This book reasserts the importance of the French Revolution to an understanding of the nature of modern European politics and social life. Livesey argues that t

Situating the French Revolution in the context of early modern globalization for the first time, this book offers a new approach to understanding its internatio

From the start of the French Revolution, contemporary observers were struck by the overwhelming theatricality of political events. Examples of convergence betwe

Nations are not trapped by their pasts, but events that happened hundreds or even thousands of years ago continue to exert huge influence on present-day politic