Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Prerevolutionary France -- Social and Political Heritage -- The Social Order of the Ancien Régime -- Monarchy and Church -- Commitment to Modernization -- Lettres De Cachet -- Continuity and Change -- Agricultural Patterns -- Industrial Production -- Commerce -- Cities -- Cultural Transformation -- The Influence of Montesquieu and Rousseau -- Chapter 2: Causes of the Revolution -- Foreign Policy and Financial Crisis -- Domestic Policy and Reform Efforts -- Tax Reform -- Parlements -- The Taille and Capitation Taxes -- King and Parlements -- Affair of the Diamond Necklace -- The Buildup to Revolution -- Chapter 3: The Destruction of the Ancien Régime -- The Convergence of Revolutions, 1789 -- The Juridical Revolution -- Parisian Revolt -- The Flag of France -- Peasant Insurgencies -- The Abolition of Feudalism -- The New Regime -- Restructuring France -- Sale of National Lands -- Seeds of Discord -- Religious Tensions -- Political Tensions -- Chapter 4: The First French Republic -- The Second Revolution -- A Republic in Crisis -- Girondins and Montagnards -- The Reign of Terror -- The Jacobin Dictatorship -- French Republican Calendar -- The Army of the Republic -- The Thermidorian Reaction -- The Directory -- François-Noël Babeuf -- Sister Republics -- Alienation and Coups -- Chapter 5: The Napoleonic Era -- The Consulate -- Loss of Political Freedom -- Society in Napoleonic France -- Religious Policy -- Napoleonic Nobility -- The Civil Code -- The Napoleonic Code Beyond France -- Campaigns and Conquests, 1797-1807 -- The Grand Empire -- The Continental System -- Conscription -- Napoleon and the Revolution -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.