A Companion to the French Revolution

Examines the origins, development and impact of the French Revolution
Features original contributions from thirty of the world s leading historians, including six essays translated from French.

A Companion to the French Revolution comprises twenty-nine newly-written essays reassessing the origins, development, and impact of this great turning-point in modern history.
* Examines the origins, development and impact of the French Revolution
* Features original contributions from leading historians, including six essays translated from French.
* Presents a wide-ranging overview of current historical debates on the revolution and future directions in scholarship
* Gives equally thorough treatment to both causes and outcomes of the French Revolution

Autorentext
Peter McPhee is Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne. His publications include Living the French Revolution 1789-1799 (2006) and Robespierre: a Revolutionary Life (2012). A Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the Academy of Social Sciences, McPhee was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012 for service to education and the discipline of history.

Zusammenfassung
* Examines the origins, development and impact of the French Revolution * Features original contributions from thirty of the world's leading historians, including six essays translated from French.

Inhalt
Notes on Contributors x Abbreviations xiv Introduction xv
Peter McPhee Part I the Origins and nature of the Crisis of 1789 1 1 Rethinking the Origins of the French Revolution 3
Peter Campbell 2 The Social and Economic Crisis in France at the End of the Ancien Régime24
Jean-Pierre Jessenne 3 The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution 42
Sarah Maza 4 France and the Atlantic World 57
Miranda Spieler Part II Reshaping France, 1789-91 73 5 The Principles of 1789 75
Michael P. Fitzsimmons 6 Reimagining Space and Power 91
Alan Forrest 7 "The Case against the King," 1789-93 107
Barry M. Shapiro Part III Church, State, and War 121 8 The Ancien Régime, Catholic Europe, and the Revolution's Religious Schism 123
Dale Van Kley 9 The Origins and Outcomes of Religious Schism, 1790-99 145
Edward J. Woell 10 A Tale of Two Narratives: The French Revolution in International Context, 1787-93 161
Thomas E. Kaiser Part IV Contesting the Limits of Revolution 179 11 Whose Revolution? 181
Serge Aberdam 12 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Culture 196
Anne Verjus 13 The Peasantry, Feudalism, and the Environment, 1789-93 212
Noelle Plack Part V Revolutionary and Counter-Revolutionary Violence 229 14 Urban Crowds, Riot, Utopia, and Massacres, 1789-92 231
Donald Sutherland 15 The Vendée, Chouannerie, and the State, 1791-99 246
Jean-Clément Martin Part VI Political Choice and Practice 261 16 Friends, Enemies, and the Role of the Individual 263
Marisa Linton 17 Choosing Revolution and Counter-Revolution 278
Peter M. Jones 18 The Course of the Terror, 1793-94 293
David Andress Part VII Searching For Stability, 1794-99 311 19 The Thermidorian Reaction 313
Laura Mason 20 The Political Culture of the Directory 328
James Livesey 21 The New Security State 343
Howard G. Brown 22 The White Terror: Factions, Reactions, and the Politics of Vengeance 359
Stephen Clay Part VIII The Revolution in International Perspective 379 23 The International Repercussions of the French Revolution 381
Mike Rapport 24 Slavery and the Colonies 397
Frédéric Régent 25 The Revolutionary Mediterranean 419
Ian Coller Part IX Change and Continuity In France 435 26 A Revolution in Political Culture 437
Isser Woloch 27 The Economy, Society, and the Environment 454
Peter McPhee 28 The French Revolution and the Family 470
Suzanne Desan 29 The Revolution in History, Commemoration, and Memory 486
Pascal Dupuy Index 503

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