Popular Rumour in Revolutionary Paris, 1792-1794
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9783319569666
Subjects: France, history, revolution, 1789-1799
Description: "This book examines the impact of rumour during the French Revolution, offering a new approach to understanding the experiences of those who lived through it. Focusing on Paris during the most radical years of the Jacobin republic, it argues that popular rumour helped to shape perceptions of the Revolution and provided communities with a framework with which to interpret an unstable world"--Back cover.