Overture to Revolution: The 1787 Assembly of Notables and the Crisis of France's Old Regime

by John Hardman

The Assembly of Notables which met between 22 February and 25 May 1787 was a major turning point in French, even world history: it was the first link in an unbroken chain which led to the French Revolution, which itself formed the template for the modern world.

The reform programme which finance minister Calonne, with the full backing of Louis XVI, presented to a hand-picked Assembly of Notables would have transformed France. She would have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199585776
• ISBN13: 9780199585779
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"