Becoming a Revolutionary : The Deputies of the French National Assembly and the Emergence of a Revolutionary Culture (1789-1790)

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Here Timothy Tackett tests some of the diverse explanations of the origins of the French Revolution by examining the psychological itineraries of the individuals who launched it--the deputies of the Estates General and the National Assembly. Based on a wide variety of sources, notably the letters and diaries of over a hundred deputies, the book ass