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This investigation not only revises what historians have long thought of the attitude of barristers toward the French Revolution, but also offers insights into the corporate character of Old Regime society and how the Revolution affected it. Fitzsimmons's study suggests that many propertied commoners during the Revolution were not politically engaged, that they were not necessarily associated with a party or cause simply because of their place within a set of social relationships.
Annotation A sophisticated and groundbreaking book on what women actually did and what actually happened to them during the French Revolution.
The first critical edition of Alfred the Great's domboc ('book of laws') in over a century.
This 1987 book broadens our understanding of the proto-industrial era and the history of women.