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Edmund Burke's "Reflections on the Revolution in France" is considered by many to be a masterpiece of political analysis and a compelling rationale against the French Revolution. Originally written as a letter in response to a young Parisian and later expanded upon and published in book format in January 1790, the work has greatly influenced conservative and classic liberal intellectuals and stands as a powerful argument against violent revolutions,...
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The French Revolution casts a long shadow, one that reaches into our own time and influences our debates on freedom, equality, and authority. Yet it remains an elusive, perplexing historical event. Its significance morphs according to the sympathies of the viewer, who may see it as a series of gory tableaux, a regrettable slide into uncontrolled anarchy—or a radical reshaping of the political landscape.In this riveting new book, Ian Davidson...
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Georges Lefebvre (1874–1959) was one of the most important twentieth-century historians of the French Revolution. His books include The Great Fear of 1789: Rural Panic in Revolutionary France (Princeton). R. R. Palmer (1909–2002) was professor emeritus of history at Yale University and a guest scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Timothy Tackett is professor emeritus of history at the University of California, Irvine.
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"Anglo-Saxon Britain" by Grant Allen. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that...
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A fascinating look at the state of Europe at the start of the French revolution in the 18th century, written by 19th century American historian Edward Jackson Lowell.
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Este libro es un estudio del intenso período de las Revoluciones en Europa entre 1820 y 1848, unos episodios clave para entender la historia posterior. El liberalismo, pero también un naciente y pujante nacionalismo, fueron movimientos que cuestionaron el sistema de la Restauración, un intento de recuperar el Antiguo Régimen.
Las Revoluciones parecieron fracasar pero en Occidente terminaron por asentarse los Estados liberales, pactando la alta...
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Una república gobernada por poetas, literatos, periodistas e intelectuales. Como presidente, un crítico teatral melenudo y místico. Sus principios: el pacifismo radical, la democracia directa, la justicia social y el poder de la fantasía. ¿Es una utopía? No: es historia. En noviembre de 1918 se proclamó en Múnich la República Libre de Baviera. Thomas y Heinrich Mann, Hermann Hesse, Rainer Maria Rilke y otras muchas personalidades de la cultura...
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Uno de los grandes temas históricos, el de las revoluciones burguesas en la Edad Media, fue abordado con singular fecundidad por los historiadores liberales, para quienes tales insurrecciones marcaron el lejano inicio de las revoluciones burguesas de Inglaterra en el siglo XVII y de Francia entre 1789 y 1830, o contribuyeron a la formación del capitalismo al impulsar el comercio y los burgos.
La historiografía posterior orilló, sin embargo, el...
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Mientras en Francia Napoleón III conduce a la restaurada monarquía a la república del Segundo Imperio y Cavour y Garibaldi remodelan el mapa de una Italia unificada, Bismarck, con su Ejército, domina tanto Alemania como el firmamento europeo. En las décadas centrales del siglo xix, Europa experimenta uno de los periodos más convulsos de su historia en el que el nuevo impulso revolucionario pierde fuerza frente a los vestigios del Antiguo Régimen....
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It is 1870. French armies are annihilated. Paris is encircled, bombarded, starved and humiliated. A Prussian Emperor is crowned in the Palace of Versailles. French Governments fail their citizens. Paris turns on itself in shame. The Commune is born.
1870 -1871 saw a catastrophic failure of French political and military leadership. 'Paris Falls' examines the war through the eyes of those who were there.
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Allons enfant de la Patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivé! 'Arise children of the Fatherland, the day of glory has arrived!' These opening lines to La Marseillaise, France's famously stirring and evocative national anthem, capture perfectly the passion, fear, and frenetic energy of Republicanism's sanguinary birth on French soil. Through the violence of the Revolutions (yes, there were many) the reign of the Bourbon monarchy came to an end and modern...
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François Mignet's 'Histoire de la révolution française' is a study of the events that caused a huge shift of power in France around the turn of the 19th Century. This was primarily a study of the theories and ideologies behind the events, rather than a factual record.
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A new look at a contentious period in the history of the Atlantic world
Within just a half century, the American, French, Haitian, and Spanish American revolutions transformed the Atlantic world. This book is the first to analyze these events through a comparative lens, revealing several central themes in the field of Atlantic history. From the murky position of the European empire between the Old and New Worlds to slavery and diaspora, Wim Klooster...
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"Un apasionante recorrido, a través de la literatura de Rimbaud, por una Francia inmersa en la revolución.
La década de 1870, el momento en que el meteoro Arthur Rimbaud, el poeta genial y precoz por antonomasia, cruza el firmamento de la literatura universal para trastornarlo para siempre, suele ser soslayada en el relato convencional de la historia de Europa, y, en particular, de Francia. Sin embargo, fue el momento de dos acontecimientos particularmente...
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Las revueltas estudiantiles de 1968 constituyen uno de los principales acontecimientos históricos del siglo XX y marcan, de algún modo, el fin de un periodo. Siempre bajo la sombra de la controversia, ese mes de mayo abrió para unos las puertas de una anhelada libertad. Para otros, sin embargo, fue el caldo de cultivo de buena parte de la crisis actual.
Cuando se cumplen cincuenta años de las protestas, Josemaría Carabante ofrece aquí una breve...
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In Limerick, the workers and their representatives take over running the city and their action is declared a 'Soviet'. The British authorities see it as a serious threat to their rule in Ireland. The workers are protesting against a severe military law that requires them to get special passes and be checked going to and from work. The restrictions follow the IRA shooting of a policeman and the wounding of another, during the rescue of an ill Republican...
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. 'Remember, remember, the fifth of November'. The gunpowder plot is a famed tale of treachery that continues to fascinate and capture the imagination four hundred years on.
The Gunpowder Plot in an Hour reveals the elaborate background to the infamous plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament and James I, the ultimate act of treason. This compelling and engaging account of one of the most famous...
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This is popular history about one of the most feared men in history, a man who is still venerated in much of his homeland and who played such a large part in shaping the political landscape of the modern world. Up to sixty million people perished under Stalin's murderous rule and his life and crimes will fascinate the general reader.
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Suivez le parcours atypique de Catherine Théot, connue pour ses prédictions et incarcérée à la Bastille, jusqu'à l'aube de la Révolution française...
Le destin de la Mère de Dieu est à la fois inattendu et étonnant. Née le 5 mars 1716 à Barenton en Normandie, Catherine Théot prétendit dès son adolescence être la Mère de Dieu. À Paris, elle est vite remarquée pour ses prédictions, notamment des persécutions religieuses... Réputée...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre la Revolución francesa, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Profundizar en el contexto en el que estalla la Revolución francesa: en pleno Antiguo Régimen, bajo el control de monarquías absolutistas, el descontento y la agitación del pueblo se hacen insostenibles hasta que empiezan los acontecimientos...
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