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The abolition of feudalism : peasants, lords, and legislators in the French Revolution

Author: John Markoff
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"One of the most important results of the French Revolution was the destruction of the old feudal order, which for centuries had kept the common people of the countryside subject to the lords. In this book, John Markoff addresses the ways in which insurrectionary peasants and revolutionary legislators joined in bringing "the time of the lords" to an end and how, in that ending, seigneurial rights came to be central  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Markoff, John, 1942-
Abolition of feudalism.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c1996
(OCoLC)605983538
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: John Markoff
ISBN: 0271015381 9780271015385 027101539X 9780271015392
OCLC Number: 33897568
Awards: American Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award, 1998.
Description: xviii, 689 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: John Markoff.

Abstract:

"One of the most important results of the French Revolution was the destruction of the old feudal order, which for centuries had kept the common people of the countryside subject to the lords. In this book, John Markoff addresses the ways in which insurrectionary peasants and revolutionary legislators joined in bringing "the time of the lords" to an end and how, in that ending, seigneurial rights came to be central to the very sense of the Revolution. He traces the interaction of peasants and legislators, showing how they confronted, challenged, and implicitly negotiated with one another during the course of events."--BOOK JACKET.

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