Monarchy And Revolution

Author : Eric Nelson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674735347

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The Royalist Revolution by Eric Nelson Pdf

Winner of the Society of the Cincinnati History Prize, Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey Finalist, George Washington Prize A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2015 Generations of students have been taught that the American Revolution was a revolt against royal tyranny. In this revisionist account, Eric Nelson argues that a great many of our “founding fathers” saw themselves as rebels against the British Parliament, not the Crown. The Royalist Revolution interprets the patriot campaign of the 1770s as an insurrection in favor of royal power—driven by the conviction that the Lords and Commons had usurped the just prerogatives of the monarch. “The Royalist Revolution is a thought-provoking book, and Nelson is to be commended for reviving discussion of the complex ideology of the American Revolution. He reminds us that there was a spectrum of opinion even among the most ardent patriots and a deep British influence on the political institutions of the new country.” —Andrew O’Shaughnessy, Wall Street Journal “A scrupulous archaeology of American revolutionary thought.” —Thomas Meaney, The Nation “A powerful double-barrelled challenge to historiographical orthodoxy.” —Colin Kidd, London Review of Books “[A] brilliant and provocative analysis of the American Revolution.” —John Brewer, New York Review of Books

Author : John R. Western
Publisher : Palgrave
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015013316248

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Monarchy and Revolution by John R. Western Pdf

Author : Marilyn Morris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0300206453

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The British Monarchy and the French Revolution by Marilyn Morris Pdf

What prevented revolution in Britain during the French revolutionary era? How did George III's monarchy withstand republican challenges? This book examines the British monarchy--and the values, beliefs, and images attached to it--during the contentious decade of the 1790s. Through a wide-ranging exploration of loyalist and reform propaganda, newspapers, political caricatures, sermons, and records of prosecution for sedition and treason, Marilyn Morris arrives at a new perspective on the forces of social stability in Britain that prevented revolution and preserved the Crown. Morris reassesses the significance of the ideological exchange in Britain during the French revolutionary period, showing that the so-called failure of the reform movement did not result simply from a stubborn disregard for the reality of the situations in France and Britain. She considers the problems created for reformers by the government's exaggeration of the threat to the monarchy, as well as the influence that reformist arguments had on loyalist ideology. The monarchy, though tradition-bound, continually had to reinvent itself, Morris contends, and its modern incarnation emerged in the later years of George's reign with a style stressing personality, empathy, and domesticity, and a legitimacy based on the monarchy's embodiment of the nation's history. Morris's analysis of the monarchy's image and its incorporation into political argument during a time of upheaval provides new insight into the ways different institutions of the state protected and supported one another. Her discussion also places in perspective speculation about the imminent demise of the monarchy in the 1990s.

Author : Marilyn Morris
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300071442

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The British Monarchy and the French Revolution by Marilyn Morris Pdf

What prevented revolution in Britain during the French revolutionary era? How did George III's monarchy withstand republican challenges? This book examines the British monarchy -- and the values, beliefs, and images attached to it -- during the contentious decade of the 1790s. Through a wide-ranging exploration of loyalist and reform propaganda, newspapers, political caricatures, sermons, and records of prosecution for sedition and treason, Marilyn Morris arrives at a new perspective on the forces of social stability in Britain that prevented revolution and preserved the Crown. Morris reassesses the significance of the ideological exchange in Britain during the French revolutionary period, showing that the so-called failure of the reform movement did not result simply from a stubborn disregard for the reality of the situations in France and Britain. She considers the problems created for reformers by the government's exaggeration of the threat to the monarchy, as well as the influence that reformist arguments had on loyalist ideology. The monarchy, though tradition-bound, continually had to reinvent itself, Morris contends, and its modern incarnation emerged in the later years of George's reign with a style stressing personality, empathy, and domesticity, and a legitimacy based on the monarchy's embodiment of the nation's history. Morris's analysis of the monarchy's image and its incorporation into political argument during a time of upheaval provides new insight into the ways different institutions of the state protected and supported one another. Her discussion also places in perspective speculation about the imminent demise of the monarchy in the 1990s. "Morris engages directlyand intelligently with other historians in the field. She makes a significant contribution to the history of English monarchy". -- Paul Monod, Middlebury College

Author : Zhand Shakibi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857716446

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Revolutions and the Collapse of Monarchy by Zhand Shakibi Pdf

What causes revolution? What brought about the end of the last major monarchies of the modern period? Were Louis XVI, Nicholas II, and Mohammad Reza Pahlavi the unwitting victims of historical circumstance, or did their own actions help to bring about the revolutions that overthrew them? This powerful and original book is the first comparative study of the revolutions in Bourbon France, Romanov Russia and Pahlavi Iran. Zhand Shakibi analyses fully the timing and causes of these three revolutions and reveals the important similarities between them. "Revolutions and the Collapse of Monarchy" argues provocatively that it is often the monarch's own personality that provides the vital spark which produces revolution. This ambitious and important book challenges the Marxist interpretation of history and adds a compelling new perspective to theories of revolution.

