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This vivid history of late 18th century France chronicles the little-known counterrevolution that threatened the First Republic.
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1793 was a year of great turmoil in France. With foreign invasion along its borders and a political war raging in Paris, a large-scale revolt suddenly erupted in the western Department of the Vendée, The Vendée Militaire almost brought the new-born French Republic to its knees.
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The immediate trigger for this Great War of the Vendée was the attempted imposition of conscription. But the region seethed at the erosion of its traditional values and way of life. The persecution of the Catholic Church and killing of the king symbolized to the Vendéens how dangerous the new Republic had become. In a matter of weeks tens of thousands had flocked to fight for the 'Catholic and Royal' cause.
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This is the story of the new Republic's ferocious military campaigns against the armies of the Vendée, which fought a dogged battle from March to December of 1793. Napoleon later called it 'The War of Giants' and it directly led to the implementation of some of the Republic's most extreme laws.
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1793 was a year of great turmoil in France. With foreign invasion along its borders and a political war raging in Paris, a large-scale revolt suddenly erupted in the western Department of the Vendée, The Vendée Militaire almost brought the new-born French Republic to its knees.
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The immediate trigger for this Great War of the Vendée was the attempted imposition of conscription. But the region seethed at the erosion of its traditional values and way of life. The persecution of the Catholic Church and killing of the king symbolized to the Vendéens how dangerous the new Republic had become. In a matter of weeks tens of thousands had flocked to fight for the 'Catholic and Royal' cause.
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This is the story of the new Republic's ferocious military campaigns against the armies of the Vendée, which fought a dogged battle from March to December of 1793. Napoleon later called it 'The War of Giants' and it directly led to the implementation of some of the Republic's most extreme laws.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Dedication
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Glossary of Political Factions and Terms
- Timeline for 1793
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Fighting the Revolution, a Brief Background to the Vendée Rising
- Chapter 2 âPatriots, Robbers and Cowardsâ: The Republican Armies in the VendĂ©e Rising
- Chapter 3 âFor God and the Kingâ: The Catholic and Royal Armies
- Chapter 4 âRunning like a Trail of Gunpowderâ: The Rising Takes Hold
- Chapter 5 âIn less than a month the troubles in the VendĂ©e will be at an endâ
- Chapter 6 The Rise of the Grand Army
- Chapter 7 The Republic in Crisis
- Chapter 8 The Sans-Culotte Army
- Chapter 9 âDestroy the VendĂ©e!â
- Chapter 10 âThe Promenade of the Sovereign Peopleâ
- Chapter 11 âThe rebels fought like tigers and our soldiers like lionsâ
- Chapter 12 The Coastal Vendée stands Alone: October and November
- Chapter 13 The March on Granville
- Chapter 14 The Race to the Loire
- Chapter 15 The Death of an Army
- Chapter 16 Charette âKing of the VendĂ©eâ
- Chapter 17 The End of the âWar of Giantsâ
- Appendix 1 Biographies of Vendéen and Republican Leaders
- Appendix 2 Selected details of the Republican Armies
- Appendix 3 Selected details of the Royalist Armies
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Plates