Aristocracy and its enemies in the age of revolution /

Describes how the French revolutionaries tried to abolish the nobility, analysing the intellectual roots of hostility to nobles, the steps by which revolutionaries turned against aristocracy, the impact of persecution, emigration, confiscation, and Terror, and the long-term consequences of these dev...

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Doyle, William
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Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Zusammenfassung:
Describes how the French revolutionaries tried to abolish the nobility, analysing the intellectual roots of hostility to nobles, the steps by which revolutionaries turned against aristocracy, the impact of persecution, emigration, confiscation, and Terror, and the long-term consequences of these developments for the nobility. - ;Since time immemorial Europe had been dominated by nobles and nobilities. In the eighteenth century their power seemed better entrenched than ever. But in 1790 the French revolutionaries made a determined attempt to abolish nobility entirely. 'Aristocracy' became the t
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1 online resource (382 pages)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-356) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-160971-4
0-19-156827-9
9786612268816
1-282-26881-3
Schlagworte:
Aristocracy (Political science) > France > History > 18th century.
Nobility > France > History > 18th century.
Aristocracy (Political science) > France > Public opinion > History > 18th century.
Nobility > France > Public opinion > History > 18th century.
Public opinion > France > History > 18th century.
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