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I. The Age of the Democratic Revolution

  • R. R. Palmer
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Age of the Democratic Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800, Volume 1
This chapter is in the book Age of the Democratic Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800, Volume 1
© 2021 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2021 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE v
  3. CONTENTS vii
  4. I. The Age of the Democratic Revolution 1
  5. II. Aristocracy about 1760: The Constituted Bodies 27
  6. III. Aristocracy about 1760: Theory and Practice 55
  7. IV. Clashes with Monarchy 85
  8. V. A Clash with Democracy: Geneva and Jean-Jacques Rousseau 111
  9. VI. The British Parliament between King and People 143
  10. VII. The American Revolution: The Forces in Conflict 185
  11. VIII. The American Revolution: The People as Constituent Power 213
  12. IX. Europe and the American Revolution 239
  13. X. Two Parliaments Escape Reform 285
  14. XI Democrats and Aristocrats—Dutch, Belgian, and Swiss 323
  15. XII. The Limitations of Enlightened Despotism 373
  16. XIII. The Lessons of Poland 411
  17. XIV. The French Revolution: The Aristocratic Resurgence 439
  18. XV. The French Revolution: The Explosion of 1789 469
  19. APPENDICES
  20. APPENDIX I References for the Quotations at Heads of Chapters 505
  21. APPENDIX II Translations of Metrical Passages 506
  22. APPENDIX III. Excerpts from Certain Basic Legal Documents 508
  23. APPENDIX IV. The Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, and the French Declaration of Rights of 1789 518
  24. APPENDIX V. "Democratic" and "Bourgeois" Characteristics in the French Constitution of 1791: Property Qualifications in France, Britain, and America 522
  25. INDEX 529
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400820115-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. PREFACE v
  3. CONTENTS vii
  4. I. The Age of the Democratic Revolution 1
  5. II. Aristocracy about 1760: The Constituted Bodies 27
  6. III. Aristocracy about 1760: Theory and Practice 55
  7. IV. Clashes with Monarchy 85
  8. V. A Clash with Democracy: Geneva and Jean-Jacques Rousseau 111
  9. VI. The British Parliament between King and People 143
  10. VII. The American Revolution: The Forces in Conflict 185
  11. VIII. The American Revolution: The People as Constituent Power 213
  12. IX. Europe and the American Revolution 239
  13. X. Two Parliaments Escape Reform 285
  14. XI Democrats and Aristocrats—Dutch, Belgian, and Swiss 323
  15. XII. The Limitations of Enlightened Despotism 373
  16. XIII. The Lessons of Poland 411
  17. XIV. The French Revolution: The Aristocratic Resurgence 439
  18. XV. The French Revolution: The Explosion of 1789 469
  19. APPENDICES
  20. APPENDIX I References for the Quotations at Heads of Chapters 505
  21. APPENDIX II Translations of Metrical Passages 506
  22. APPENDIX III. Excerpts from Certain Basic Legal Documents 508
  23. APPENDIX IV. The Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, and the French Declaration of Rights of 1789 518
  24. APPENDIX V. "Democratic" and "Bourgeois" Characteristics in the French Constitution of 1791: Property Qualifications in France, Britain, and America 522
  25. INDEX 529
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