Rewriting the French Revolution

Exploring the historical controversy over the meaning of the French Revolution eight of the most distinguished scholars in the field--Francois Furet Norman Hampson Colin Jones Louis Bergeron Michel Vovelle Alan Forrest and T.C.W. Blanning-- present new interpretations of its major themes focusing on the areas of intellectual political religious and social development. Two hundred years after the event this book is a major statement of current thinking on the Revolution which will stimulate all historians of the French Revolution.