The French Revolution and Napoleon : a sourcebook

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The French Revolution and Napoleon : a sourcebook

edited by Philip Dwyer and Peter McPhee

Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary:"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 well as 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"-- Provided by publisher

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  • The ancien régime challenged
  • Revolutionary action
  • Creating a regenerated France
  • Exclusions and inclusions
  • The church and the revolutionary state
  • International reactions to the revolution
  • Monarchy and revolution
  • The Revolution at war
  • The end of the monarchy
  • The peasantry and the rural environment
  • Debating Women's role in the Revolution
  • A new civic culture
  • The republic at war
  • Revolt in the vendée
  • Slavery and emancipation
  • "The terror" at work
  • The Thermidorian reaction
  • The directory
  • The rise of Napoleon
  • Law and order
  • God, the people and the empire
  • Governing the empire
  • The experience of warfare
  • Living under the empire
  • Resistance and repression
  • The Russian catastrophe
  • The anti-Napoleon
  • Collapse
  • The hundred days
  • Reflecting on revolution and empire

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