We now live with the threat and the reality of political terror and terrorists. The French Revolution was the first occasion when a democratic government used terror as a political weapon, executing thousands of people for political crimes. What caused reasonable people to implement such a brutal regime? What did it achieve? What are its links with the terrors of the present day? This established text examines a range of key issues, analyses the terror's background and traces the course from the fall of the Bastille in 1789 to the work of the guillotine during the terror of 1793-4. It puts the terror into context and shows how circumstances and ideas interacted to create an event that has haunted the political imagination of Europe ever since. Thoroughly revised in the light of recent scholarship and debates, this new edition of an essential introduction includes: • an updated historiography section • clearly set-out definitions of the 'terror' and more detail on its workings • an entirely new chapter exploring the social and cultural policies of the Revolution • an up-to-date bibliography, organized thematically for ease of reference.
With clear definitions, an updated bibliography, and an analysis of key issues, this updated edition is an excellent introduction for those interested in the French Revolution and Eighteenth Century France.

The Terror in the French Revolution (Studies in European History, 19)

History

Gough, Hugh

Europe

Red Globe Press

The newspaper press in the French Revolution

Dorsey Press

Why has the guillotine become one of the best known symbols of the French Revolution? Why did a revolution, which set out to provide French people with constitutional government and freedom in 1789, end up with a dictatorship that executed tens of thousands of them in 1793-4? Such questions have fascinated observers of the French Revolution since the 1790s and those concerning the Terror have remained the most controversial. This book examines the arguments, analyses the Terror's background and plots a path through the historical minefield that lies between the fall of the Bastille in 1789 and the work of the guillotine during the Terror. It puts the Terror into context and shows how events and ideas interacted to create an event that has haunted the political imagination of Europe ever since.

The Terror in the French Revolution (Studies in European History)

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

History of Europe with over 400 black and white illustrations.

Europe, Seventeen Sixty-Three to Nineteen Seventy

Longman Publishing Group

Ireland and the French Revolution

Irish Academic Pr

When the ancien regime collapsed during the summer of 1789 the newspaper press was free for the first time in French history. The result was an explosion in the number of newspapers with over 2,000 titles appearing between 1789 and 1799. This study, originally published in 1988, traces the growth of the French Press during this time, showing the importance of the emergence of provincial newspapers, and examining the relationship of journalism with political power. Concluding chapters discuss the economics of newspapers during the decade, analysing the machinery of printing, distribution and sales.

Newspaper Press in the French Revolution

Americas

Lyceum Books

The Newspaper Press in the French Revolution

The Newspaper Press in the French Revolution (Routledge Library Editions: The French Revolution)

When the ancien régime collapsed during the summer of 1789 the newspaper press was free for the first time in French history. The result was an explosion in the number of newspapers with over 2,000 titles appearing between 1789 and 1799. This study, originally published in 1988, traces the growth of the French Press during this time, showing the importance of the emergence of provincial newspapers, and examining the relationship of journalism with political power. Concluding chapters discuss the economics of newspapers during the decade, analysing the machinery of printing, distribution and sales.   

Routledge

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