Author : J. R. Western
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:468645912

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Monarchy and Revolution by J. R. Western Pdf

Author : John M. Dunn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : France
ISBN : 159018064X

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The French Revolution by John M. Dunn Pdf

Describes how the French Revolution replaced old social rules and regulations with new laws and methods of government and examines the impact of the revolt on the rest of the world's ruling regimes.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : France
ISBN : 0300149034

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The British Monarchy and the French Revolution by Anonim Pdf

What prevented revolution in Britain during the French revolutionary era? How did George III's monarchy withstand republican challenges? This book examines the British monarchy - and the values, beliefs, and images attached to it - during the contentious decade of the 1790s. Through a wide-ranging exploration of loyalist and reform propaganda, newspapers, political caricatures, sermons, and records of prosecution for sedition and treason, Marilyn Morris arrives at a new perspective on the forces of social stability in Britain that prevented revolution and preserved the Crown. The monarchy, though tradition-bound, continually had to reinvent itself, Morris contends, and its modern incarnation emerged in the later years of George's reign with a style stressing personality, empathy, and domesticity, and a legitimacy based on the monarchy's embodiment of the nation's history. Morris's analysis of the monarchy's image and its incorporation into political argument during a time of upheaval provides new insight into how different institutions of the state protected and supported one another. Her discussion also places speculation about the imminent demise of the monarchy in the 1990s into perspective.

Author : John Stevens Cabot Abbott
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:8596547773214

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The French Revolution (Illustrated Edition) by John Stevens Cabot Abbott Pdf

This carefully crafted ebook "The French Revolution" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Not only does this book examine the events of the Revolution but it goes further into the French history providing explanations for the causes which led to this world changing milestone. Contents: Origin of the French Monarchy The Houses of Valois and Bourbon The Regency and Louis XV Despotism and Its Fruits The Bastille The Court and the Parliament The Assembly of the Notables The Appeal to the People Assembling of the States-general The National Assembly Revolutionary Measures The Tumult in Paris Storming the Bastille The King Recognizes the National Assembly The King Visits Paris Forming the Constitution The Royal Family Carried to Paris France Regenerated The King Accepts the Constitution Flight of the King Arrest of the Royal Fugitives Return of the Royal Family From Varennes Commotion in Paris The Approach of War Agitation in Paris, and Commencement of Hostilities The Throne Assailed The Throne Demolished The Royal Family Imprisoned The Massacre of the Royalists The King Led to Trial Execution of Louis XVI The Reign of Terror Execution of Marie Antoinette and Madame Elizabeth The Jacobins Triumphant Fall of the Hebertists and of the Dantonists Fall of Robespierre The Thermidorians and the Jacobins Dissolution of the Convention The Directory The Overthrow of the Directory and the Establishment of the Consulate

Author : Rodney Allen
Publisher : Sutton Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0750927100

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Threshold of Terror by Rodney Allen Pdf

In this exciting look at the fall of King Louis XVI, Allen looks at the two days in August, 1792, which lead to the King's fall and began the Reign of Terror, during which more than 40,000 people were guillotined.

Author : Jonathan Singerton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Austria
ISBN : 0813948215

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The American Revolution and the Habsburg Monarchy by Jonathan Singerton Pdf

"This book presents the American Revolution from the perspective of the Habsburg monarchy. It reveals how, despite seeming antithetical to the American cause, the Habsburg dynasty and people in the Habsburg lands realized the opportunity unleashed by the creation of the thirteen United States of America, demonstrating the wider effects of the American Revolution beyond the standard Atlantic World and portraying the Habsburg Monarchy in a new, oceanic light"--

Author : Michel Vovelle
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1984-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0521289165

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The Fall of the French Monarchy 1787-1792 by Michel Vovelle Pdf

The first volume in The French Revolution Series, on the fall of the French monarchy 1787-1792.

Author : M. Cross,D. Williams
Publisher : Springer
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781403932747

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The French Experience from Republic to Monarchy, 1792-1824 by M. Cross,D. Williams Pdf

Fourteen wide-ranging chapters by distinguished international scholars treat key aspects of the rapidly changing political and cultural scene in France from the First Republic, through the Consulate and Empire to the death of Louis XVIII in 1824. Falling into two interlinked parts, this collection of original essays explores new developments as well as continuities characterising the transition between the eighteenth century and the nineteenth. It includes chapters on feminism, politics and theatre, elections and plebiscites, revolution and counter-revolution, patronage, universities and education, medicine, music and science.

Author : William Doyle
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192853967

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The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by William Doyle Pdf

Beginning with a discussion of familiar images of the French Revolution, this work looks at how the ancien régime became ancien as well as examining cases in which achievement failed to match ambition.

Author : Paul Cheney
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674047265

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Revolutionary Commerce by Paul Cheney Pdf

Combining the intellectual history of the Enlightenment, Atlantic history, and the history of the French Revolution, Paul Cheney explores the political economy of globalization in eighteenth-century France. The discovery of the New World and the rise of Europe's Atlantic economy brought unprecedented wealth. It also reordered the political balance among European states and threatened age-old social hierarchies within them. In this charged context, the French developed a "science of commerce" that aimed to benefit from this new wealth while containing its revolutionary effects. Montesquieu became a towering authority among reformist economic and political thinkers by developing a politics of fusion intended to reconcile France's aristocratic society and monarchical state with the needs and risks of international commerce. The Seven Years' War proved the weakness of this model, and after this watershed reforms that could guarantee shared prosperity at home and in the colonies remained elusive. Once the Revolution broke out in 1789, the contradictions that attended the growth of France's Atlantic economy helped to bring down the constitutional monarchy. Drawing upon the writings of philosophes, diplomats, consuls of commerce, and merchants, Cheney rewrites the history of political economy in the Enlightenment era and provides a new interpretation of the relationship between capitalism and the French Revolution.