TY - BOOK ID - 19364357 TI - Becoming a revolutionary : the deputies of the French National Assembly and the emergence of a revolutionary culture (1789-1790) PY - 1996 SN - 0691602441 0691043841 1400864313 1306984289 0691631921 9780691043845 PB - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Political culture KW - -Enlightenment KW - -Legislators KW - Lawmakers KW - Legislatures, Members of KW - Members of legislatures KW - Members of parliaments KW - Parliaments, Members of KW - Aufklärung KW - History KW - -Influence KW - Attitudes. KW - France. Assemblee nationale constituante (1789-1791) KW - France KW - Pʻŭrangsŭ KW - Frankrig KW - Francja KW - Frant︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Prantsusmaa KW - Francia (Republic) KW - Tsarfat KW - Tsorfat KW - Franḳraykh KW - Frankreich KW - Fa-kuo KW - Faguo KW - Франция KW - French Republic KW - République française KW - Peurancih KW - Frankryk KW - Franse Republiek KW - Francland KW - Frencisc Cynewīse KW - فرنسا KW - Faransā KW - Franza KW - Republica Franzesa KW - Gallia (Republic) KW - Hyãsia KW - Phransiya KW - Fransa KW - Fransa Respublikası KW - Franse KW - Францыя KW - Frantsyi︠a︡ KW - Французская Рэспубліка KW - Frantsuzskai︠a︡ Rėspublika KW - Parancis KW - Pransya KW - Franis KW - Francuska KW - Republika Francuska KW - Bro-C'hall KW - Френска република KW - Frenska republika KW - França KW - República Francesa KW - Pransiya KW - Republikang Pranses KW - Γαλλία KW - Gallia KW - Γαλλική Δημοκρατία KW - Gallikē Dēmokratia KW - فرانسه KW - Farānsah KW - צרפת KW - רפובליקה הצרפתית KW - Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit KW - פראנקרייך KW - 法国 KW - 法蘭西共和國 KW - Falanxi Gongheguo KW - フランス KW - Furansu KW - フランス共和国 KW - Furansu Kyōwakoku KW - Francija KW - Ranska KW - Frankrike KW - -Causes. KW - Legislators KW - Enlightenment KW - Attitudes KW - Influence KW - France. KW - Causes KW - Influence. KW - Revolution, 1789-1799 KW - 18th century KW - France. Assemblée nationale constituante KW - Causes. KW - אספה הלאומית, 9871־1971 KW - Culture KW - Political science KW - Statesmen KW - Eighteenth century KW - Philosophy, Modern KW - Rationalism KW - Political culture - France - History - 18th century KW - Legislators - France - Attitudes KW - Enlightenment - France - Influence KW - France - History - Revolution, 1789-1799 - Causes UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:19364357 AB - Here Timothy Tackett tests some of the diverse explanations of the origins of the French Revolution by examining the psychological itineraries of the individuals who launched it--the deputies of the Estates General and the National Assembly. Based on a wide variety of sources, notably the letters and diaries of over a hundred deputies, the book assesses their collective biographies and their cultural and political experience before and after 1789. In the face of the current "revisionist" orthodoxy, it argues that members of the Third Estate differed dramatically from the Nobility in wealth, status, and culture.Virtually all deputies were familiar with some elements of the Enlightenment, yet little evidence can be found before the Revolution of a coherent oppositional "ideology" or "discourse." Far from the inexperienced ideologues depicted by the revisionists, the Third Estate deputies emerge as practical men, more attracted to law, history, and science than to abstract philosophy. Insofar as they received advance instruction in the possibility of extensive reform, it came less from reading books than from involvement in municipal and regional politics and from the actions and decrees of the monarchy itself. Before their arrival in Versailles, few deputies envisioned changes that could be construed as "Revolutionary." Such new ideas emerged primarily in the process of the Assembly itself and continued to develop, in many cases, throughout the first year of the Revolution.Originally published in 1996.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. ER -