21H.346 France 1660-1815: Enlightenment, Revolution, Napoleon, Fall 2005
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Ravel, Jeffrey S.
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France 1660-1815: Enlightenment, Revolution, Napoleon
Date Issued
December 2005
Abstract
A century and a half ago, Alexis de Tocqueville argued that the Revolution of 1789 in France constituted the culmination of long-term administrative and social changes, rather than a rupture with the past. In this class, we will consider that Tocquevillian insight by examining four aspects of French experience from the reign of the Sun King, Louis XIV, to the rule of the Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte: Absolutism, Enlightenment, Revolution, and Empire. Through the study of primary and secondary sources, we will see how the material lives, mental worlds, and individual and communal identities of the French changed over this century and a half.
Subjects
French Revolution
Napoleon
constitutional monarchy
France
de Tocqueville
administrative
social
changes
Louis XIV
absolutism
enlightenment
revolution
empire
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section
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