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The Ancient Regime
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Author : Hippolyte Adolphe Taine
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 1876
The Ancient Regime written by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with France categories.
In 1849, being twenty-one years of age, and an elector, I was very much puzzled, for I had to nominate fifteen or twenty deputies, and, moreover, according to French custom, I had not only to determine what candidate I would vote for, but what theory I should adopt. I had to choose between a royalist or a republican, a democrat or a conservative, a socialist or a bonapartist; as I was neither one nor the other, nor even anything, I often envied those around me who were so fortunate as to have arrived at definite conclusions. After listening to various doctrines, I acknowledged that there undoubtedly was something wrong with my head. The motives that influenced others did not influence me; I could not comprehend how, in political matters, a man could be governed by preferences. My assertive countrymen planned a constitution just like a house, according to the latest, simplest, and most attractive plan; and there were several under consideration—the mansion of a marquis, the house of a common citizen, the tenement of a laborer, the barracks of a soldier, the kibbutz of a socialist, and even the camp of savages. Each claimed that his was "the true habitation for Man, the only one in which a sensible person could live." In my opinion, the argument was weak; personal taste could not be valid for everyone. It seemed to me that a house should not be built for the architect alone, or for itself, but for the owner who was to live in it. Referring to the owner for his advice, that is submitting to the French people the plans of its future habitation, would evidently be either for show or just to deceive them; since the question, obviously, was put in such a manner that it provided the answer in advance. Besides, had the people been allowed to reply in all liberty, their response was in any case not of much value since France was scarcely more competent than I was; the combined ignorance of ten millions is not the equivalent of one man's wisdom. A people may be consulted and, in an extreme case, may declare what form of government it would like best, but not that which it most needs. Nothing but experience can determine this; it must have time to ascertain whether the political structure is convenient, substantial, able to withstand inclemency, and adapted to customs, habits, occupations, characters, peculiarities and caprices. For example, the one we have tried has never satisfied us; we have during eighty years demolished it thirteen times, each time setting it up anew, and always in vain, for never have we found one that suited us. If other nations have been more fortunate, or if various political structures abroad have proved stable and enduring, it is because these have been erected in a special way. Founded on some primitive, massive pile, supported by an old central edifice, often restored but always preserved, gradually enlarged, and, after numerous trials and additions, they have been adapted to the wants of its occupants. It is well to admit, perhaps, that there is no other way of erecting a permanent building. Never has one been put up instantaneously, after an entirely new design, and according to the measurements of pure Reason. A sudden contrivance of a new, suitable, and enduring constitution is an enterprise beyond the forces of the human mind.
The Old Regime And The Revolution
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Author : Alexis de Tocqueville
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1856
The Old Regime And The Revolution written by Alexis de Tocqueville and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1856 with History categories.
The Origins Of Contemporary France The Ancient R Gime
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Author : Hippolyte Taine
language : en
Publisher: New York : H. Holt, 1890- [v. 1
Release Date : 1876
The Origins Of Contemporary France The Ancient R Gime written by Hippolyte Taine and has been published by New York : H. Holt, 1890- [v. 1 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1876 with France categories.
The Ancient R Gime
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Author : Hippolyte Taine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
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Night The Old Regime Ended
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Author : Michael P. Fitzsimmons
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2010-11-01
Night The Old Regime Ended written by Michael P. Fitzsimmons and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-01 with History categories.
Ancien Regime And The Revolution
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Author : Alexis de Tocqueville
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2008-05-29
Ancien Regime And The Revolution written by Alexis de Tocqueville and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-29 with History categories.
The Ancien Régime and the Revolution is a comparison of revolutionary France and the despotic rule it toppled. Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–59) is an objective observer of both periods – providing a merciless critique of the ancien régime, with its venality, oppression and inequality, yet acknowledging the reforms introduced under Louis XVI, and claiming that the post-Revolution state was in many ways as tyrannical as that of the King; its once lofty and egalitarian ideals corrupted and forgotten. Writing in the 1850s, Tocqueville wished to expose the return to despotism he witnessed in his own time under Napoleon III, by illuminating the grand, but ultimately doomed, call to liberty made by the French people in 1789. His eloquent and instructive study raises questions about liberty, nationalism and justice that remain urgent today.
The Oxford Handbook Of The Ancien R Gime
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Author : William Doyle
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012
The Oxford Handbook Of The Ancien R Gime written by William Doyle and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
An exploration of current scholarly thinking about the wide and surprisingly complex range of historical problems associated with the study of Ancien Régime Europe
The Old Regime And The French Revolution
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Author : Alexis de Tocqueville
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-03-06
The Old Regime And The French Revolution written by Alexis de Tocqueville and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-06 with History categories.
This 1856 volume constitutes one of the most important books ever written about the French Revolution. It explores the rebellion's origins and consequences, offering timeless insights into the pursuit of individual and political freedom.
The Ancient Regime
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Author : Catherine Betty Abigail Behrens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
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The Ancien R Gime
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Author : Catherine Betty Abigail Behrens
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Release Date : 1967
The Ancien R Gime written by Catherine Betty Abigail Behrens and has been published by W. W. Norton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Europe categories.
The term, "Ancien Régime", was first used by contemporaries to describe retrospectively the social and political structure in France which the Revolution destroyed. It is shown here to be applicable also to different countries at different dates -- for example, to Russia at the end of the nineteenth century -- but it is discussed principally in relation to France in the fateful years between 1748 and 1789. This is the study of a complex society -- its economy, institutions and beliefs, and their erosion by material and ideological change.