História da Revolução Francesa (not translated)
Code
711051150
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
História
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) Acquire a critical view of the French Revolution, as a crucial event for understanding the modern and contemporary
world.
b) Analyse the origins, and main periods of the French Revolution.
c) Analyse the main political, social and cultural transformations introduced by the French Revolution.
c) Understanding the history of the French Revolution in a comparative perspective in relation to other modern and
contemporary revolutionary moments.
d) Know the different historiographical perspectives about the French Revolution and how they evolved between the end of
the nineteenth century and the present time.
e) Be able to search, select and work documents and historiographical texts about the French Revolution.
f) Being able to produce a written work and make oral presentations about any of the subjects taught.
g) To acquire knowledge that enable to pursue a thorough study of the History of the Revolutions in modern and
contemporary world.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
Thinking about the French Revolution:
Historiographical approaches on the Revolution,its origins and its impact
Classical view, revisionism and post-revisionism
Origins of the French Revolution:
Political and social structure of the Old Regime
Wars and the financial crisis
Enlightenment,public opinion and political opposition
Attempts to reform
Economic crisis
Collapse of the monarchy (1787-1789)
Preparation of the Estates-General
Beginning of the Estates-General
Fall of the Bastille
Moderate phase
\"Great Fear\" and the end of privileges
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
New regime
Resistances
Radical phase
Radicalization of the Revolution
Republic
Internal struggles and revolutionary wars
Reign of Terror
The end of the Revolution?
Ambiguities of the Thermidorians
Coups and counter-coups
Growing relevance of the military
Rise of Napoleon
Legacy of the Revolution
Comparative views on the French Revolution
Bibliography
DOYLE, WILLIAM, Origins of the French Revolution, Oxford University Press, USA, 1999.
DOYLE, WILLIAM, The Oxford History of the French Revolution, Oxford University Press, USA, 2003.
FURET, FRANÇOIS, Interpreting the French Revolution, Cambridge University Press, 1981.
FURET, FRANÇOIS, The French Revolution: 1770-1814, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996.
HUNT, LYNN, Politics, Culture, and Class in the French Revolution, University of California Press, 2004.
KATES, GARY (ed.), The French Revolution: Recent Debates and New Controversies, Routledge, 1997.
LEFEBVRE, GEORGES, The Coming of the French Revolution, Princeton University Press, 2005.
SCHAMA, SIMON, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, Vintage, 1990.
VOVELLE, MICHEL, A Revolução Francesa, 1789-1799, Lisboa, Edições 70, 2007.
Teaching method
The lectures will be mainly expository, with the possibility of involvement of students to clarify questions or comments. The
practical classes will be devoted to the analysis, commentary and discussion of historiographical texts, contemporary
documents, movies or web sites about the French Revolution, previously selected by the teacher and analyzed by students.
Evaluation method
Students will be assessed through their participation in practical classes (20% of final quotation), by an individual written
work (40%) and a final written exam without consultation (40%).