Twelve Who Ruled
R. R. Palmer
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Geschichte
Beschreibung
The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France. R. R. Palmer's fascinating narrative follows the Committee's deputies individually and collectively, recounting and assessing their tumultuous struggles in Paris and their repressive missions in the provinces. A foreword by Isser Woloch explains why this book remains an enduring classic in French revolutionary studies.
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Democratic republic, Atheism, Committee of General Security, Writing, Georges Couthon, Sovereignty, Demagogue, Regicide, Democracy, Radicalism (historical), Persecution, Protestantism, Political prisoner, Law of Suspects, Proclamation, Enemy of the people, Montesquieu, Dictatorship, Revolution, Army of the Rhine (France), Capital punishment, Aristocracy, Strasbourg, Proconsul, Tax, Feudalism, Camille Desmoulins, Wealth, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Republic, Fanaticism, Patriotism, Conscription, Laborer, Legislation, Sans-culottes, Majesty, French Army, Peasant, Politician, Conciliation, Pretext, Committee of Public Safety, Georges Danton, Monarchy, Cordeliers, Extremism, French people, Ruler, Napoleon, Nantes, Assignat, Employment, Brumaire, Paris Commune, Allusion, Before the Revolution, Prussia, Agriculture, Girondins, Jacobin, Austrians, Decree, Toleration, Bourgeoisie, New France, Politics, Counter-revolutionary, Confiscation, Maximilien Robespierre