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David Bell's new book traces the development of the French legal profession between the reign of Louis XIV and the French Revolution, showing how lawyers influenced, and were influenced by, the period's passionate political and religious conflicts. Bell analyzes how these key ""middling"" figures in French society were transformed from the institutional technicians of absolute monarchy into the self-appointed ""voices of public opinion,"" and leaders of opposition political journalism. He describes the birth of an independent legal profession in the late seventeenth century, its alienation fro

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In a work of lucid prose and striking originality, Bell offers the first comprehensive survey of patriotism and national sentiment in early modern France, and shows how the dialectical relationship between nationalism and religion left a complex legacy that still resonates in debates over French national identity today.

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" This Very Short Introduction might prove disappointing to those expecting an introduction to a very short man. Dispelling the myth of Napoleon Bonaparte's short stature, as well as the other rumors and legends, David Bell provides a concise, accurate, and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, situating him firmly in historical context. This book emphasizes the astonishing sense of human possibility--for both good and ill--that Napoleon represented. By his late twenties, Napoleon was already one of the greatest generals in European history. At thirty, he had become absolute master of Europe's most powerful country. In his early forties, he ruled a European empire more powerful than any since Rome, fighting wars that changed the shape of the continent and brought death to millions. Then everything collapsed, leading him to spend his last years in miserable exile in the South Atlantic. Bell underscores the importance of the French Revolution in understanding Napoleon's career. The revolution made possible the unprecedented concentration of political authority that Napoleon accrued, and his success in mobilizing human and material resources. Without the political changes brought about by the revolution, Napoleon could not have fought his wars. Without the wars, he could not have seized and held onto power. Though his virtual dictatorship betrayed the ideals of liberty and equality, his life and career were revolutionary. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. "-- "This Very Short Introduction might prove disappointing to those expecting an introduction to a very short man. Dispelling the myth of Napoleon Bonaparte's short stature, as well as the other rumors and legends, David Bell provides a concise, accurate, and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, situating him firmly in historical context.This book emphasizes the astonishing sense of human possibility--for both good and ill--that Napoleon represented. By his late twenties, Napoleon was already one of the greatest generals in European history. At thirty, he had become absolute master of Europe's most powerful country. In his early forties, he ruled a European empire more powerful than any since Rome, fighting wars that changed the shape of the continent and brought death to millions. Then everything collapsed, leading him to spend his last years in miserable exile in the South Atlantic. Bell underscores the importance of the French Revolution in understanding Napoleon's career. The revolution made possible the unprecedented concentration of political authority that Napoleon accrued, and his success in mobilizing human and material resources. Without the political changes brought about by the revolution, Napoleon could not have fought his wars. Without the wars, he could not have seized and held onto power. Though his virtual dictatorship betrayed the ideals of liberty and equality, his life and career were revolutionary"--

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La Première Guerre totale propose une nouvelle interprétation des changements considérables qui se sont produits en Europe dans l'art de la guerre à l'époque des Lumières, de la Révolution française et du règne de Napoléon. Dès les premières années de la Révolution en France, le régime de retenue et de normes aristocratiques de comportement caractérisant jusqu'alors les conflits entre monarques européens et permettant de modérer les ravages causés disparaît totalement. La guerre, qui faisait partie de l'ordre social, qui ne pouvait donc qu'être limitée à la fois dans son ampleur, dans sa durée et dans ses objectifs politiques, est dès lors tantôt stigmatisée pour ses horreurs, tantôt au contraire présentée comme un phénomène régénérateur, voire rédempteur et sacré. Elle devient la lutte du bien contre le mal, de la lumière contre l'obscurité, de la liberté contre le despotisme. Elle pousse les sociétés à la mobilisation générale et à la recherche de la destruction systématique de l'ennemi. Entre les adversaires, plus de respect ni de conciliation possible : il faut vaincre ou mourir. Au cours de vingt-trois années d'une guerre quasi ininterrompue, en particulier pendant la période napoléonienne, il n'est pratiquement pas un État européen dont le gouvernement et les frontières n'aient pas été profondément bouleversés. Parallèlement, la taille des armées et des batailles n'a cessé de croître à un rythme sans précédent et les rébellions ont été réprimées avec une férocité jamais vue dans l'histoire européenne, comme en Vendée et en Espagne, où l'ennemi n'était pas seulement à vaincre mais aussi à exterminer. Cette dynamique de guerre totale fit émerger un chef d'un type nouveau, à la fois politique et militaire - Napoléon Bonaparte -, créature, maître et victime de cette nouvelle forme de guerre. Elle marqua enfin profondément tout le XXe siècle, car nous avons hérité aussi de la guerre totale.

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