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1 online resource (xiii, 334 pages) : illustrations |
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Contents; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: The Old Regime; ONE: Policing in the Old Regime; TWO: The Culture of Calumny and Honor; THREE: Imagining Press Freedom and Limits in the Enlightenment; FOUR: From the Cahiers de doléances to the Declaration of Rights; Part II: The French Revolution; FIVE: From Lèse-Nation to the Law of Suspects: Legislating Limits; SIX: Oaths, Honor, and the Sacred Foundations of Authority; SEVEN: From Local Repression to High Justice: Limits in Action; EIGHT: Policing the Moral Limits: Public Spirit, Surveillance, and the Remaking of Mœurs; Conclusion |
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NotesWorks Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Summary |
In the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789, French revolutionaries proclaimed the freedom of speech, religion, and opinion. Censorship was abolished, and much like the early American Republic, France appeared to be on a path towards freedom, tolerance, and pluralism. Four years later, however, the country slid into a period of political terror. Thousands were indicted for speech crimes, many of whom were guillotined. The revolutionary government also set out to morally regenerate society, monitoring and engineering public opinion in ways scholars have characterized as t |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Freedom of speech -- France -- History
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Censorship -- France -- History
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Civil rights -- France -- History -- 18th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Censorship.
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Civil rights.
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Freedom of speech.
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France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051319
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| Subject |
France.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0199710015 |
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9780199710010 |
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1281987107 |
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9781281987105 |
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