Oxford History of the French Revolution

The Oxford History of the French Revolution is a one-volume revisionist history of the French Revolution

French Revolution

The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...

written by William Doyle

William Doyle (historian)

William Doyle is an English historian, specialising in 18th-century France, who is most notable for his one-volume Oxford History of the French Revolution .He is one of the leading revisionist historians of the French Revolution....

and first published by Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...

in 1988.

Chapters

"France under Louis XVI"
"Enlightened Opinion"
"Crisis and Collapse, 1776-1788"
"The Estates-General
Estates-General of 1789
The Estates-General of 1789 was the first meeting since 1614 of the French Estates-General, a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the nobility, the Church, and the common people...

, September 1788-July 1789"
"The Principles of 1789 and the Reform of France"
"The Breakdown of Revolutionary Consensus, 1790-1791"
"Europe and the Revolution, 1788-1791"
"The Republican Revolution, October 1791-January 1793"
"War Against Europe, 1792-1797"
"The Revolt of the Provinces"
"Government by Terror, 1793-1794"
"Thermidor, 1794-1795"
"Counter-Revolution, 1789-1795"
"The Directory, 1795-1799"
"Occupied Europe, 1794-1799"
"An End to Revolution, 1799-1802"
"The Revolution in Perspective"
"Appendix I: Chronology of the French Revolution"
"Appendix II: The Revolutionary Calendar"

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