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Interpreting the Ancien Regime (Paperback)
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Interpreting the Ancien Regime (Paperback)
Series: Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, 2014:09
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The work of David Bien, one of America's foremost historians of
eighteenth-century France, transformed our understanding of the
ancien regime and the origins of the French Revolution. The editors
bring together for the first time his most important articles,
other previously unpublished essays and an interview transcript.
Bien's empirically-grounded approach made him a central figure in
the 'revisionist' debates on the origins of the French Revolution.
His re-reading of the Calas affair as an anomaly in a growing trend
of tolerance (rather than a sign of widespread bigotry among an
entire class of magistrates) opened up significant new insights
into the history of religious persecution, long influenced by
Voltaire. Bien's ground-breaking research on the army and the sale
of offices revealed the surprising extent of social mobility at the
time and challenged the prevailing orthodoxy that it was
frustration of the bourgeoisie which contributed to the outbreak of
the Revolution. With a preface by Keith Baker and an introduction
by Michael Christofferson, Interpreting the 'ancien
regime'underlines the seminal importance of David Bien's work for
contemporary debates about the social and political history of
late-eighteenth-century France. It will be an indispensible
resource for historians and historiographers alike.
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