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The Great Fear of 1789: Rural Panic in Revolutionary France Georges Lefebvre No preview available - 2014 |
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14 July Abbey agrarian revolts alarm Alsace ancien régime appeared aristocrats arms arrived attacked August authorities bailliage Besançon Bourg bourgeois bourgeoisie brigands Brittany broke burnt cahiers Cambrésis caused Champagne Château Château-Gontier Clamecy committee Comte corn countryside courier curé Dauphiné deputies disturbances Electors Estates-General Étampes everywhere Évreux farm farmers fear of brigands feudal dues forced forest France Franche-Comté Hainault harvest heard incident inhabitants jacqueries June king king's Lefebvre letters Loire Lons-le-Saulnier Lyons Mâcon Mâconnais maréchaussée Mayenne militia morning moved municipality Nantes National Assembly Necker night nobility nobles Normandy Bocage o'clock orders outbreak panic Paris parish parlement passed peasants Picardy plot Poitou provinces Quercy reached rebels refused Rév Rhône riots royal Ruffec rumour sacked Saint seems seigneur sent spread started sub-délégué taken taxes Third Estate thousand threatened tithes tocsin took town travelled troops uprising Uzerche vagrants valley Versailles villages violence warned wrote