The American Historical Review · 1990 · 41 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesHistorySociologyEuropean HistoryRural DevelopmentSocial HistoryAge Of RevolutionsAgrarian HistoryFrench RevolutionRevolutionary MovementsRural HistoryRural SocietyArmed Peasant MovementsLand Settlement AgreementsPeasant CommunePeasant ConflictPeasant MobilizationRevolutionary Peasant PoliticsSeigneurial JurisdictionSeigneurial Rights
List of illustrations List of tables Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1. Rural France in the eighteenth century 2. The crisis of the late 'ancien regime' 3. 1789: between hope and fear 4. Dismantling the seigneurial regime 5. The land settlement: collective rights versus agrarian individualism 6. The administrative revolution 7. Terror and counter-terror 8. The balance-sheet Notes Bibliography Index.