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Author Firges, Pascal.

Title French revolutionaries in the Ottoman Empire : diplomacy, political culture, and the limiting of universal revolution, 1792-1798 / Pascal Firges
Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Contents PART I. FRANCO-OTTOMAN RELATIONS DURING THE REVOLUTION -- 1. The End of the French Diplematic Ancien Regime, p.25 -- 2. Negotiating for a Besieged Republic: Franco-Ottomarı Diplomacy, p.44 -- 3. Negotiating for a Victorious Republic: Franco-Ottomarı Diplomacy 1794-1798, p.70 -- PART II. FROM PARIS TO ISTANBUL: FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY FOREIGN POLICY AND DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE -- 4. Neglect or Refusal? The Revolutiorıary Covemrrıent's Attitude towards Franco-Ottomarı Negotiations during the Terror, p.95 -- 5. Between Innovation and Continuiry: French Revolutionary Political Culture and Diplematic Practice, p.116 -- 6. Self-Containmenr or World Revolution? The Purpose of French Revolutionary Propaganda, p.133 -- PART III. REGIME CHANGE IN THE FRENCH COMMUNITIES OF THE LEVANT, 1792-1795 -- 7. Forgotten by Liberry? Regime Change and the Challenges to Consular Aurhoriry in the Levant, p.157 -- 8. On Silent Feet: Stabilizing the Regime Change in the French Communities, p.191 -- 9. Turning Expatriates into Citizens: The Ernergenee of a New Political Culture in the Freneh Cornrrıunities of the Levant, p.224 -- Conclusian: The Freneh Revalutian on Silent Feet, p.249
Summary "The effects of the French Revolution reached far beyond the confines of France itself. The Ottoman Empire, ancient ally and major trading partner of France, was not immune from the repercussions of the 'Age of Revolutions', especially since it was home to permanent French communities with a certain legal autonomy. French Revolutionaries in the Ottoman Empire examines, for the first time, the political and cultural impact of the French Revolution on Franco-Ottoman relations, as well as on the French communities of the Ottoman Empire. The modern interpretation of revolutionary ideological expansionism is strongly influenced by the famous propaganda decree of 19 November 1792 which promised 'fraternity and help to all peoples who wish to recover their liberty', as well as the well-studied efforts to export the Revolution into the territories conquered by the revolutionary armies and to the various Sister Republics. Against all expectations, however, French revolutionaries in the Ottoman Empire exhibited neither a 'crusading mentality' nor a heightened readiness to use force in order to achieve ideological goals. Instead, as this volume shows, in matters of diplomacy as well as in the administration of French expatriate communities, revolutionary policies were applied in an extremely circumspect fashion. The focus on the effects of the French regime change outside of France offers valuable new insights into the revolutionary process itself, which will revise common assumptions about French revolutionary diplomacy. In addition, Pascal Firges takes a close look at the establishment of the new political culture of the French Revolution within the transcultural context of the French expatriate communities of the Ottoman Empire, which serves as a thought-provoking point of comparison for the emergence and development of French revolutionary political culture."-- Provided by publisher
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Subject Diplomatic relations
Diplomatische Beziehungen
Revolutionär
SUBJECT France -- Foreign relations -- Turkey -- 1789-1815
Turkey -- Foreign relations -- France
Turkey -- Foreign relations -- 18th century
Subject France
Turkey
Frankreich
Osmanisches Reich
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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