The Revolting French. France since 1789
Event Type: Branch
Takes Place: 21st November 2024
Time: 20:00
Venue: Fellowship House, 136a Willifield Way, London NW11 6YD
Description: Professor Pilbeam’s illustrated talk, based on her new book, The Revolting French, investigates the impact of revolution on the French from the Revolution of 1789 to its centenary in 1889. The nineteenth-century French state was threatened by an unprecedented number of revolts. What impact did the 1789 Revolution have on nineteenth-century events? Why were there so many revolutions at the time? Were there common factors? Were non-revolutionary issues as significant or more significant in provoking change? Why was it that insurrection was rarer in the second half of the century when revolutionary rhetoric was more prolific?
How to book: Just turn up
Price: £5
Tel: 07818063594
Email: mandycaller@googlemail.com
Organiser: Mandy Caller
Lecturer: Professor Pamela Pilbeam
Comments: Professor Pilbeam is Professor Emeritus in French History at Royal Holloway College London
Region: London
Branch: Hampstead and North West London