Since time immemorial Europe had been dominated by nobles and nobilities. In the eighteenth century their power seemed better entrenched than ever. But in 1790 the French revolutionaries made a determined attempt to abolish nobility entirely. "Aristocracy" became the term for everything they were against, and the nobility of France, so recently the most dazzling and sophisticated elite in the European world, found itself persecuted in ways that horrified counterparts in other countries.
Since time immemorial Europe had been dominated by nobles and nobilities. In the eighteenth century their power seemed better entrenched than ever. But in 1790 the French revolutionaries made a determined attempt to abolish nobility entirely. "Aristocracy" became the term for everything they were against, and the nobility of France, so recently the most dazzling and sophisticated elite in the European world, found itself persecuted in ways that horrified counterparts in other countries.
William Doyle was Professor of History at the University of Bristol from 1986 to 2008 and author of numerous publications on ancien regime Europe and the French Revolution, including The Oxford History of the French Revolution and The Origins of the French Revolution, both also published by Oxford University Press. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1: Aristocracy Ascendant: the world of eighteenth century nobility 2: Ideologies of Inequality 3: Ageless Antagonisms: the limits of discontent 4: Aristocracy Avoided: America and the Cincinnati 5: Straws in the Wind: the breakdown of the Old Order 6: Aristocracy Attacked: the rise and fall of the Noble Order 7: Aristocracy Abolished: the destruction of Noble Power 8: Ci-devants, 1790-2 9: Persecution, 1792-1799 10: Ambiguous Aftermaths Bibliography
Introduction 1: Aristocracy Ascendant: the world of eighteenth century nobility 2: Ideologies of Inequality 3: Ageless Antagonisms: the limits of discontent 4: Aristocracy Avoided: America and the Cincinnati 5: Straws in the Wind: the breakdown of the Old Order 6: Aristocracy Attacked: the rise and fall of the Noble Order 7: Aristocracy Abolished: the destruction of Noble Power 8: Ci-devants, 1790-2 9: Persecution, 1792-1799 10: Ambiguous Aftermaths Bibliography
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