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Richard Cobb is one of the most active and influential English historians of France. During a long career of research and writing, his interest has ranged from the Revolution to Vichy. He is especially renowned for his seminal work on the popular movement and on popular attitudes and preoccupations during the Revolution, as well as on its provincial history. This collection of essays is written by his friends, and is dedicated to him. The essays reflect some of the issues that have preoccupied Richard Cobb. Focused on some less familiar corners of the history of the Directory and the Consulate, it is concerned with regional and social rather than metropolitan and political history.
Cambridge University Press
Title: Beyond the Terror
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Richard Cobb is one of the most active and influential English historians of France.
During a long career of research and writing, his interest has ranged from the Revolution to Vichy.
He is especially renowned for his seminal work on the popular movement and on popular attitudes and preoccupations during the Revolution, as well as on its provincial history.
This collection of essays is written by his friends, and is dedicated to him.
The essays reflect some of the issues that have preoccupied Richard Cobb.
Focused on some less familiar corners of the history of the Directory and the Consulate, it is concerned with regional and social rather than metropolitan and political history.
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