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  List of historians of the French Revolution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A simplified description of the liberal approach to the Revolution was typically to support the achievements of the constitutional monarchy of the National Assembly but disown the later actions of radical violence like the invasion of the Tuilieres and the Terror.
Pierre Gaxotte - Royalist: The French Revolution (1928)
Perhaps one of the most respected historians of the Revolution is the Francophile Englishman Richard Cobb, who has produced a number of immensely detailed studies of both provincial and city life, avoiding the revisionism debate by "keeping his nose very close to the ground".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_historians_of_the_French_Revolution   (1750 words)

  
 French Revolution - Search View - MSN Encarta
The effects of the French Revolution were widespread, both inside and outside of France, and the Revolution ranks as one of the most important events in the history of Europe.
Certain defenders of the Revolution have argued that the Reign of Terror was, under the circumstances, a reasonable response to the military crisis of 1793.
Some historians have suggested that what the revolutionaries’ liberty meant in practice was violence and a loss of personal security that pointed to the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century.
encarta.msn.com /text_761557826__1/French_Revolution.html   (8216 words)

  
 historian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
While historian was used as the slang term for a secret policeman in Yugoslavia under Tito, the term is now often reserved for people whose work is recognized in academia, particularly those who have acquired graduate degrees in the discipline.
The modern role of the historian (and the discipline of history) is a somewhat recent construction.
This meant that the works of these historians openly mixed oratory, poetry and literature in a way which is incompatible with the contemporary concern for impartiality and objectivity.
encyclopedia.vestigatio.com /historian   (1035 words)

  
 10th of August (French Revolution) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On August 10, 1792, during the French Revolution, a mob — with the backing of a new municipal government of Paris that came to be known as the "insurrectionary" Paris Commune — besieged the Tuileries palace.
This insurrection and its outcome are most commonly referred to by historians of the Revolution simply as "the 10th of August"; other common designations include "the journée of the 10th of August" (French: journée du 10 août), "the insurrection of the 10th of August", or even "the revolution of the 10th of August".
The ruling spirit of this new revolution was Danton, a barrister only thirty-two years old, who had not sat in either Assembly, although he had been the leader of the Cordeliers, an advanced republican club, and had a strong hold on the common people of Paris.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/10th_of_August_(French_Revolution)   (3464 words)

  
 The French Revolution
The internationalist spirit of the Revolution was expressed in the December Resolution of the National Assembly that declared that in any territory occupied by the armies of the Revolution, feudal obligations would be abolished and the property of the Church and aristocrats confiscated.
The French Revolution was a bourgeois revolution, and it would be entirely mistaken to attempt to draw exact parallels between the processes involved and the movement of the modern proletariat.
Historians have evolved a whole mythology, vaunting the alleged achievements of the parliamentary "leaders" of the Third Estate, who on 17 June took the title of the National Assembly and three days later, in the famous "tennis court oath", swore not to disband until a constitution was granted.
www.newyouth.com /archives/historicalanalysis/french_revolution.html   (11412 words)

  
 List of historians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, (1610–1688), Medieval and Byzantine historian and philologist
Jonathan Israel (born 1946), British historian of the Netherlands, the Age of Enlightenment and European Jewry
Detlev Peukert, historian of Alltagsgeschichte (history of everyday life) in the Weimar and Nazi eras.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_historians   (2300 words)

  
 The Great French Revolution
The historic legend is lovingly used to embellish this night, and the majority of historians, copying the story as it has been given by a few contemporaries, represent it as a night full of enthusiasm and saintly abnegation.
Ever since July 14, the spirit of the Revolution, born of the ferment which was working through the whole of France, was hovering over everything that lived and felt, and this spirit, created by millions of wills, gave the inspiration that we lack in ordinary times.
Liberal historians have passed this by in silence, but it is a fact of the highest importance for the comprehension of the history of the next few years.
dwardmac.pitzer.edu /anarchist_archives/kropotkin/frenchrev/xvii.html   (2999 words)

