Traumatic politics
Subtitle: the deputies and the king in the early French Revolution
By: Barry M. Shapiro.
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780271035420
Subjects: Louis -- XVI, -- King of France, -- 1754-1793; France. -- Assemblée nationale constituante (1789-1791) -- History; Political culture -- France -- History -- 18th century; Legislators -- France -- History -- 18th century; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799
Description: "Examines the ramifications of the fear of imminent death that many National Assembly deputies felt as they anticipated an attack from the soldiers of Louis XVI in the days preceding the fall of the Bastille, at the beginning of the French Revolution"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.