2nd Edition

Revolution & Terror in France 1789 - 1795

By D. G. Wright Copyright 1991
    168 Pages
    by Routledge

    168 Pages
    by Routledge

    Dr Wright tackles the many controversies surrounding the French Revolution. He also reviews the arguments of leading historians, and analyses some of the key documentary evidence on which they have based their judgements.

    Introduction to the Series.
    Acknowledgements

    Part One Introduction.

    1. The Problem.

    Part Two: The first French Revolution.
    2. Pre-Revolution, 1787-1789.
    3. Liberal Revolution, 1789-1792.

    Part Three: Jacobins and Sans Culottes.
    4. The fall of the monarchy.
    5. Anarchic Terror, 1793.
    6. Robespierre and the reign of virtue.
    7. Thermidor.

    Part Four: Assessment

    Part Five: Documents.
    Glossary.
    Chronological summary.
    Bibliography.
    Index.

    Biography

    D.G. Wright was Reader in History at Huddersfield Polytechnic (now the University of Huddersfield) before his retirement.