Enquiring History: The French Revolution
Publisher: Hodder
Digital ISBN: 9781444144550
- Cover & Book Title
- Contents
- 1 The French Revolution_ The essentials
- 2 What were people complaining about in the early 1780s_
- 3 Why did Louis XVI call the Estates-General_
- 4 What sort of revolution took place in 1789_
- 5 What caused the French Revolution_
- 6 Was Louis XVI chiefly to blame for the failure of constitutional monarchy_
- 7 Why did violence explode in August and September 1792_
- 8 Why did violence increase to become the Terror, 1793–94_
- 9 How successful was the Directory, 1795–99_
- 10 Did all revolutionaries share Robespierre’s motives_
- Conclusion_ Does the French Revolution still matter_
- Index
- Acknowledgements