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<p>Notes on Contributors x</p> <p>Abbreviations xiv</p> <p>Introduction xv<br /> <i>Peter McPhee</i></p> <p><b>Part I the Origins and nature of the Crisis of 1789 1</b></p> <p>1 Rethinking the Origins of the French Revolution 3<br /> <i>Peter Campbell</i></p> <p>2 The Social and Economic Crisis in France at the End of the Ancien Régime24<br /> <i>Jean-Pierre Jessenne</i></p> <p>3 The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution 42<br /> <i>Sarah Maza</i></p> <p>4 France and the Atlantic World 57<br /> <i>Miranda Spieler</i></p> <p><b>Part II Reshaping France, 1789–91 73</b></p> <p>5 The Principles of 1789 75<br /> <i>Michael P. Fitzsimmons</i></p> <p>6 Reimagining Space and Power 91<br /> <i>Alan Forrest</i></p> <p>7 “The Case against the King,” 1789–93 107<br /> <i>Barry M. Shapiro</i></p> <p><b>Part III Church, State, and War 121</b></p> <p>8 The Ancien Régime, Catholic Europe, and the Revolution’s Religious Schism 123<br /> <i>Dale Van Kley</i></p> <p>9 The Origins and Outcomes of Religious Schism, 1790–99 145<br /> <i>Edward J. Woell</i></p> <p>10 A Tale of Two Narratives: The French Revolution in International Context, 1787–93 161<br /> <i>Thomas E. Kaiser</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Contesting the Limits of Revolution 179</b></p> <p>11 Whose Revolution? 181<br /> <i>Serge Aberdam</i></p> <p>12 Gender, Sexuality, and Political Culture 196<br /> <i>Anne Verjus</i></p> <p>13 The Peasantry, Feudalism, and the Environment, 1789–93 212<br /> <i>Noelle Plack</i></p> <p><b>Part V Revolutionary and Counter-Revolutionary Violence 229</b></p> <p>14 Urban Crowds, Riot, Utopia, and Massacres, 1789–92 231<br /> <i>Donald Sutherland</i></p> <p>15 The Vendée, Chouannerie, and the State, 1791–99 246<br /> <i>Jean-Clément Martin</i></p> <p><b>Part VI Political Choice and Practice 261</b></p> <p>16 Friends, Enemies, and the Role of the Individual 263<br /> <i>Marisa Linton</i></p> <p>17 Choosing Revolution and Counter-Revolution 278<br /> <i>Peter M. Jones</i></p> <p>18 The Course of the Terror, 1793–94 293<br /> <i>David Andress</i></p> <p><b>Part VII Searching For Stability, 1794–99 311</b></p> <p>19 The Thermidorian Reaction 313<br /> <i>Laura Mason</i></p> <p>20 The Political Culture of the Directory 328<br /> <i>James Livesey</i></p> <p>21 The New Security State 343<br /> <i>Howard G. Brown</i></p> <p>22 The White Terror: Factions, Reactions, and the Politics of Vengeance 359<br /> <i>Stephen Clay</i></p> <p><b>Part VIII The Revolution in International Perspective 379</b></p> <p>23 The International Repercussions of the French Revolution 381<br /> <i>Mike Rapport</i></p> <p>24 Slavery and the Colonies 397<br /> <i>Frédéric Régent</i></p> <p>25 The Revolutionary Mediterranean 419<br /> <i>Ian Coller</i></p> <p><b>Part IX Change and Continuity In France 435</b></p> <p>26 A Revolution in Political Culture 437<b><br /> </b><i>Isser Woloch</i></p> <p>27 The Economy, Society, and the Environment 454<br /> <i>Peter McPhee</i></p> <p>28 The French Revolution and the Family 470<br /> <i>Suzanne Desan</i></p> <p>29 The Revolution in History, Commemoration, and Memory 486<br /> <i>Pascal Dupuy</i></p> <p>Index 503</p>

<p>“The essays range widely across the whole revolutionary era, offering excellent surveys of recent research and suggesting how contemporary historians are redefining the Revolution’s historical significance.”  <i>(H-France)</i></p> <p>“The Revolution will never be exhausted as a subject of historical interest; this volume is an excellent survey of the current state of research.” <i>(Reference Reviews)</i></p>

<b>Peter McPhee</b> is Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne. His publications include <i>Living the French Revolution 1789-1799</i> (2006) and <i>Robespierre: a Revolutionary Life</i> (2012). A Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and the Academy of Social Sciences, McPhee was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2012 for service to education and the discipline of history.

The French Revolution is one of the great turning-points in modern history. Never before had the people of a large and populous country sought to remake their society on the basis of the principles of popular sovereignty and civic equality. The drama, success, and tragedy of their project, and of the attempts to arrest or reverse it, have attracted scholarly debate for more than two centuries. <p>So why was there a Revolution in 1789? Why did it prove so difficult to stabilize the new regime? What factors caused the Revolution to take its particular course? And what were the consequences, domestic and abroad, of a decade of revolutionary change? Featuring contributions from an international cast of acclaimed historians, <i>A Companion to the French Revolution</i> addresses these and other critical questions as it points the way to future scholarship.</p>

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