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The French revolution as told by contemporaries / by E.L. Higgins.
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London :: Houghton Mifflin Company
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[1938]
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x, 463 pages ; 25 cm
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"Under the editorship of William L. Langer."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-449).
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Monograph
Abstract:
The Monarchy -- Classes and Privileges -- The Influence of Philosophy -- The Reforms of Turgot and Necker -- Bankruptcy and the Notables -- the States-General -- The Fall of the Bastille -- Feudalism Abolished -- The Mob Goes to Versailles -- The Assembly
at Work -- Nationalization of the Church -- Europe and the Revolution -- The Flight to Varennes -- The King and the Constitution -- The Legislative Assembly -- The Girondins and the War -- The Girondins and the King -- The Attack on the Tuileries -- The September Massacres -- The End of the Monarchy -- Girondins and Jacobins -- The Fall of the Girondins -- The Beginning of the Terror -- The Terror in the Provinces -- Strife Between the Terrorists -- The Fall of Robespierre -- The Thermidorian Reaction -- Jacobin and Royalist Uprisings -- The End of the Convention.

Provides primary sources about the French Revolution by the people who lived it.
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