Author: Anthony Trollope
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
La Vendée
Author: Anthony Trollope
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The Vendée
Author: Charles Tilly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Studie over de boerenopstand rond 1793, toegespitst op de Franse landstreek
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Studie over de boerenopstand rond 1793, toegespitst op de Franse landstreek
La Vendee
Author: Anthony Trollope
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385256941
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385256941
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
A French Genocide
Author: Reynald Secher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
A French Genocide: The Vendée provides a detailed narrative of the civil war in the Vendée region of western France, which lasted for much of the 1790s but was most intensely fought at the height of the Reign of Terror, from March 1793 to early 1795. In this shocking and controversial book, Reyanld Secher argues that the massacres which resulted from the conflict between "patriotic" revolutionary forces and those of the counter-revolution were not the inevitable result of fierce battle, but rather were "premeditated, committed in cold blood, massive and systematic, and undertaken with the conscious and proclaimed will to destroy a well-defined region, and to exterminate an entire people." Drawing upon previously unavailable sources, Secher argues that more than 14 percent of the population and 18 percent of the housing stock in the Vendée was destroyed in this catastrophic conflict. Secher's review of the social and political structure of the region presents a dramatically different image of the people on the Vendée than the stereotype common among historians favorable to the French Revolution. He demonstrates that they were not archaic and superstitious or even necessarily adverse to the forward-looking forces of the Revolution. Rather, the region turned against the Revolution because of a series of misguided policy choices that failed to satisfy the desire for reform and offended the religious sensibilities of the Vendéans. Using an array of primary sources, many from provincial archives, including personal accounts and statistical data, Secher convincingly argues for a demythologized view of the French Revolution. Contrary to most twentieth-century academic accounts of the Revolution, which have either ignored, apologized for, or explained away the Vendée, Secher demonstrates that the vicious nature of this civil war is a key element that forces us to reconsider the revolutionary regime. His work, available for the first time in English, provides a significant case study for readers interested in the relationships between religion, region, and political violence.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
A French Genocide: The Vendée provides a detailed narrative of the civil war in the Vendée region of western France, which lasted for much of the 1790s but was most intensely fought at the height of the Reign of Terror, from March 1793 to early 1795. In this shocking and controversial book, Reyanld Secher argues that the massacres which resulted from the conflict between "patriotic" revolutionary forces and those of the counter-revolution were not the inevitable result of fierce battle, but rather were "premeditated, committed in cold blood, massive and systematic, and undertaken with the conscious and proclaimed will to destroy a well-defined region, and to exterminate an entire people." Drawing upon previously unavailable sources, Secher argues that more than 14 percent of the population and 18 percent of the housing stock in the Vendée was destroyed in this catastrophic conflict. Secher's review of the social and political structure of the region presents a dramatically different image of the people on the Vendée than the stereotype common among historians favorable to the French Revolution. He demonstrates that they were not archaic and superstitious or even necessarily adverse to the forward-looking forces of the Revolution. Rather, the region turned against the Revolution because of a series of misguided policy choices that failed to satisfy the desire for reform and offended the religious sensibilities of the Vendéans. Using an array of primary sources, many from provincial archives, including personal accounts and statistical data, Secher convincingly argues for a demythologized view of the French Revolution. Contrary to most twentieth-century academic accounts of the Revolution, which have either ignored, apologized for, or explained away the Vendée, Secher demonstrates that the vicious nature of this civil war is a key element that forces us to reconsider the revolutionary regime. His work, available for the first time in English, provides a significant case study for readers interested in the relationships between religion, region, and political violence.
Fighting the French Revolution
Author: Rob Harper
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781473868960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1793 France was facing foreign invasion along its borders and a fierce political war was raging in Paris when a large-scale revolt, centered on the western Department of the Vendée, suddenly erupted, almost bringing the new-born French Republic to its knees. The immediate trigger for this Great War of the Vendée, barely known outside of France, was the attempted imposition of conscription but the region seethed at the erosion of its traditional values and way of life. The persecution of the Catholic Church and killing of the king symbolized to the Vendéens how dangerous the new Republic had become; in a matter of weeks tens of thousands had flocked to fight for the 'Catholic and Royal' cause. This is the story of the new Republic's ferocious military campaigns against the armies of the Vendée, which fiercely defied them between March and December 1793, tying down hundreds of thousands of troops desperately needed on the frontiers. Napoleon later called it 'The War of Giants' and it directly led to the implementation of some of the Republic's most extreme laws.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781473868960
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1793 France was facing foreign invasion along its borders and a fierce political war was raging in Paris when a large-scale revolt, centered on the western Department of the Vendée, suddenly erupted, almost bringing the new-born French Republic to its knees. The immediate trigger for this Great War of the Vendée, barely known outside of France, was the attempted imposition of conscription but the region seethed at the erosion of its traditional values and way of life. The persecution of the Catholic Church and killing of the king symbolized to the Vendéens how dangerous the new Republic had become; in a matter of weeks tens of thousands had flocked to fight for the 'Catholic and Royal' cause. This is the story of the new Republic's ferocious military campaigns against the armies of the Vendée, which fiercely defied them between March and December 1793, tying down hundreds of thousands of troops desperately needed on the frontiers. Napoleon later called it 'The War of Giants' and it directly led to the implementation of some of the Republic's most extreme laws.
Prediction. The orphans of La Vendée
Author: Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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The Duchess of Berri in La Vendée
Author: Paul Ferdinand Stanislas baron Dermoncourt
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Memoirs for the History of the War of La Vendée
Author: Louis-Marie baron Turreau de Garambouville
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Blameless knights; or, Lutzen and La Vendée
Author: Alice Harriet F. Byng (countess of Strafford.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Blameless Knights, Or, Lützen and La Vendée
Author: Alice Harriet Frederica Byng (Countess of Strafford.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description