A panorama of a whole civilization, a world on the verge of
cataclysm, unfolds in this magisterial work by the foremost
historian of eighteenth-century France. Since Tocqueville's account
of the Old Regime, historians have struggled to understand the
social, cultural, and political intricacies of this efflorescence
of French society before the Revolution." France in the
Enlightenment" is a brilliant addition to this historical interest.
"France in the Enlightenment" brings the Old Regime to life by
showing how its institutions operated and how they were understood
by the people who worked within them. Daniel Roche begins with a
map of space and time, depicting France as a mosaic of overlapping
geographical units, with people and goods traversing it to the
rhythms of everyday life. He fills this frame with the patterns of
rural life, urban culture, and government institutions. Here as
never before we see the eighteenth-century French "culture of
appearances": the organization of social life, the diffusion of
ideas, the accoutrements of ordinary people in the folkways of
ordinary living--their food and clothing, living quarters, reading
material. Roche shows us the eighteenth-century France of the
peasant, the merchant, the noble, the King, from Paris to the
provinces, from the public space to the private home.
By placing politics and material culture at the heart of
historical change, Roche captures the complexity and depth of the
Enlightenment. From the finest detail to the widest view, from the
isolated event to the sweeping trend, his masterly book offers an
unparalleled picture of a society in motion, flush with the
transformation that will be its own demise.
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