Michael P Fitzsimmons

The Forgotten Constitution

The Origins, Realization, and Legacy of the French Constitution of 1791

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Forgotten Constitution discusses the world historical importance of the little-known French Constitution of 1791. It shows how the Constitution of 1791 gave birth to constitutionalism in the nineteenth century and the establishment of human rights in the twentieth. It also gave birth to electoral democracy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780197793947
• ISBN-10: 0197793940
• Artikelnr.: 73660942

Autorenporträt

Michael P. Fitzsimmons is Professor of History Emeritus at Auburn University at Montgomery. His previous books include The Place of Words: The Académie Française and Its Dictionary during an Age of Revolution, The Night the Old Regime Ended: August 4, 1789 and The French Revolution, and The Parisian Order of Barristers and the French Revolution.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART I. THE CREATION OF A BOURBON STYLE OF GOVERNMENT
1. The Rebuilding of Royal Authority
2. Louis XV: Transition and Discord over Monarchy-Centered Government
PART II. THE TERMINAL CRISIS OF THE OLD REGIME
3. The Descent into Crisis
4. The Erosion of Monarchy-Centered Government
5. Toward the Estates-General
PART III. THE REALIZATION OF THE CONSTITUTION
6. The Pledge of a Constitution
7. The Collapse of Monarchy-Centered Government
8. The Expansion of the Constitution
9. The Completion and Consolidation of the Constitution
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index