  
 H-Net Review: Ronald Schechter on The French Revolutionary Wars: 1787-1802
Blanning begins by arguing that French defeat in the Seven Years' War (1756-63) stimulated reforms in the army which are normally associated with the Revolution: the breaking up of armies into smaller, more flexible divisions; the use of columns in addition to lines; an increasing reliance on light troops; and the use of artillery.
Historians primarily concerned with causation are inevitably forced to steer between the Scylla of reductionism and the Charybdis of overdetermination.
The French Revolution in Germany: Occupation and Resistance in the Rhineland, 1792-1802
www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=20709891902096   (2279 words)

  
 French Volunteers in the American Revolution
While many historians may dismiss such a direct link in the motivating factors behind these two late eighteenth-century revolutions, the evidence of such feelings being expressed by one of the participants in both upheavals is interesting.
Laumoy was the son of a French infantry captain.
Chastellux Chastellux entered the Auvergne Regiment of the French army at age 13, and was a colonel at the age of 21.
www.xenophongroup.com /mcjoynt/volunt.htm   (8280 words)

  
 Portrayal of the Essence of the French Revolution
It also set a new standard for change among the countries of the world, where revolutions of the past have been relatively innocuous in that the methods of bringing about the desired change have been slower and less tumultuous than those applied in the French Revolution.
The French Revolution (Carlyle) is a somewhat shallow (yet unique) contribution to the literature on the revolution.
Additionally, these emotions (nobility especially) are tied into the revolution, so that it is the revolution, and not just the characters thereof, that is alive in the mind of the reader (though not to any great extent; the revolution functions as the backdrop, and not the foreground, of the book).
www.msu.edu /~windersc/essays/french_revolution.html   (2391 words)

  
 NOVA Online | The Proof | Math's Hidden Woman
Outside of her work, her life was to be dominated by the turmoil of the French Revolution.
Historians suspect that, in the past, Gauss had tried and failed to make any impact on the problem, and his response to Olbers was merely a case of intellectual sour grapes.
Her colleagues examined her list of primes one by one, trying to prove that x, y, or z could not be a multiple of n, therefore showing that for that particular value of n there could be no solutions.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/proof/germain.html   (2400 words)

  
 Syllabus, French Revolution Seminar
Almost 215 years after the French Revolution, the ideas and events of that era continue to be hotly debated.
Students who successfully complete the course will have (1) examined and questioned the origins and nature and progress of the Revolution; (2) worked with primary and secondary materials to develop their own interpretations; and (3) researched and interpreted one aspect of the French Revolution in depth, reflected in an oral presentation and a substantial paper.
Topics and dates are listed on the class schedule below, and fuller descriptions of the assignment can be found on the class Blackboard space.
www.unf.edu /classes/frenchhistory/RevSyl0208.htm   (753 words)

  
 The French Revolution — www.greenwood.com
Description: The French Revolution has often been perceived as the dawn of the modern era, the divide between the ancien régime and the contemporary world.
This comprehensive examination of the Revolution provides students with a narrative historical overview, essays on major aspects of the event, lengthy biographical profiles of key persons, the text of important primary documents contemporary to the time, a timeline, a glossary, and an annotated bibliography of print and electronic sources suitable to students.
Primary documents such as the Declaration of the Rights of Man, excerpts from the memoirs of French minister Miot de Melito, and Englishman William Eden's description of Revolutionary France bring to life the political, cultural, and emotional upheaval that was the French Revolution.
www.greenwood.com /catalog/GR2193.aspx   (409 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Origins of the French Revolution: Books: William Doyle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The year 1939, which saw the outbreak of the Second World War, is also remembered among students of the French Revolution as the 150th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille.
French Revolution, Assembly of Notables, Palais Royal, French Guards, Great Britain, American War, Dutch Republic, Assembly of the Clergy, Revolutionary Origins, Seven Years War, The Breakdown of the Old Regime, Arthur Young, John Law, The Election Campaign, Chancellor Maupeou, Dupont de Nemours, National Guard
Secondly, he also compiled all of the problems with the French during the years prior to the revolution, without focusing on one problem that could be thought of as the sole cause.
www.amazon.com /Origins-French-Revolution-William-Doyle/dp/0198731744   (1886 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The French Revolution (History Channel): DVD: Doug Shultz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The French Revolution is a definitive feature-length documentary that encapsulates this heady (and often headless) period in Western civilization.
But they have really out done themselves with The French Revolution, as it covers the numerous causes of this important insurrection, focusing on major personages in the aristocracy, the enlightenment and the key political insurgents, painting excellent portraits of Maximus Robespierre and the mad journalist, Marat, leading to their ironic and bloody ends.
The French Revolution is without question one of the most important events of the 18th century if not world history in general.
www.amazon.com /French-Revolution-History-Channel/dp/B0007GP836   (1751 words)

