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- English
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The Terror in the French Revolution
About this book
We now live with the threat and the reality of political terror and terrorists. The French Revolution was the first occasion when a democratic government used terror as a political weapon, executing thousands of people for political crimes. What caused reasonable people to implement such a brutal regime? What did it achieve? What are its links with the terrors of the present day? This established text examines a range of key issues, analyses the terror's background and traces the course from the fall of the Bastille in 1789 to the work of the guillotine during the terror of 1793-4. It puts the terror into context and shows how circumstances and ideas interacted to create an event that has haunted the political imagination of Europe ever since. Thoroughly revised in the light of recent scholarship and debates, this new edition of an essential introduction includes: - An updated historiography section
- Clearly set-out definitions of the 'terror' and more detail on its workings
- An entirely new chapter exploring the social and cultural policies of the Revolution
- An up-to-date bibliography, organised thematically for ease of reference
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Note on References
- Editorsā Preface
- Preface to the Second Edition
- 1 Historians and the Terror
- 2 Prelude to Terror? From Revolution to Republic 1789ā93
- 3 Beginnings of Terror: MarchāSeptember 1793
- 4 Terror in Paris and the Provinces: SeptemberāDecember 1793
- 5 Factions Liquidated: December 1793āApril 1794
- 6 The āGreat Terrorā: AprilāJuly 1794
- 7 Creating New Citizens for the New Republic
- 8 The Road to Thermidor and the End of Terror 1794ā5
- Conclusion
- Chronology
- Bibliography
- Index