Revolution and environment in Southern France, 1780-1830 : peasants, lords, and murder in the Corbières

Revolution and environment in Southern France, 1780-1830 : peasants, lords, and murder in the Corbières / Peter McPhee.

"In the forty years after the Revolution of 1789, the peasants and former seigneurs of the isolated and arid region of the Corbieres, in southern Languedoc, fought a protracted battle over the consequences of revolutionary change.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McPhee, Peter, 1948-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Series:OUP E-Books.
Subjects:
1789-1899
Geschichte 1780-1830.
Peasants > France > Corbières Mountains > History > 19th century.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Peasants
Rural conditions
Sozialer Konflikt
Franse Revolutie.
Plattelandsontwikkeling.
Sociale conflicten.
Corbières Mountains (France) > History.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Influence.
Corbières Mountains (France) > Rural conditions.
France
France > Corbières Mountains
Corbières
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. 'Cette miserable contree: The Corbieres in the 1780s
  • 2. 'Vassaux plus puissants que des Rois': The Revolution of 1789-1790
  • 3. 'Un peu de peur bien meritee': Peasant Revolution, 1790-1792.
  • 4. 'Je verse des larmes de sang': Defending the Revolution, 1793-1795
  • 5. 'Cette rage de defricher': The Battle Over the Rural Environment, 1790-1800.
  • 6. 'L'avidite' de jouir': Social Reaction and the War on the Clearers, 1800-1830
  • 7. 'Une veritable fureur de plantation': The Transformation of the Rural Economy, 1789-1830
  • 8. 'Dur, fier et ardent': Murder in Villeseque, 1830.
  • Conclusion: Revolution and Memory.

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