What did it mean to live through the French Revolution? This volume provides a coherent and expansive portrait of revolutionary life by exploring the lived experience of the people of France's villages and country towns, revealing how The Revolution had a dramatic impact on daily life from family relations to religious practices.

'The book is impressively researched, uses archival material from all the major regions of France as well as responding to a vast array of scholarship.' - James Livesey, French Studies

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PETER MCPHEE holds a Personal Chair in History at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He has published widely on the history of modern France, most recently Revolution and Environment in Southern France, 1780-1830 (1999), The French Revolution 1789-1799 (2002) and A Social History of France 1789-1914 (2003).

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Introduction Describing the Old Regime Elation and Anxiety: The Revolutionary Year Reimagining Space and Power, 1789-91 Without Christ or King, 1791 Deadly Divisions, 1791-92 In the Fires of War, 1792-93 The Experience of Terror, 1793-94 Settling Scores: The Thermidorian Reaction, 1794-95 A New Regime and its Discontents, 1795-99 Conclusion: A Revolution for the People?