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Massacre at the Champ de Mars: Popular Dissent and Political Culture in the French Revolution
David Andress
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Paperback. The massacre exposed the widely differing ways in which post-Revolutionary Parisians construed the word "patriotism", and why the great Revolutionary goal of political unanimity was so elusive. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black and white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
On 17 July 1791 the revolutionary National Guard of Paris opened fire on a crowd of protesters: citizens believing themselves patriots trying to save France from the reinstatement of a traitor king. To the National Guard and their political superiors the protesters were the dregs of the people, brigands paid by counter-revolutionary aristocrats. Politicians and journalists declared the National Guard the patriots, and their action a heroic defence of the fledgling Constitution. Under the Jacobin Republic of 1793, however, this massacre was regarded as a high crime, a moment of truth in which a corrupt elite exposed its ... Read more
On 17 July 1791 the revolutionary National Guard of Paris opened fire on a crowd of protesters: citizens believing themselves patriots trying to save France from the reinstatement of a traitor king. To the National Guard and their political superiors the protesters were the dregs of the people, brigands paid by counter-revolutionary aristocrats. Politicians and journalists declared the National Guard the patriots, and their action a heroic defence of the fledgling Constitution. Under the Jacobin Republic of 1793, however, this massacre was regarded as a high crime, a moment of truth in which a corrupt elite exposed its ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838425
SKU
V9781843838425
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About David Andress
Associate Dean (Research) and Professor of Modern History, School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies, University of Portsmouth
Reviews for Massacre at the Champ de Mars: Popular Dissent and Political Culture in the French Revolution
A creditable and serious job, which helps considerably our understanding of the relationship between the language of the street and popular revolutionary politics. HISTORY