Barristers of Toulouse in the Eighteenth Century (1740-1793)

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4214-3036-2
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 225 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 377 g

Reihe: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science

Originally published in 1975. Following the vein of French historiography, many twentieth-century scholars of the French Revolution believed that the middle class of lawyers played a crucial role in the Revolution. In The Barristers of Toulouse, Lenard Berlanstein contends with that notion in a case study examining the response of the Toulousian legal community to the French Revolution. Using tax rolls, marriage contracts, and court records as primary sources, Professor Berlanstein argues that class interests—such as a desire to preserve their status in the cultured, conservative urban elite—led many Toulousian judges and lawyers to reject the Revolution and to remain loyal to the aristocratic Parlement. In other words, those in the legal community of Toulouse conducted themselves in ways that were consistent with other members of their social and economic class. To supplement his argument, Berlanstein's integrates methods from the New Social History movement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berlanstein, Lenard R

Berlanstein, Lenard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Historiographie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsgeschichte, Recht der Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte Europäische Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Revolutionen Französische Revolution

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Chapter 1. The Professional Life of the Barristers
Chapter 2. Social and Economic Status
Chapter 3. Social and Economic Advancement
Chapter 4. Ideas and Reforms in the Age of Enlightenment
Chapter 5. The Barristers in Toulousan Society and Politics
Chapter 6. The Toulousan Barristers in the Revolution (1788-1793)
Chapter 7. Concluding Remarks
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Berlanstein, Lenard
Leonard R. Berlanstein was a professor emeritus of history at the University of Virginia. He authored The Barristers of Toulouse in the Eighteenth Century (1740–1793), also published by Johns Hopkins University Press.

Lenard R. Berlanstein was a professor emeritus of history at the University of Virginia. He authored The Working People of Paris, 1871–1914, also published by Johns Hopkins University Press.