Screen LibraryThe French emigres in Europe and the struggle against revolution, 1789-1814
Underlines, for the first time, the achievements rather than the failures, of the Aemigres. Different specialist essays describe their impact from London to Hungary, from Lisbon to Prussia, and confirm their critical importance in the politics, ideology and culture of their time. The French Aemigres...
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Underlines, for the first time, the achievements rather than the failures, of the Aemigres. Different specialist essays describe their impact from London to Hungary, from Lisbon to Prussia, and confirm their critical importance in the politics, ideology and culture of their time. The French Aemigres were more than refugees. 'This collection of essays opens up a neglected aspect of the French Revolution: the experiences of those who fled abroad and their efforts to come to terms with the societies in which they found themselves. It throws a new light on the diversity and complexity of a subject that has too often been taken for granted.' - Norman Hampson, Professor Emeritus, University of York 'Like political refugees throughout history, those who emigrated from Revolutionary France have received short shrift from historians of the period. Too often they have been presented as rather lifeless stereotypes, the stuff of revolutionary and counter-revolutionary legends, to be praised by royalists and reviled by radicals. This timely collection of essays discusses the Aemigres as individuals and examines their diverse experiences across widely contrasting European societies. In the process it helps to show them as men and women forced by circumstance to make hard and painful choices.' - Alan Forrest, Professor of History, University of York. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780333744369, 1999. |
| Carrier Form: | 264 p. |
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9780333744369 9780230508774 : 0230508774 : |
| CLC: | K565.41 |
| Contents: | List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction From Coblenz to Hartwell: the Aemigre Government and the European Powers 1791-1814-- P.Mansel A European Destiny: The Armee de Conde 1792-1801-- F.d'Agay London: Capital of the Emigration-- K.Carpenter French Aemigres in Hungary-- F.Toth Portugal and the Aemigres-- D.Higgs French Aemigres in Prussia during the Revolution of 1789-- T.Hopel French Aemigres in Edinburgh-- Lord Mackenzie-Stuart Le Milliard des Aemigres-- The Impact of the Indemnity Bill of 1825 on French Society-- A.Franke French Aemigres in the United States-- T.C.Sosnowski The Aemigre Novel-- M.Cook Danloux in England (1792-1802): An Aemigre Artist-- A.Goodden The Image of the Republic in the Press of the London Aemigres, 1792-1802-- S.Burrows Burke, Boisgelin and the Politics of the Aemigre bishops-- N.Aston 'Fearless Resting Place.' The Exiled Clergy in Great Britain, 1789-1815-- D.A.Bellenger Index. |