  
 Researching the French Revolution in the MSU Libraries
These are listed in the Library of Congress List of Subject Headings, red volumes on a bookcase near the first floor Reference Desk.
Covers archives and their contents, politics, institutions, economics and society, religion, cultural life, local history, biography and correspondence, the Counter-Revolution, the Revolution as seen by outsiders, and the War in various locations.
Caldwell, Ronald J. The Era of the French Revolution, a Bibliography of the History of Western Civilization, 1789-1799.
www.lib.msu.edu /widder/guides/subjects/history/france/frenchrev.htm   (851 words)

  
 French Revolution   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Macroeconomic Causes and Consequences of The French Revolution
But the French experience convinced more and more people during the course of an initially reactionary nineteenth century that popular sovereignty, national independence, and constitutional government were the new forces in world history.
The purpose of this unit is to study the significance of the French Revolution, understand its origins, see how France was transformed by revolution, and assess the importance of revolution as a tool for political modernization.
idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /modernera/french.htm   (1840 words)

  
 My writing
Because the French Revolution is such an important subject, there are many, many books on it.
The great novel of the French Revolution where historical accuracy is pretty much limited to the fact that France is indeed across the English Channel from England and that a revolution did take place in France.
Yet another contemporary account of the Revolution, Lee's version pales beside Mantel's but remains an amusing read mainly for the symbolic evocation of the main characters and the eternally endearing fact that it is narrated by dear Camille.
www.angelfire.com /ca6/frenchrevolution89/revbooks.html   (3261 words)

  
 French Cultural Studies Brochure
The M.A. in French Cultural Studies program provides a methodological framework for contrasting and analyzing the dynamics that exist between groups within modern French culture from the Revolution of 1789 to the present.
Columbia's Academic Coordinator for the French University conducts an on-site tour of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) and the library of the Centre Pompidou.
The M.A. in French Cultural Studies is taught by a distinguished team of faculty whose reputation is well established on both sides of the Atlantic.
www.columbia.edu /cu/frenchculturalstudies/brochure.html   (2489 words)

  
 A History of French Public Law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
This title is part of the International Law list.
This classic of the history of French constitutional government traces the constitutional aspects of the fortunes of France through the Roman, Frankish, Feudal, Monarchial, and Revolutionary eras.
The author, a skilled legal historian, seeks the underlying social, economic, and political causes of legal growth.
www.beardbooks.com /a_history_of_french_public_law.html   (550 words)

  
 Marie Antoinette Online
She was the beautiful Queen of France who became a symbol for the wanton extravagance of the 18th century monarchy, and was stripped of her riches and finery, imprisoned and beheaded by her own subjects during the French Revolution that began in 1789.
This story that launched the French Revolution was one of the most notorious public scandals of history.
They are a reasonably diverse collection dealing with Marie Antoinette, the revolution, Louis XVI, fashion and lifestyle in the 18th century.
www.marie-antoinette.org   (265 words)

  
 Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Scientific, Political & Industrial Revolution
Listing of the major British authors, with dates of their works, and links to the works when online.
French Memoir: On the English Aggression, October 1750 [At American Revolution]
Reflections on the Revolution in France, 1791, moderate length excerpts [At Baylor]
www.fordham.edu /halsall/mod/modsbook2.html#revol18c   (5133 words)

  
 Impressionists, The: The Other French Revolution : MovieOutfitter.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Art historians consider the French Impressionist movement to be the first "modern" art movement.
Here, A & E's popular documentary series, BIOGRAPHY, takes an in-depth look at the Impressionist artists and their aesthetic, personal, and ideological values.
Through detailed interviews with artists, curators, historians, and authors, as well as rare photos of the artists in their studios and films of their paintings, pioneering painters including Monet, Cassatt, Bazille, Manet, Renoir, Pissarro, Degas, and others are explored.
www.movieoutfitter.com /store/733961702453.html   (111 words)

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