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Required Readings


Amazon logo Doyle, William, ed. Old Regime France 1648-1788 (The Short Oxford History of France). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780198731290.

Amazon logo Beik, William, ed. Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. Boston, MA: Beford/St. Martins, 2000. ISBN: 9780312133092.

Amazon logo Voltaire. Treatise on Tolerance and Other Writings. Edited and translated by Simon Harvey. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780521649698.

Amazon logo Bell, David A. The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680-1800. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780674004474.



Supplemental Readings


de Tocqueville, Alexis. The Old Regime and the French Revolution. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1987. [Seminal work in the history of this period; first published in 1856, and still highly relevant.]

Jones, Colin. The Great Nation: France From Louis XIV to Napoleón. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2002. [The best recent one-volume study of this period in English.]

Furet, François, and Mona Ozouf. A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1989. [Very useful articles on major events, individuals, ideas, and institutions of the revolutionary period.]

Connelly, Owen. Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns. Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 1999. [For those who want to read more on Napoleonic military history.]



Readings by Session



LEC #TOPICSREADINGS
1Introduction
I. Absolutism
2The Material World and the Political BackgroundAmazon logo Doyle, William, ed. Old Regime France 1648-1788 (The Short Oxford History of France). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 1-77. ISBN: 9780198731290.
3The Theory and Practice of AbsolutismAmazon logo Bossuet. "Politics Derived from the Holy Scripture." University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization, Vol. 7: The Old Regime and the French Revolution. Edited by Keith M. Baker. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1987, pp. 31-47. ISBN: 9780226069500.

Amazon logo Beik, William, ed. Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. Boston, MA: Beford/St. Martins, 2000, pp. 1-16 and 50-96. ISBN: 9780312133092.
4Taxes and Provincial ReformAmazon logo Beik, William, ed. Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. Boston, MA: Beford/St. Martins, 2000, pp. 96-155. ISBN: 9780312133092.
5Theater, Art, and Politics
II. Enlightenment
6Origins of the French EnlightenmentAmazon logo Beik, William, ed. Louis XIV and Absolutism: A Brief Study with Documents. Boston, MA: Beford/St. martins, 2000, pp. 166-98. ISBN: 9780312133092.

Amazon logo Doyle, William, ed. Old Regime France 1648-1788 (The Short Oxford History of France). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 78-104. ISBN: 9780198731290.

Amazon logo Jacob, Margaret C., ed. "The Treatise of the Three Impostors." In The Enlightenment: A Brief History With Documents. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000, pp. 94-114. ISBN: 9780312179977.
7The Encyclopédied'Alembert, Jean le Rond. "Preliminary Discourse." In Denis Diderot's The Encyclopedia: Selections. Edited by Stephen J. Gendzier. New York, NY: Harper and Row, 1967, pp. 1-12, 35-43.

Browse the online Web site for English translations of Encyclopedia articles: The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert - Collaborative Translation Project. (Read "Philosopher," and "Sunday.")

Browse the French online version of the Encyclopedia at: The ARTFL Project. Be sure to look at the engravings for "chirurgie" and "imprimerie."
8A Political Movement, I?Amazon logo Voltaire. Treatise on Tolerance and Other Writings. Edited and translated by Simon Harvey. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. vi-xix and 3-48. ISBN: 9780521649698.
9A Political Movement, II?Amazon logo Voltaire. Treatise on Tolerance and Other Writings. Edited and translated by Simon Harvey. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 49-105. ISBN: 9780521649698.
10Spaces of the Public Sphere
III. Revolution
11The Origins of the French RevolutionAmazon logo Doyle, William, ed. Old Regime France 1648-1788 (The Short Oxford History of France). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 195-248. ISBN: 9780198731290.

Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 1, "Social Causes of the Revolution," and chapter 2, "Monarchy Embattled." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.)
12The Problem of Nationalism IAmazon logo Bell, David A. The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680-1800. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001, pp. 1-106. ISBN: 9780674004474.
13The Problem of Nationalism IIAmazon logo Bell, David A. The Cult of the Nation in France: Inventing Nationalism, 1680-1800. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001, pp. 107-217. ISBN: 9780674004474.
141789, the Abolition of Feudalism, and the Rights of ManAmazon logo Baker, Keith M., ed. "Decrees of the National Assembly (10-11 August 1789)." In University of Chicago Readings in Western Civilization, Vol. 7: The Old Regime and the French Revolution. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1987, pp. 226-31. ISBN: 9780226069500.

Web Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 3, "Enlightenment and Human Rights." Be sure to read the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen," in the sidebar on page 1, and the "Declaration of the Rights of Women," in the sidebar on page 4.)
15From Constitutional Monarchy to the TerrorWeb Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read all of chapter 4, "Paris and the Politics of Rebellion," and chapter 6, "The Monarchy Falls." Read pages 1 and 2 of the seventh chapter, "War, Terror, and Resistance." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.)
16The DirectoryWeb Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read pages 3-5 of chapter 7, "War, Terror, and Resistance." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.)

Amazon logo Mason, Laura, and Tracey Rizzo, eds. "Orchestrating Politics From Above," and "Dissenters and Opponents." In The French Revolution: A Document Collection. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1998, pp. 281-319. ISBN: 9780669417807.
17The Revolution in Images and Song
IV. Empire
18Napoléon: DebatesWeb Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 9, "The Napoleonic Experience." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.)

Amazon logo Mason, Laura, and Tracey Rizzo, eds. "The French Civil Code." In The French Revolution: A Document Collection. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1998, pp. 340-47. ISBN: 9780669417807.

Amazon logo Furet, François, and Mona Ozouf, eds. "Napoleon Bonaparte." In A Critical Dictionary of the French Revolution. Cambridge MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1989, pp. 273-86. ISBN: 9780674177284.
19Napoléonic WarfareAmazon logo Ford, Franklin L. "The Dimensions of Violence." In Europe 1780-1830. 2nd ed. New York, NY: Longman, 1989, pp. 232-70. ISBN: 9780582033788.

Amazon logo Keegan, John. "Waterloo, June 18th, 1815." In The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme. New York, NY: Penguin, 1983, pp. 117-203. ISBN: 9780140048971.
20The French CaribbeanWeb Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 8, "Slavery and the French Revolution." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.)

Amazon logo Geggus, David P. "The Haitian Revolution." In Haitian Revolutionary Studies. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2002, pp. 5-29. ISBN: 9780253341044.

Amazon logo Dubois, Laurent. "The Promise of Revolution: Saint-Domingue and the Struggle for Autonomy in Guadeloupe, 1797-1802." In The Impact of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World. Edited by David P. Geggus. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina, 2002, pp. 112-34. ISBN: 9781570034169.
21Individual Consultation with Instructor
22LegaciesWeb Site: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. (Read chapter 10, "Legacies of the Revolution." Be sure to look at the material in the left-hand sidebars.)
23Visions of Empire
V. Final Projects
24Individual Consultation with Instructor
25-26Oral Presentations
27Conclusion

 








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