Private lives and public affairs : the causes c�el�ebres of prerevolutionary France / Sarah Maza.
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- 9780520916630
- 0520916638
- 0585079072
- 9780585079073
- 944/.034 20
- DC136.9 .M39 1993eb
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."-- Provided by publisher.
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