Abolition of Feudalism Peasants, Lords, and Legislators in the French Revolution

Name: Abolition of Feudalism Peasants, Lords, and Legislators in the French Revolution
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ISBN: 9780271024783

ISBN-10: 027102478X

ISBN-13: 9780271024783

Edition: 1996

Authors: John Markoff

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One of the most important results of the French Revolution was the destruction of the old feudal order, which for centuries had kept the common people of the countryside subject to the lords. In this book, John Markoff addresses the ways in which insurrectionary peasants and revolutionary legislators joined in bringing "the time 0f the lords" to an end and how, in that ending, scigncurial rights came to he central to the very sense of the Revolution. He traces the interaction of peasants and legislators, showing how they confronted, challenged, and implicitly negotiated with one another during the course 0f events.Contrary to many historians who see the source of revolutionary change in…

Book details

List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Publication date: 9/15/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 708
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.96" tall
Weight: 2.376
Language: English

John Markoff is Professor of Sociology and History at the University of Pittsburgh.