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Author : Nathaniel Harris
Publisher : B T Batsford Limited
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : France
ISBN : 0852196709
Describes the storming of the Bastille fortress on July 14, 1789, and the significance of this event in the revolution that followed and in subsequent French history.
Author : Stewart Ross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : France
ISBN : 0431069115
Each of the titles in this series examines a major historical watershed. The authors recount the chain of events leading up to the event and the repercussions, both immediate and long-term. They also evaluate the concept of a turning point, assessing in what way this event qualifies. Differing interpretations are discussed, showing how history is informed by a complicated web of divergent views.
Author : Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink,Rolf Reichardt
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822382751
This book is both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm and a case study on the history of French political culture. It examines in particular the storming and subsequent fall of the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789 and how it came to represent the cornerstone of the French Revolution, becoming a symbol of the repression of the Old Regime. Lüsebrink and Reichardt use this semiotic reading of the Bastille to reveal how historical symbols are generated; what these symbols’ functions are in the collective memory of societies; and how they are used by social, political, and ideological groups. To facilitate the symbolic nature of the investigation, this analysis of the evolving signification of the Bastille moves from the French Revolution to the nineteenth century to contemporary history. The narrative also shifts from France to other cultural arenas, like the modern European colonial sphere, where the overthrow of the Bastille acquired radical new signification in the decolonization period of the 1940s and 1950s. The Bastille demonstrates the potency of the interdisciplinary historical research that has characterized the end of this century, combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, and taking its methodological tools from history, sociology, linguistics, and cultural and literary studies.
Author : Christopher Prendergast
Publisher : Profile Books(GB)
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1846681154
The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 and the beginning of the French Revolution.
Author : Hans-Jürgen Lüsebrink,Rolf Reichardt
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1997-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0822318946
This book is both an analysis of the Bastille as cultural paradigm and a case study on the history of French political culture. It examines in particular the storming and subsequent fall of the Bastille in Paris on July 14, 1789 and how it came to represent the cornerstone of the French Revolution, becoming a symbol of the repression of the Old Regime. Lüsebrink and Reichardt use this semiotic reading of the Bastille to reveal how historical symbols are generated; what these symbols’ functions are in the collective memory of societies; and how they are used by social, political, and ideological groups. To facilitate the symbolic nature of the investigation, this analysis of the evolving signification of the Bastille moves from the French Revolution to the nineteenth century to contemporary history. The narrative also shifts from France to other cultural arenas, like the modern European colonial sphere, where the overthrow of the Bastille acquired radical new signification in the decolonization period of the 1940s and 1950s. The Bastille demonstrates the potency of the interdisciplinary historical research that has characterized the end of this century, combining quantitative and qualitative approaches, and taking its methodological tools from history, sociology, linguistics, and cultural and literary studies.
Author : Kitty Benedict
Publisher : Silver Burdett Press
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : 0382241355
Describes how the prison known as the Bastille passed from the hands of the government to the hands of the common people, thus beginning the French Revolution.
Author : Simon Schama
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : France
ISBN : 014102240X
In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality of the Penguin list and will hark back to Penguin founder Allen Lane's vision of good books for all'. whose books and TV series have enthralled huge audiences through their gripping storytelling. Citizens, his award-winning account of the French Revolution, has continued to be one of Penguin's most popular history titles since it was first published in 1989. This extract takes us into the heart of the revolution's ferment as the angry crowd storm the Bastille
Author : Colin Jones
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9780198715955
The day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. Maximilien Robespierre, the most prominent member of the Committee of Public Safety, was planning to destroy one of the most dangerous plots that the Revolution had faced.
Author : Michael P. Fitzsimmons
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780271046174
Author : John Hardman
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39076001627293
In this major study, John Hardman examines the political system in France in the closing years of the Ancient Regime. Although he considers the political origins of the Revolution, his main emphasis is not on the coming storm but on the way the country was governed under the system so soon to be swept away. The questions he addresses - all of them basic, yet many are being answered here for the first time - include what the political institutions and underlying power structures were; who operated and controlled them; how and why ministers were appointed and dismissed; where and how decisions were taken; how far the royal administration stemmed from the king himself; and what his roles in theory and practice actually were.
Author : Douglas Liversidge
Publisher : Franklin Watts
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1972-01-01
Category : France
ISBN : 0531021556
Traces the events leading to the storming of the Bastille and analyzes the significance of its fall.
Author : Sue Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 1407111183
'Liberty, equality, fraternity' cry the revolutionaries as they spill the blood of the aristocracy into the streets of Paris. The rumble of the tumbrils strikes fear into the hearts of the once rich and powerful. For one young noblewoman, a simple act of charity from years before could be the only thing that can save her. This gripping new addition to the My Story series is a fascinating glimpse into the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
Author : Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1818
Category : France
ISBN : OXFORD:N10169222
Author : Baby Professor
Publisher : Speedy Publishing LLC
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781541921320
The Storming of the Bastille is said to be the official start of the French Revolution. In this history book, you’re going to learn about the events that led to the uprising of the French. Reading about historical facts will help you to create a full picture of the past, especially the struggles and victories. So go ahead and grab a copy of this book today!
Author : Ian Davidson
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781847659361
The fall of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 has become the commemorative symbol of the French Revolution. But this violent and random act was unrepresentative of the real work of the early revolution, which was taking place ten miles west of Paris, in Versailles. There, the nobles, clergy and commoners of France had just declared themselves a republic, toppling a rotten system of aristocratic privilege and altering the course of history forever. The Revolution was led not by angry mobs, but by the best and brightest of France's growing bourgeoisie: young, educated, ambitious. Their aim was not to destroy, but to build a better state. In just three months they drew up a Declaration of the Rights of Man, which was to become the archetype of all subsequent Declarations worldwide, and they instituted a system of locally elected administration for France which still survives today. They were determined to create an entirely new system of government, based on rights, equality and the rule of law. In the first three years of the Revolution they went a long way toward doing so. Then came Robespierre, the Terror and unspeakable acts of barbarism. In a clear, dispassionate and fast-moving narrative, Ian Davidson shows how and why the Revolutionaries, in just five years, spiralled from the best of the Enlightenment to tyranny and the Terror. The book reminds us that the Revolution was both an inspiration of the finest principles of a new democracy and an awful warning of what can happen when idealism goes wrong.