Private lives and public affairs :
Maza, Sarah C., 1953-
Private lives and public affairs : the causes c�el�ebres of prerevolutionary France / Sarah Maza. - Berkeley : University of California Press, �1993. - 1 online resource (xii, 354 pages) : illustrations. - Studies on the history of society and culture ; 18 . - Studies on the history of society and culture ; 18. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-337) and index.
The social imagery of political crisis, 1771-1773 -- The Rose-Girl of Salency : from theatricality to rhetoric -- Private lives and public affairs : upper-class scandal, 1774-1778 --The Diamond Necklace Affair, 1785-1786 -- "Innocent blood avenged" : exploiting judicial reform, 1785-1786 -- Domestic drama and the social contract.
"From 1770 to 1789 a succession of highly publicized cases riveted the attention of the French public. Maza argues that the reporting of these private scandals had a decisive effect on the way in which the French public came to understand public issues in the years before the Revolution."--
9780520916630 0520916638 0585079072 9780585079073
1700-1799
Political corruption--History--France--18th century.
Trials--History--France--18th century.
HISTORY.
Political corruption.
Trials.
France--History--Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
France--History--Louis XV, 1715-1774.
France.
History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
DC136.9 / .M39 1993eb
944/.034
Private lives and public affairs : the causes c�el�ebres of prerevolutionary France / Sarah Maza. - Berkeley : University of California Press, �1993. - 1 online resource (xii, 354 pages) : illustrations. - Studies on the history of society and culture ; 18 . - Studies on the history of society and culture ; 18. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-337) and index.
The social imagery of political crisis, 1771-1773 -- The Rose-Girl of Salency : from theatricality to rhetoric -- Private lives and public affairs : upper-class scandal, 1774-1778 --The Diamond Necklace Affair, 1785-1786 -- "Innocent blood avenged" : exploiting judicial reform, 1785-1786 -- Domestic drama and the social contract.
"From 1770 to 1789 a succession of highly publicized cases riveted the attention of the French public. Maza argues that the reporting of these private scandals had a decisive effect on the way in which the French public came to understand public issues in the years before the Revolution."--
9780520916630 0520916638 0585079072 9780585079073
1700-1799
Political corruption--History--France--18th century.
Trials--History--France--18th century.
HISTORY.
Political corruption.
Trials.
France--History--Louis XVI, 1774-1793.
France--History--Louis XV, 1715-1774.
France.
History.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
DC136.9 / .M39 1993eb
944/.034