The Peasantry in the French Revolution

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Paperback | 12 December 1988

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This book fills a gap in the literature on the French Revolution, and offers a synthesis which brings together the fruits of two generations' research in the field of French rural and agrarian history. The contention of Georges Lefebvre (the greatest authority on eighteenth-century rural history) that the peasantry occupied the centre-stage during the early years of the Revolution is vindicated with the support of fresh evidence culled from local and national archives, unpublished theses and little-known printed sources. Lefebvre's subsidiary argument, that peasant participation in the Revolution ran counter to its main capitalist thrust, receives a more qualified endorsement. The hook also offers a comprehensive survey of the fortunes of country dwellers from the end of the ancien r©gime until the advent of Napoleon. Chapters are arranged both chronologically and thematically to provide a complete history of the Revolution as experienced at 'grass-roots'.

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'While modestly claiming that his work is not based on original research, this book renews our understanding of the subject. With an acute sense of region, a preoccupation with politics and culture, the author continues a chronological and thematic approach which is stimulating as well as informative. In a conclusion, boldly termed 'the balance sheet', he examines the complexities of this vast experience with perceptive shrewdness. This is undoubtedly the finest book to appear, so far, in English, in these busy commemorative years of the Revolution.' Douglas Johnson, The Times Educational Supplement

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List of illustrations	p. ix
List of tables	p. x
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xv
List of abbreviations	p. xvi
Rural France in the eighteenth century	p. 1
Demographic recovery	p. 1
The peasantry	p. 7
Agriculture	p. 15
The institutions of village life	p. 21
The crisis of the late 'ancient regime'	p. 30
Fiscal pressure	p. 34
Seigneurialism	p. 42
1789: between hope and fear	p. 60
Elections to the Estates-General	p. 62
Rural revolt	p. 67
The August legislation	p. 81
Dismantling the seigneurial regime	p. 86
The feudal complex	p. 87
Tithe and neo-tithe	p. 94
Renewed agrarian unrest	p. 103
Flashpoints	p. 110
The land settlement: collective rights versus agrarian individualism	p. 124
The Rural Code	p. 128
The issue of the commons	p. 137
Biens nationaux	p. 154
A republic of property-owners?	p. 161
The administrative revolution	p. 167
Disintegration and reintegration	p. 169
The new municipalities	p. 173
Tax revolt	p. 181
Ecclesiastical reforms and the oath of loyalty	p. 191
Terror and Counter-Terror	p. 206
Politicisation in the countryside	p. 207
Counter-revolution	p. 217
The republic in the village	p. 230
White Terror	p. 240
The balance-sheet	p. 248
Notes	p. 271
Bibliography	p. 287
Index	p. 298
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