This book examines how France's revolutionary authorities handled political opposition in the year following the fall of the Bastille. Though demands for more severe treatment of the enemies of the new regime were frequently and loudly expressed, and though portents and warning signs of the coming unwillingness to tolerate opposition were hardly lacking, political justice in 1789-90 was in fact characterized by a remarkable degree of indulgence and forbearance. Through an investigation of the judicial affairs, which attracted the most public attention in Paris during this period, this study seeks to identify the factors, which produced a temporary victory for policies of mildness and restraint.
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This book examines how France's revolutionary authorities handled political opposition in the year following the fall of the Bastille.
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Intriguing and well-researched analysis of the evolution (or de-evolution) of the French Revolutionary concept of legal justice,
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Professor Shapiro's book provides a detailed and intriguing and generally convincing analysis of the concept and administration of justice (against political opponents)during the French Revolution. His work demonstrates that those in power were initially influenced by enlightenment thought but that increasing popular pressure led to the later, cruder stages marked by the excesses of the Revolutionary Tribunal. The descriptions of the roles of Brissot de Warville and Lafayette were illuminating.--Melanie Miller
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During the first year of the French Revolution, responsibility for political justice was largely shared by two institutions, the Paris Comite des Recherches, an investigatory and prosecutory agency which served as the capital's political police, and the Chatelet, an ancient royal court which held temporary authority over all lese-nation cases in France. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
early revolutionary authorities, judicial reform movement, des lois criminelles, mutual amnesty, advanced patriots, jurisprudence criminelle, judicial reformers, judicial transaction, judicial severity, municipal regime, patriotic journalists, judicial thought, patriotic press, des recherches, amnesty policy, revolutionary justice, revolutionary crowd, revolutionary momentum, aux observations, menu peuple, patriotic credentials, des notables, judicial policies, radical press Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
October Days, National Assembly, National Guard, Parisian General, Interior Minister, Chronique de Paris, Third Estate, Baron de Besenval, Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Assembly of Electors, French Revolution, Garran de Coulon, Cordeliers District, Hero of Two Worlds, Comte de Maillebois, Loi Martiale, Oratoire District, Parlement de Paris, Procureur du Roi, Abbaye Prison, Comte de Provence, Constitutional Monarchy, Marquis de Lafayette, Paris Electors, Police Committee New!
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During the first year of the French Revolution, responsibility for political justice was largely shared by two institutions, the Paris Comite des Recherches, an investigatory and prosecutory agency which served as the capital's political police, and the Chatelet, an ancient royal court which held temporary authority over all lese-nation cases in France. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
early revolutionary authorities, judicial reform movement, des lois criminelles, mutual amnesty, advanced patriots, jurisprudence criminelle, judicial reformers, judicial transaction, judicial severity, municipal regime, patriotic journalists, judicial thought, patriotic press, des recherches, amnesty policy, revolutionary justice, revolutionary crowd, revolutionary momentum, aux observations, menu peuple, patriotic credentials, des notables, judicial policies, radical press Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
October Days, National Assembly, National Guard, Parisian General, Interior Minister, Chronique de Paris, Third Estate, Baron de Besenval, Faubourg Saint-Antoine, Assembly of Electors, French Revolution, Garran de Coulon, Cordeliers District, Hero of Two Worlds, Comte de Maillebois, Loi Martiale, Oratoire District, Parlement de Paris, Procureur du Roi, Abbaye Prison, Comte de Provence, Constitutional Monarchy, Marquis de Lafayette, Paris Electors, Police Committee New!
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- The French Revolution: 1770-1814 (History of France) by Francois Furet on 11 pages
- Interpreting the French Revolution by François Furet on 10 pages
- The French Revolution by Georges Lefebvre on 7 pages
- French Revolution by A. Mathiez on 7 pages
- The French Revolution by M. J. Sydenham in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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