European and global context.

Students will find this an invaluable source of information on the Revolution and its international significance.

1. The Ancien Régime Challenged
2. Revolutionary Action
3. Creating a
Regenerated France
4. Exclusions and Inclusions
5. The Church and the
Revolutionary State
6. International Reactions to the Revolution
7. Monarchy
and Revolution
8. The Revolution At War
9. The End of the Monarchy
10. The
Peasantry and the Rural Environment
11. Debating Womens Role in the
Revolution
12. A New Civic Culture
13. The Republic at War
14. Revolt in the
Vendée
15. Slavery and Emancipation
16. 'The Terror' at Work
17. The
Thermidorian Reaction
18. The Directory
19. The Rise of Napoleon
20. Law and
Order
21. God, the People, and the Empire
22. Governing the Empire
23. The
Experience of Warfare
24. Living Under the Empire
25. Resistance and
Repression
26. The Russian Catastrophe
27. The Anti-Napoleon
28. Collapse
29.
The Hundred Days
30. Reflecting on Revolution and Empire
Philip Dwyer is Professor of History and founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Violence at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His books include Napoleon: The Path to Power (2008); Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power (2013); and Napoleon: Passion, Death and Resurrection, 18151840 (2018). He is co-editor of The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars (2022). He is currently writing a global history of human violence.

Peter McPhee is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His books include Living the French Revolution 17891799 (2006); Robespierre: a Revolutionary Life (2012); and Liberty or Death. The French Revolution 17891799 (2016). He is currently working on a book on the history of the French landscape 17702020.