Conceptualizing the French Revolution: Problems and Methods

Authors

Ronald Schechter, William & MaryFollow

Files

Document Type

Book Chapter

Department/Program

History

Publication Date

3-2001

Book Title

The French Revolution: The Essential Readings

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Editor

Ronald Schechter

First Page

1

Last Page

30

Abstract

Excerpt from the book chapter: "In France, for roughly half a century, Marxist historians enjoyed a virtual monopoly over the academic historiography of the French Revolution. Beginning in 1928 the Sorbonne's prestigious chair in the History of the French Revolution was reserved for historians with a demonstrable commitment to socialism. The combination of a rigid hierarchy in French academia and a leftist orientation among French intellectuals more generally - -particularly during the quarter century after World War II, when the fabled anti-fascist record of communism provided it with moral authority - made it nearly impossible to challenge he reigning orthodoxy..."

ISBN

9780631212706

Recommended Citation

Schechter, R. (2001). Conceptualizing the French Revolution: Problems and Methods. Ronald Schechter (Ed.), The French Revolution: The Essential Readings (pp. 1-30). Wiley-Blackwell. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/asbookchapters/147