Enquiring History: The French Revolution
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Language
English
ISBN
9781444179279
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Copyright
Contents
1 The French Revolution: The essentials
Insight: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the Royal family
Insight: The Ancien Régime
2 What were people complaining about in the early 1780s?
3 Why did Louis XVI call the Estates-General?
Insight: Paris – centre of the Revolution
4 What sort of revolution took place in 1789?
Insight: David’s painting The Tennis Court Oath (Le Serment du Jeu de Paume)
5 What caused the French Revolution?
Insight: How did people in Britain react to the Revolution?
Insight: Revolutionary changes
6 Was Louis XVI chiefly to blame for the failure of constitutional monarchy?
Insight: The Revolution in the West Indies
Insight: Revolutionary leaders
7 Why did violence explode in August and September 1792?
Insight: The ‘Machinery of Terror’
Insight: Stimulus to the Terror – the death of Marat
8 Why did violence increase to become the Terror, 1793–94?
9 How successful was the Directory, 1795–99?
10 Did all revolutionaries share Robespierre’s motives?
Conclusion: Does the French Revolution still matter?
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements
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