The Unseen Terror

The Unseen Terror

Einband:
Fester Einband
EAN:
9781848853256
Untertitel:
The French Revolution in the Provinces
Genre:
Geschichte
Autor:
Richard Ballard
Herausgeber:
Bloomsbury Academic
Anzahl Seiten:
288
Erscheinungsdatum:
17.02.2010
ISBN:
978-1-84885-325-6

Informationen zum Autor After reading History at Oxford University, Richard Ballard taught at Eton College, Haileybury College and Westminster School. Since 2003 he has lived in Charente-Maritime in France. He has researched the French Revolution extensively in the region and published a number of articles on the subject. Klappentext From the fall of the Bastille to the rise of Napoleon, Paris was the stage for most of the greatest crises of the French Revolution. Indeed, for many historians, the Revolution was a distinctly Parisian phenomenon, restricted to the galleries of the Tuileries and the chambers of the Jacobin Club. But Paris was only one setting for a national terror which was frequently and painfully felt outside the capital. What happened during these momentous years beyond Paris? How did the revolution spread from the capital and how did it affect people living in the provinces? Drawing on newly discovered and unpublished sources which cast fresh light on the lives of everyday men and women caught up in the revolutionary ferment, "The Unseen Terror" vividly portrays the impact of revolution in the French provinces. Focusing on the Charente-Maritime department on the west coast, Richard Ballard explores the course of the Revolution outside the palaces and prisons of the capital, reclaiming the pivotal but long-neglected stories of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary tensions in the French countryside. "The Unseen Terror" offers many illuminating insights into how and why the revolution took hold so far away from the French capital. It offers a unique glimpse of the violent events of the Revolution 'from below' and is a rich and important contribution to a fuller understanding of French history.Portrays the impact of revolution in the French provinces. This book explores the course of the Revolution outside the palaces and prisons of the capital, reclaiming the pivotal but long-neglected stories of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary tensions in the French countryside. Zusammenfassung Portrays the impact of revolution in the French provinces. This book explores the course of the Revolution outside the palaces and prisons of the capital, reclaiming the pivotal but long-neglected stories of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary tensions in the French countryside. Inhaltsverzeichnis Map of the Charente-Inférieure Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Chronological Table; Notes on Money and Government Foreword Introduction: A Revolution Led by Lawyers Part One: An Unforeseen Revolution1. The Old Order Changes 2. Elections, Grievances and Feudal Dues Part Two: Revolution Becomes Terror3. A Representative of the People 4. The Terror in Saintes 5. La Rochelle becomes a Frontier Town 6. La Rochelle in Wartime 7. Lequinio's Rochefort 8. Internment in Brouage Part Three: A Redundant Church 9. The End of the Bishop of Saintes 10. A Tribulation o...

Vorwort
Portrays the impact of revolution in the French provinces. This book explores the course of the Revolution outside the palaces and prisons of the capital, reclaiming the pivotal but long-neglected stories of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary tensions in the French countryside.

Autorentext
After reading History at Oxford University, Richard Ballard taught at Eton College, Haileybury College and Westminster School. Since 2003 he has lived in Charente-Maritime in France. He has researched the French Revolution extensively in the region and published a number of articles on the subject.

Klappentext
From the fall of the Bastille to the rise of Napoleon, Paris was the stage for most of the greatest crises of the French Revolution. Indeed, for many historians, the Revolution was a distinctly Parisian phenomenon, restricted to the galleries of the Tuileries and the chambers of the Jacobin Club. But Paris was only one setting for a national terror which was frequently and painfully felt outside the capital. What happened during these momentous years beyond Paris? How did the revolution spread from the capital and how did it affect people living in the provinces? Drawing on newly discovered and unpublished sources which cast fresh light on the lives of everyday men and women caught up in the revolutionary ferment, "The Unseen Terror" vividly portrays the impact of revolution in the French provinces. Focusing on the Charente-Maritime department on the west coast, Richard Ballard explores the course of the Revolution outside the palaces and prisons of the capital, reclaiming the pivotal but long-neglected stories of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary tensions in the French countryside.
"The Unseen Terror" offers many illuminating insights into how and why the revolution took hold so far away from the French capital. It offers a unique glimpse of the violent events of the Revolution 'from below' and is a rich and important contribution to a fuller understanding of French history.

Inhalt
Map of the Charente-Inférieure Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Chronological Table; Notes on Money and Government Foreword Introduction: A Revolution Led by Lawyers Part One: An Unforeseen Revolution 1. The Old Order Changes 2. Elections, Grievances and Feudal Dues Part Two: Revolution Becomes Terror 3. A Representative of the People 4. The Terror in Saintes 5. La Rochelle becomes a Frontier Town 6. La Rochelle in Wartime 7. Lequinio's Rochefort 8. Internment in Brouage Part Three: A Redundant Church 9. The End of the Bishop of Saintes 10. A Tribulation of Oath Takers 11. National Property and Closed Convents 12. Disappearing Priests 13. Persecution and Reinstatement Part Four: Revolution in One Village 14. Hope and Disillusion 15. War and Education Conclusion: An Eye to the Future Bibliography Index


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