num_pages: 320
description: The French Revolution was a huge brutal yet inspiring phenomenon that changed global political thinking and action and its echoes resound even in the twenty-first century. It was an intensely complex mix of events concepts and individuals and A New Dictionary of the French Revolution is an invaluable aid to unraveling its complications and an essential companion for students and general readers alike. There are some 400 entries covering the main events personalities parties ideologies political ideas philosophers writers artists rebellions and wars as well as touching on colonial and international developments the interaction of church and state science law reform events in the provinces and overseas territories and the reverberations in other European states. The Dictionary provides a full and vibrant history from the outbreak of revolution in 1789 to the Terror the Revolutionary state its wars and the rise of Napoleon. Entries contain much more than just bare factual they provide a detailed commentary and include suggestions for further reading - both in print and online - which refer to the extensive literature of over 200 years of scholarship and recent historiography. Cross-referencing is extensive and the index points to information about minor but important subjects which do no receive entries of their own.
language: English
title: A New Dictionary of the French Revolution
publisher: I.B.Tauris