Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 678 g
Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 678 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-822749-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
Although much has been written about Lyon during the Great Terror of 1793-1794, this is the first detailed, integrated study of the four turbulent years which left France's second city marked out for savage repression by the Jacobin Republic. Taking account of recent research, the author emphasizes the interaction of social tensions with political rivalries in the succession of crises which set Lyon on a collision course with the national government. Deep social
divisions had a close bearing on the two most notable features of the city's revolutionary history: the precocious emergence of a popular democratic movement, and the violent radicalism of the Lyonnais Jacobins. Through close study of these factors, the book contributes to the history of Jacobinism and
political participation during the first European democratic revolution. It also throws light on Lyon's part in the `federalist' revolt against Jacobinism in 1793 and on the causes of the Great Terror. A postscript surveys the impact of the Terror on the defeated city.
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List of maps; Introduction; Lyon in the 1780s; Disorder and repression: Dilemmas of the Patriotes 1789-1790; Clubiste ascendancy and federallantist response; The great upheaval; A precarious victory: The Jacobins in power; From anti-Jacobinism to "Federalism"; From Federalism to civil war; The siege; Conclusion; Postscript: The terror; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
