The French Revolution: Conflicting InterpretationsFrank A. Kafker, James Michael Laux, Darline Gay Levy This is an anthology organized around conflicting interpretations of 11 of the most important issues and events of the French Revolution. It includes interpretations by contemporary and earlier historians, and no one view or school of revolutionary studies is stressed. |
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MENTALITY AND BEHAVIOR IN 1789 | 57 |
THE CHARACTER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY | 81 |
Timothy N Tackett | 92 |
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