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Becoming a Revolutionary: The Deputies of the French National Assembly and the Emergence of a Revolutionary Culture, 1789-1790

Timothy Tackett 1996 © Princeton University Press
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  • 9780691043845 (hardcover)
  • 9781400864317 (ebook)
Subject
  • European 4: 1400-1800
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Cover
  • Frontmatter
  • List of Illustrations (page ix)
  • Acknowledgments (page xi)
  • Note on Translations (page xiii)
  • Abbreviations (page xv)
  • Introduction (page 3)
    • The Enigma of the Revolution (page 4)
    • The Witnesses and Their Testimony (page 8)
    • Prospectus (page 13)
  • PART ONE: DEPUTY BACKGROUNDS (page 17)
  • Chapter One: The Three Estates: A Collective Biography (page 19)
    • Numbers and General Profile
    • The Clergy (page 24)
    • The Nobility (page 28)
    • The Third Estate (page 35)
  • Chapter Two: A Revolution of the Mind? (page 48)
    • The Deputies and the Enlightenment (page 50)
    • Deputy Publications before the Revolution (page 54)
    • The Religious Culture of the Deputies (page 65)
    • Ideology and Revolution (page 74)
  • Chapter Three: The Political Apprenticeship (page 77)
    • Political Mobilization after 1770 (page 79)
    • The Municipal Mobilization of 1788-1789 (page 82)
    • Birth of the Aristocratic Party (page 90)
    • The Electoral Assemblies of 1789 (page 94)
    • Third Opinion on the Eve of the Estates General (page 100)
    • Noble Opinion on the Eve of the Estates General (page 113)
  • PART TWO: ORIGINS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY DYNAMIC (page 117)
  • Chapter Four: The Creation of the National Assembly (page 119)
    • Factional Formation in the Early Third Estate (page 121)
    • The Clerical Estate and the Dominance of the Episcopacy (page 129)
    • The Noble Estate and the Culture of Intransigence (page 132)
    • The Breton Club and the Emergence of a Third Consensus (page 138)
    • The Revolutionary Moment (page 146)
  • Chapter Five: The Experience of Revolution (page 149)
    • The Deputies and the King (page 151)
    • The Mid-July Crisis (page 158)
    • Violence (page 165)
    • The Night of August 4 (page 169)
  • Chapter Six: Factional Formation and the Revolutiionary Dynamic: August to November (page 176)
    • The Conservative Offensive (page 179)
    • The September Debates and the Limited Victory of the Right (page 188)
    • The October Days: Break and Continuity (page 195)
    • The Formation of the Jacobins (page 206)
  • PART THREE: POLITICS AND REVOLUTION (page 209)
  • Chapter Seven: The Deputies as Lawgivers (page 211)
    • The Struggle for Self-Definition
    • Organizing the Assembly (page 214)
    • Bureaus and Committees (page 219)
    • Leadership and Oratory (page 226)
    • Constituency Relations (page 234)
  • Chapter Eight: Jacobins and Capuchins: The Revolutionary Dynamic through April 1790 (page 240)
    • The Deputy Outlook after October
    • Political Alignments at the Beginning of 1790 (page 247)
    • The Advance of the Left through February 1790 (page 256)
    • The Religious Question and the Abortive Resurgence of the Right (page 263)
  • Chapter Nine: To End a Revolution (page 273)
    • The King's New Direction (page 274)
    • Division of the Left and the Triumph of '89 (page 277)
    • The Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the Suppression of the Nobility (page 288)
    • Commemorating the Revolution: The Federation of 1790 (page 296)
  • Conclusion (page 302)
  • APPENDIX I: Marriage Dowries of Deputies in Livres (page 314)
  • APPENDIX II: Estimated Deputy Fortunes and Incomes in Livres at the End of the Old Regime (page 318)
  • APPENDIX III: Leading Deputy Speakers during the National Assembly (page 321)
  • Sources (page 323)
  • Index (page 339)
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