Twelve Who Ruled

The Year of Terror in the French Revolution

R. R. Palmer (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

448 Seiten

2005 | Revised edition
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-12187-1 (ISBN)

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In its fifth year (1793-1794), the French Revolution faced a multifaceted crisis that threatened to overwhelm the Republic. In response the government instituted a revolutionary dictatorship and a 'reign of terror', with a Committee of Public Safety at its head. This book follows the Committee's deputies individually and collectively.

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.

R. R. Palmer (1909-2002) was Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University and a guest scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study. Isser Woloch is Moore Collegiate Professor of History at Columbia University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	25.7.2005
Reihe/Serie	Princeton Classics
Vorwort	Isser Woloch
Zusatzinfo	1 Maps
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	539 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-691-12187-7 / 0691121877
ISBN-13	978-0-691-12187-1 / 9780691121871
Zustand	Neuware