The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution / / Timothy Tackett.
How did the French Revolution’s ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity descend into violence and terror? Timothy Tackett offers a new interpretation of this turning point in world history. Penetrating the mentality of Revolutionary elites on the eve of the Terror, he reveals how suspicion and m...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Edition: | Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (480 p.) :; 20 halftones, 3 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Maps
- Introduction: The Revolutionary Process
- 1. The Revolutionaries and Their World in 1789
- 2. The Spirit of ’89
- 3. The Breakdown of Authority
- 4. The Menace of Counterrevolution
- 5. Between Hope and Fear
- 6. The Factionalization of France
- 7. Fall of the Monarchy
- 8. The First Terror
- 9. The Convention and the Trial of the King
- 10. The Crisis of ’93
- 11. Revolution and Terror until Victory
- 12. The Year II and the Great Terror
- Conclusion: Becoming a Terrorist
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Sources and Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index