The Enlightenment and the origins of the French Revolution
Proposed to be offered next in 1998
David Garrioch
8 points
* Two lectures and one tutorial per week
* First semester
* Clayton
* Prohibited combination: FRN3270
Objectives Students completing this subject should be familiar with the politics and society of eighteenth-century France, and should have thought about the relationship between ideas, economics, and politics in sustaining or undermining a regime. They should be aware of the main debates over the origins of the French Revolution.
Synopsis Understanding the French Revolution is impossible without a knowledge of the society in which it erupted. This subject looks at the changes in French society, culture and politics in the half-century before the revolution. Central themes are the shift from religious to secular politics; changes in government and administration; the development of the new political ideologies and their challenge to the Old Regime state; demographic change and its social impact; the social and political consequences of economic growth and overseas expansion. The subject will conclude with a study of the 1789 revolution and its immediate causes.
Assessment second year Short exercises (500 words): 15%
* Short
essay (1500 words): 25%
* Long essay (2500 words): 35%
* Examination
(1.5 hours): 25%
* Students may submit an additional 1500-word essay in
place of an examination.
Assessment third year Short exercises (500 words): 10%
* Literature
survey (1000 words): 20%
* Research essay (3000 words): 45%
*
Examination (1.5 hours): 25%
* Students may submit an additional 1500-word
essay in place of an examination.
Recommended texts
Chartier R The cultural origins of the French Revolution Duke U P, 1991
Cranston M Philosophers and pamphleteers OUP, 1986
Doyle W Origins of the French Revolution OUP, 1980
Jones P Reform and revolution in France CUP, 1995
Lewis G The French Revolution: Rethinking the debate Routledge, 1993
Outram D The Enlightenment CUP 1995
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