Chouannerie and Counter-Revolution
Puisaye, the Princes and the British Government in the 1790s
Part 1
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- Author: Maurice Hutt
- Date Published: October 2008
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- isbn: 9780521089135
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Chouannerie had its origins in the rifts which opened in Breton society during the French Revolution. Mounting resistance to the Republicans led to a civil war whose bitterness was exacerbated by the involvement of outsiders; for Chouannerie offered a chance of bringing down the Republic. That was the aim of count Joseph de Puisaye; of the British government, yet again at war with the French; and of the Bourbon Princes in exile, who nevertheless feared that the insurgents in Brittany might prove too independent, and that their perfidious allies in Britain be more dangerous than useful. This carefully documented study sifts the legends and unravels the misrepresentations which have been transmitted by royalist Whites and republican Blues. This has entailed the extensive use of a mass of archival material, much of which is being systematically used for the first time.
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- Date Published: October 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521089135
- length: 292 pages
- dimensions: 230 x 160 x 17 mm
- weight: 0.43kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. 1. La Vendée and the Chouannerie
2. The making of a royalist chef
3. Puisaye's first efforts in Brittany
4. The British government and the Princes
5. Puisaye as 'ally' and 'instrument'
6. A winter of disappointments
7. Final preparations
Part II. 8. Quiberon
9. Aftermath
10. the Prince on Yeu and Puisaye in Brittany
11. The balance of forces, spring 1796
12. The 'pacification'
13. Puisaye, the Agency and the Princes
14. An active retirement.
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