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Interpretation of events in Paris during 1789 and 1790.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874
Other Authors:	Wright, Gordon, 1912-2000 (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1967.
Series:	Classic European historians. Phoenix books ; P257.
Subjects:	France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Causes. War > Causes France 1789-1799 History

Table of Contents:

First Part: On the religion of the Middle Ages
Second Part: On the Old Monarchy
Book I (April to July, 1789)
Elections of 1789
Opening of the estates
general
National Assembly
Oath at the tennis court
Movement of Paris
Insurrection of Paris
The taking of the Bastille, July 14th, 1789
Book II (July 14 to October 6, 1789)
The hollow truce
Popular judgments
France in arms
The rights of man
The clergy and the people
The veto
The press
The people go to fetch the king, October 5th, 1789
The king brought back to Paris
Book III (October 6, 1789 to July 14, 1790)
Unanimity to revive the kingly power (October, 1789)
burst of fraternal enthusiasm
enthusiastic transport of brotherhood (October to July)
Resistance
the clergy (October to November 1789)
Resistance
the clergy
the Parlements
the provincial estates
Resistance
Parlements
movement of the Federations
Resistance
the Queen and Austria (October to February)
Continuation
the Queen and Austria
the Queen and Mirabeau
the Army (March to May, 1790)
A religious struggle
the passions of Louis XVI
Religious struggle
success of the Counter-Revolution (May, 1790)
A religious struggle
the Counter-Revolution quelled in the South (June, 1790)
The New Principle
spontaneous organization of France (July 1789 to July 1790)
The new religion
Federations (July 1789 to July 1790)
The new religion
General Federation (July 14, 1790).