The Jacobins An Essay in the New History |
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| Author:
| Brinton, Crane |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4128-1833-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Publisher: | Transaction Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $61.60 |
Book Description:
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The Jacobins were the most famous of the political clubs that fomented the French Revolution. Initially moderate, they are remembered mainly for instituting the Reign of Terror. Crane Brinton offers not an account of the actions of major figures, but an anatomy of Jacobinism, its membership, beliefs and political platform, the relations between the central Paris club and the regional groups, and how it evolved from moderation to tyranny.
The Jacobins were the most famous of the political clubs that fomented the French Revolution. Initially moderate, they are remembered mainly for instituting the Reign of Terror. Crane Brinton offers not an account of the actions of major figures, but an anatomy of Jacobinism, its membership, beliefs and political platform, the relations between the central Paris club and the regional groups, and how it evolved from moderation to tyranny.