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Bastille - băstēlˈ [O.Fr.,=fortress], fortress and state prison in Paris, located, until its demolition (started in 1789), near the site of the present Place de la Bastille. It was begun c.1369 by Hugh Aubriot, provost of the merchants [mayor] of Paris under King Charles V. Arbitrary and secret imprisonment by lettre de cachet gave rise to


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    The Bastille: A History of a Symbol of Despotism and Freedom » Read Now

    by Hans-Jurgen Lusebrink, Rolf Reichardt. 306 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...THE BASTILLE A book in the series Bicentennial...Estate? William H. Sewell Jr. THE BASTILLE A HISTORY OF A SYMBOL OF DESPOTISM...paper ; Originally published as Die "...
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    The Spirit of Revolution in 1789 (Chap. V "The Capture of the Bastille") » Read Now

    by Cornwell B. Rogers. 363 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...CHAPTER V. THE CAPTURE OF THE BASTILLE 106 CHAPTER VI. THE...gathering, by the subsequent capture of the Bastille, and by other events of the year 1789...the anniversary of...
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    Paris, Capital of Europe: From the Revolution to the Belle Epoque ("July 14 and Its Consequences" begins on p. 44) » Read Now

    by Eveline L. Kanes, Johannes Willms. 436 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    This account of Paris when it was considered the capital of Europe provides an unusually full treatment of all aspects of the city's history from the eve of the French Revolution to the days preceding World War 1.
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    The Crowd in the French Revolution (Chap. IV "July 1789") » Read Now

    by George Rude. 283 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    ...the crowds composed that stormed the Bastille in July 1789, marched to Versailles...revolutionaries and the captors of the Bastille are the lowest social scum: La...
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    Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution 1789-1799, Vol. 1 ("Bastille" begins on p. 68) » Read Now

    by Samuel F. Scott, Barry Rothaus. 536 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    "Scholars of the French Revolution will find this dictionary very useful for historiographic analysis as well as for factual reference. An excellent resource. . . ." Choice
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    The Oxford History of the French Revolution (Discussion of the Bastille begins on p. 110) » Read Now

    by William Doyle. 468 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Massacres were nothing new to the late eighteenth-century world, but the prospect of a government systematically executing its opponents by the cartload for months on end presented Europe with a new and unimaginable horror. The Reign of Terror and the French Revolution as a whole transformed the...
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    The Making of Revolutionary Paris (Includes discussion of the Bastille in multiple chapters) » Read Now

    by David Garrioch. 382 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    "An unusually compelling work of scholarly synthesis: a history of a city of revolution in a revolutionary century. Garrioch claims that until 1750 Paris remained a city characterized by a powerful sense of hierarchy. From the mid-century on, however, and with gathering speed, economic, demographic...
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    Blood in the City: Violence and Revelation in Paris, 1789-1945 (Includes discussion of the Bastille in multiple chapters) » Read Now

    by Richard D. E. Burton. 395 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    Drawing on historical, literary, visual, anthropological, and psychological sources, Burton develops a wide-ranging account of violence in modern French politics. He provides an insight into the widespread French obsession with conspiracy.
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    Cultures in Conflict: The French Revolution (Discussion of the Bastille begins on p. 4) » Read Now

    by Gregory S. Brown. 213 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library
    The French Revolution remains one of the crucial events of modern European and world history. This book introduces students to the French Revolution through an historical and cultural overview, as well as the contextual framing of primary documents of ordinary people's experiences in the dramatic...
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    Rights of Man: Common Sense and Other Political Writings (Discussion of the Bastille begins on p. 98) » Read Now

    by Thomas Paine, Mark Philp. 510 pgs.

    Thomas Paine was the first international revolutionary. His Common Sense (1776) was the most widely read pamphlet of the American Revolution--and his Rights of Man (1791-2), the most famous defense of the French Revolution, sent out a clarion call for revolution throughout the world. Paine paid the...

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