Contents
Area of Study 1; Causes of revolution: The development of significant ideas, events, individuals and popular movements in France, 1774 to 4 August 1789; Summary of key events, 1774 to 4 August 1789; 1 The political order in France before the revolution; 2 The social order in France before the revolution; 3 Significant ideas: The influence of the Enlightenment; 4 How did radical ideas mobilise society and challenge the existing order?; 5 How France's financial crisis became a political crisis, 1774-1789; 6 How the political crisis became a revolution, 1789; 7 The outbreak of popular revolution, 1789; Area of Study 2; Consequences of revolution: Challenges and responses, changes and continuity, significant individuals and experiences of groups in France, 5 August 1789 to 1795; Summary of key events, 5 August 1789 to November 1795; 8 The development of significant revolutionary ideas, 1789-1791; 9 The role of popular movements, 1789-1791; 10 Creating a new society, 1789-1791; 11 Sources of disunity in the revolution, 1789-1791; 12 The revolutionary events of 1792; 13 Creating the new society, 1792-1794; 14 The new society: Challenges and responses, 1792-1794; 15 Significant individuals: The role of Maximilien de Robespierre, 1792-1794; 16 Popular movements: The role of the sans-culottes in the French Revolution, 1792-1795; 17 Popular movements: The role of women in the French Revolution, 1789-1794; 18 The final settlement: The conservative republic of 1795; 19 The diverse experiences of different social groups in the French Revolution; 20 Who's Who of the French Revolution; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Index
