The Enlightenment and the origins of the French Revolution
Proposed to be offered next in 1998
D Garrioch and W Kirsop
8 points
* 2 lectures and 1 tutorial per week
* First semester
*
Clayton
* Prohibited combination: HSY3270
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 Short essay (1500 words): 30%
* Research essay (4000
words): 50%
* Examination (1 hour): 20%
Prescribed texts
Recueil de textes Monash U
Recommended texts
Chartier R Les Origines culturelles de la Révolution française Editions du Seuil
Cranston M Philosophers and pamphleteers OUP
Darnton R Edition et sédition: L'univers de la littérature clandestine au XVIIIe siècle Gallimard
Darnton R The great cat massacre Penguin
Doyle W Origins of the French Revolution OUP
Lewis G The French Revolution: Rethinking the debate Routledge
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