The King's Trial: Louis XVI vs. the French Revolution / Edition 1

The King's Trial: Louis XVI vs. the French Revolution / Edition 1

by David Paul Jordan
ISBN-10:
0520236971
ISBN-13:
9780520236974
Pub. Date:
03/01/2004
Publisher:
University of California Press
ISBN-10:
0520236971
ISBN-13:
9780520236974
Pub. Date:
03/01/2004
Publisher:
University of California Press
The King's Trial: Louis XVI vs. the French Revolution / Edition 1

The King's Trial: Louis XVI vs. the French Revolution / Edition 1

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Overview

On August 10, 1792, Louis XVI of France abandoned his Paris chateau, walked across the Tuileries gardens, and surrendered his crown. In the tumultuous months that followed, he was tried, found guilty, and sent to the guillotine. When originally published, David Jordan's riveting account of that turbulent time identified key issues, focused attention on a matter once considered only an episode of French history, and reframed the academic debate on the meaning of the most significant trial in French history. His new preface considers the scholarship of the past twenty-five years and places The King's Trial in the current context.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780520236974
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 03/01/2004
Edition description: First Edition, Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition, With a New Preface
Pages: 309
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

David P. Jordan is the LAS Distinguished Professor of French History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of Transforming Paris: The Life and Labors of Baron Haussmann (1995), The Revolutionary Career of Maximilien Robespierre (1985), and Gibbon and His Roman Empire (1971).

Table of Contents

Preface to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition
Preface to the 1979 Edition
Acknowledgments

Prologue: The King's Longest Night
I. The Question of the King
II. The End of the Monarchy
III. The King Can Do No Wrong
IV. The Man of the Temple
V. The Accusation
VI. A Lawyer for the King
VII. The King's Defense
VIII. The King and Desperate Men
IX. The First Two Votes
X. The Vote on Death
XI. The King Must Die
XII. The March to the Scaffold
XIII. The Memory of a King
Epilogue

Appendix: The Third Appel Nominal
A General Note on Sources and Authorities
Index
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