William Doyle

Gebundenes Buch

Aristocracy and Its Enemies in the Age of Revolution

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

William Doyle was Professor of History at the University of Bristol from 1986 to 2008 and author of numerous publications on ancien regime Europe and the French Revolution, including The Oxford History of the French Revolution and The Origins of the French Revolution, both also published by Oxford University Press. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 666g
• ISBN-13: 9780199559855
• ISBN-10: 0199559856
• Artikelnr.: 25683265