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Article: The Ancien Regime: A History of France, 1610-1774. (book reviews)

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THE ANCIEN REGIME: A HISTORY OF FRANCE 1610-1774 Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (trans. by Mark Greengrass)

Blackwell vii + 586. 45 [pounds sterling] ISBN: 0-631-17028-6

The ancien regime has long been up for grabs. Historians of the Revolution used it as a quarry on which to grind their axes and seek the origins of the political culture that shaped revolutionary activity. The distinctive political culture of France before 1789 was overlooked. While Ladurie belongs to this tradition, Campbell reacts against it and demonstrates how the old order worked, rather than how it failed.

Survival is one thing and a quiet life another. The regime lived ...

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