The Barristers of Toulouse in the Eighteenth Century (1740-1793)

Originally published in 1975. Following the vein of French historiography, many twentieth—century scholars of the French Revolution believed that the middle class of lawyers played a crucial role in the Revolution. In The Barristers of Toulouse, Lenard Berlanstein contends with that notion in a case study examining the response of the Toulousian legal community to the French Revolution. Using tax rolls, marriage contracts, and court records as primary sources, Professor Berlanstein argues t...