Massacre at the Champ de Mars: Popular Dissent and Political Culture in the French Revolution
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On 17 July 1791 the revolutionary National Guard of Paris opened fire on a crowd of protesters, citizens who saw themselves as patriots, trying to save France from a traitor king. To the National Guard and their political superiors, however, the protesters were the dregs of the people, brigands paid by counter-revolutionary aristocrats. Politicians and journalists rallied to an account of this event in which the National Guard were the patriots, and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1843838427
ISBN13:9781843838425
Release Date:July 2013
Publisher:Boydell Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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