CHAPTER ONE. The Three Estates: A Collective Biography

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
5. NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS xiii
6. ABBREVIATIONS xv
7. INTRODUCTION 1
8. PART ONE: DEPUTY BACKGROUNDS
9. CHAPTER ONE. The Three Estates: A Collective Biography 19
10. CHAPTER TWO. A Revolution of the Mind? 48
11. CHAPTER THREE. The Political Apprenticeship 77
12. PART TWO: ORIGINS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY DYNAMIC
13. CHAPTER FOUR. The Creation of the National Assembly 119
14. CHAPTER FIVE. The Experience of Revolution 149
15. CHAPTER SIX. Factional Formation and the Revolutionary Dynamic: August to November 176
16. PART THREE: POLITICS AND REVOLUTION
17. CHAPTER SEVEN. The Deputies as Lawgivers 211
18. CHAPTER EIGHT. Jacobins and Capuchins: The Revolutionary Dynamic through April 1790 240
19. CHAPTER NINE. To End a Revolution 273
20. CONCLUSION 302
21. APPENDIX I. Marriage Dowries of Deputies in Livres 314
22. APPENDIX II. Estimated Deputy Fortunes and Incomes in Livres at the End of the Old Regime 318
23. APPENDIX III. Leading Deputy Speakers during the National Assembly 321
24. SOURCES 323
25. INDEX 339