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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: Understanding the French Revolution | |
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| The Ancien Regime, Its Critics and Supporters | |
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| The Ancien Regime | |
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| The Tax System | |
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| The Nobility and the Bourgeoisie | |
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| The Enlightenment and Public Opinion | |
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| The Church and Jansenism | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Financial Crisis | |
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| Foreign Policy and War | |
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| Reform and the Maupeou Revolution | |
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| Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette | |
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| Louis XVI's Government | |
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| Necker and the American Revolution | |
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| The Assembly of Notables | |
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| Lomenie de Brienne | |
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| Calling the Estates General | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Estates General and the National Assembly | |
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| Calling the Estates General | |
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| Elections and Cahiers | |
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| Meeting of the Estates General | |
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| The Struggle over the National Assembly | |
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| The Fall of the Bastille | |
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| The Night of August 4 | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Creating the New Regime | |
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| The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen | |
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| The Development of Factions | |
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| The October Days | |
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| Reorganizing the Nation | |
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| The King and the Military | |
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| The Civil Constitution of the Clergy | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Polarization and the Flight to Varennes | |
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| The Clerical Oath | |
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| The Flight to Varennes | |
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| Political Clubs and the Growth of Republicanism | |
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| Aftermath of the Flight to Varennes | |
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| Legislative Assembly | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Failure of Constitutional Government | |
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| The New Government under the Constitution | |
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| Brissot and the Girondins | |
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| The Coming of War | |
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| Women and the Revolution | |
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| Colonial and Economic Policies | |
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| The Revolution of August 10, 1792 | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Convention | |
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| The September Massaces and Valmy | |
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| The Convention | |
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| The Fate of the King | |
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| Responses to the Revolution | |
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| Crisis of 1793 | |
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| Marat and the Purging of the Convention | |
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| The Federalist Revolt | |
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| The Death of Marat | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Terror and War | |
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| Beginning of the Terror | |
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| The Committee of Public Safety Consolidates Its Power | |
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| Dechristianization and the Calendar | |
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| Destruction and Creation of Culture | |
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| The War and the Civil War | |
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| The Attack on the Factions | |
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| The Great Terror | |
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| The Fall of Robespierre | |
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| Why the Terror? | |
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| Thermidor and the Directory | |
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| Thermidorian Reaction | |
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| Constitution of the Year III | |
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| Politics under the Directory | |
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| Religion and Education under the Directory | |
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| War, Foreign Policy, and Generals | |
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| Egypt and the Second Coalition | |
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| Brumaire | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Chronology | |
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| Notes | |
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| Select Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Author | |