WAS THERE AN ARISTOCRATIC REACTION IN PRE–REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE ?
WAS THERE AN ARISTOCRATIC REACTION IN PRE–REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE ?
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大革命前的法国有贵族反应吗?
DOI:
10.1093/past/57.1.97
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1972
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W. Doyle
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作者:
W. Doyle
AMID THE TURMOIL OF DEBATE WHICH HAS CHARACTERIZED THE STUDY of the French Revolution and its origins in recent years, it migh seem that no aspect could escape renewed and critical scutiny. Yet this impression is deceptive. The history of the Revolution continues to be charted with reference to many landmarks seemingly so well-established that historians take them for granted. One such landmark is the" aristocratic reaction" of the last years of the old regime. Emphases differ, and some historians use the idea in a far broader sense than others. But it finds its place in most of the standard works,'and writers of monographs feel equally obliged to take account of it. Most descriptions of the aristocratic reaction comprise one or more of four elements: I. Political reaction. This was the campaign of the nobility, beginning in 1715 and culminating in the" noble revolt" of 1787-8, to recover the political power it had lost under Louis XIV. The main vehicles of the movement were the parlements, which became the spearhead of all noble pretentions over the century. 2 2. Ideological reaction. 3 This was exemplified by the works of such writers as Saint-Simon, Fenelon, Boulainvilliers and Montes-quieu; and the remonstrances of the parlements, all of which were manifestoes for noble control of the state.