Table of Contents
Acknowledgements x
Chronology xi
Who's Who xx
Glossary xxv
Maps xxix
Part 1 1
1 The Setting 3
Part 2 17
2 Reform or Revolution, 1787-89? 19
Gripping the nettle of reform 19
Resistance to the royal will 21
The nation awakes 25
Countdown to a revolution 28
3 Renewal, 1789-91 32
Ending the ancien régime 33
Building the nation 36
Expanding horizons 41
Towards a political settlement 42
4 The Failure of Consensus, 1791-92 47
The flight and its aftermath 47
Managing the new regime 50
The fall of the monarchy 55
Citizenship in the colonies 59
5 War and Terror, 1792-94 63
A Jacobin republic 64
Reactions in the departments 66
Terror 69
Repression 72
6 The Search for Stability, 1795-99 77
A Thermidorian republic 78
'La grande nation' 82
Rule by coup 85
Opponents 89
7 Consolidation, 1799-1804 92
Brumaire 93
Building afresh 96
A new order 98
Towards dictatorship 101
Part 3 105
8 The Assessment 107
Part 4 Documents 119
1 A Royal Reprimand 120
2 Imaging the Ancien Régime Body Politic 120
3 Fundamental Laws According to the Parlement of Paris 121
4 Defining the Nation 122
5 Fixing a Framework for the Estates General 123
6 Swansong of the Aristocracy 123
7 Forward-Looking Nobles 125
8 Backward-Looking Nobles 126
9 Parish Grievancés 128
10 The New Doctrine of Rights 131
11 Church Reform 133
12 What the King Really Thought About the Revolution 134
13 Parting of the Ways in the Champ de Mars 135
14 Overthrow of the Monarchy 136
15 What is a Sans-Culotte? 138
16 The Popular Programme 138
17 Legislating Revolutionary Government 140
18 Scorched Earth Treatment for Rebels 142
19 Crisis in the Sections of Paris 143
20 Civic Culture in the Making? 143
21 Managing 'La Grande Nation' 144
22 State of the Country in the Aftermath of Brumaire 145
23 Regaining Control 147
24 Marking out the New Civil Order 149
Further Reading 153
References 159
Index 165
