The crisis of the absolute monarchy : France from Old Regime to revolution /
For generations of historians, 1789 was a defining moment in world history and it has been said to mark, among other things, the triumph of the bourgeoisie, the birth of modernity, the rise of nationalism or even the invention of ideology. To explain an event of such magnitude it was understandable...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Proceedings of the British Academy ;
184. |
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| Summary: | For generations of historians, 1789 was a defining moment in world history and it has been said to mark, among other things, the triumph of the bourgeoisie, the birth of modernity, the rise of nationalism or even the invention of ideology. To explain an event of such magnitude it was understandable that historians should seek no less portentous explanations of its origins and that factors such as the rise of capitalism, class struggle or the impact of the Enlightenment were cited as the long-term causes of Revolution. In recent years, however, there has been a preoccupation with the actual course of the Revolution. The present collection, by contrast, focuses once again upon the origins of the dramatic events within and beyond France which transformed later eighteenth-century Europe so comprehensively and established the terms of political and social struggle for the next two centuries. |
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| Item Description: | Papers presented at an international conference held at the British Academy in December, 2009. Issued in honor of historian William Doyle. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 337 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197265383 0197265383 |