This book fills a gap in the literature on the French Revolution,
and offers a synthesis which brings together the fruits of two
generations' research in the field of French rural and agrarian
history. The contention of Georges Lefebvre (the greatest authority
on eighteenth-century rural history) that the peasantry occupied
the centre-stage during the early years of the Revolution is
vindicated with the support of fresh evidence culled from local and
national archives, unpublished theses and little-known printed
sources. Lefebvre's subsidiary argument, that peasant participation
in the Revolution ran counter to its main capitalist thrust,
receives a more qualified endorsement. The hook also offers a
comprehensive survey of the fortunes of country dwellers from the
end of the ancien regime until the advent of Napoleon. Chapters are
arranged both chronologically and thematically to provide a
complete history of the Revolution as experienced at 'grass-roots'.
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