The Jacobin Republic 1792–1794
The Jacobin Republic 1792–1794
Jonathan Mandelbaum
Out of Print
This is the second of a three-volume series on the French Revolution, which aims to provide a synthesis of research and to highlight controversies. The Jacobin Republic was the most difficult and dangerous phase of the Revolution, when events begun in 1789 reached their climax. The Republic was brief, barely two years, but it put up a victorious struggle against the armies of the European Coalition and against the forces of the counter-revolution. However, the period also includes such grim events as the execution of Louis XVI and his queen, Marie Antoinette, the crushing rule of the revolutionary government, and the 'Terror' in Paris and in the provinces; and the eventual bloody collapse of the Jacobin dictatorship. Marc Bouloiseau brings a revisionist's eye to bear on the period. His extensive researches and careful analyses reveal an essentially rural nation divided by its structure, its day-to-day habits, its aspirations, and confronted by the harsh realities of war.
Product details
November 1983Hardback
9780521247269
267 pages
216 × 138 mm
0.445kg
Unavailable - out of print July 1996
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Table of Contents
- Chronology
- Introduction
- 1. Forces and attitudes
- 2. The divorce of the bourgeoisies
- 3. Revolutionary government
- 4. The national army and military society
- 5. The terror in the provinces
- 6. The end of the Jacobin dictatorship
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of names.
