Officers, nobles and revolutionaries : essays on eighteenth-century France /: essays on eighteenth-century France. (1995)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: William Doyle.
• Other Names: Doyle, William, 1942-
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Illustrations; Abbreviations; 1 The Parlements of France and the Breakdown of the Old Regime; 2 Was there an Aristocratic Reaction in Pre-Revolutionary France?; 3 The Price of Ennobling Offices in Eighteenth-Century Bordeaux; 4 Venality and Society in Eighteenth-Century Bordeaux; 5 The Price of Offices in Pre-Revolutionary France; 6 4 August 1789: The Intellectual Background to the Abolition of Venality of Offices; 7 Reforming the Criminal Law at the End of the Old Regime: The Example of President Dupaty. 8 The Principles of the French Revolution9 Reflections on the Classic Interpretation of the French Revolution; 10 The Political Thought of Mounier; 11 Revolution and Counter-Revolution in France; 12 Thomas Paine and the Girondins; 13 Avoiding Revolution in the Revolutionary Age; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.
• Publisher Details: London Rio Grande, Ohio : Hambledon Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 238 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 944.04; Sale of public office -- France -- History -- 18th century; Social classes -- France -- History -- 18th century; HISTORY; Sale of public office; Social classes; War -- Causes; Parlements -- France -- Ancien Régime; Noblesse -- France -- 18e siècle; Vénalité des offices -- France -- Histoire -- 18e siècle; Vénalité des offices -- France -- 18e siècle; Aufsatzsammlung; Französische Revolution; Ämterkauf; Ancien Régime; Franse Revolutie; Bureaucratie; Adel; Officieren; History; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Causes; France; France -- 1789-1799 (Révolution) -- Causes; France -- 18e siècle; Frankreich; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441108524; 1441108521
• Related ISBNs: 185285121X; 9781852851217
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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