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France 1715-1804: Power and the People (Social History of Europe)
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by Gwynne Lewis
Sales Rank: 2505701
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Cover Type: Paperback with 328 pages
Published by: Longman October 7, 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0582239257
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0582239258
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 1.1 pounds
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France1715¿1804: Power and the People is a major new study of eighteenth century French society and politics which focuses on the struggles, beliefs and political significance of the poor.
Gwynne Lewis¿ history opens with a full analysis of all the components of traditional France, including political and religious structures, the seigneurial system, the bourgeoisie and the poor. Part two looks at the meaning and challenge of the Enlightenment, with particular reference to women and the mass of the poor. Part three concentrates upon the relationship between the shift to laissez-faire economics, popular revolts and government repression, providing the essential background to the Revolutionary decade of the 1790s. The Revolution witnessed the rise of a politicised ¿Popular Movement¿ that achieved, briefly, a measure of popular democracy. War and counter-revolution blocked the move towards real democracy, strengthened the authority of the centralised state, and enhanced the credibility of bourgeois political and economic power.
One of the main contentions of this work is that the failure of both monarchical and Revolutionary regimes to deal with the massive social problem of poverty played a far greater part in explaining the collapse of the Bourbons in 1789, and the failure of democracy during the 1790s, than most historians have allowed. Likewise, the importance of religion in directing the momentous events of this period has also been under-estimated.
Gwynne Lewis is Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick. He is the author of many books, including The French Revolution (1993) and The Advent of Modern Capitalism in France, 1770¿1840 (1993).
About The Author
Gwynne Lewis is a much respected historian who is Emeritus Professor at The University of Warwick. She has also taught in Canada and in Tanzania.
Her works include 'The Second Vendee' (Clarendon Press, 1978); The Advent of Modern Capitalism in France 1770-1840' (Clarendon Press, 1993) and 'The French Revolution: Rethinking the Debate' (Routledge, 1993)
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