Aristocracy and its enemies in the age of revolution

Doyle, William, 1942-

Aristocracy and its enemies in the age of revolution [electronic resource] / William Doyle. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - viii, 371 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-356) and index.

Aristocracy ascendant : the world of eighteenth-century nobility -- Ideologies of inequality -- Ageless antagonisms : the limits of discontent -- Aristocracy avoided : America and the Cincinnati -- Straws in the wind : the breakdown of the old order -- Aristocracy attacked : the rise and fall of the noble order -- Aristocracy abolished : the destruction of noble power -- Ci-devants, 1790-1792 -- Persecution, 1792-1799 -- Ambiguous aftermaths.


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Aristocracy (Political science)--History--France--18th century.
Nobility--History--France--18th century.
Aristocracy (Political science)--Public opinion--History--France--18th century.
Nobility--Public opinion--History--France--18th century.
Public opinion--History--France--18th century.


France--History--Social aspects.--Revolution, 1789-1799
France--Social conditions--18th century.
France--Intellectual life--18th century.


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