P.M. Jones is Emeritus Professor of French History at the University of Birmingham. Previous publications include The Peasantry in the French Revolution (1988), Reform and Revolution in France: the Politics of Transition, 1774 –1791 (1995), The French Revolution in Social and Political Perspective (1996) and Liberty and Locality in Revolutionary France: Six Villages Compared, 1760 –1820 (2003).

• Part 11. The setting Part 22. Reform or revolution, 1787–89? 3. Renewal, 1789–91 4. The failure of consensus, 1791–92 5. War and terror, 1792–94 6. The search for stability, 1795–99 7. Consolidation, 1799–1804 Part 38. Assessment Part 4Documents

P.M. Jones is Emeritus Professor of French History at the University of Birmingham. Previous publications include The Peasantry in the French Revolution (1988), Reform and Revolution in France: the Politics of Transition, 1774 –1791 (1995), The French Revolution in Social and Political Perspective (1996) and Liberty and Locality in Revolutionary France: Six Villages Compared, 1760 –1820 (2003).

• Part 11. The setting Part 22. Reform or revolution, 1787–89? 3. Renewal, 1789–91 4. The failure of consensus, 1791–92 5. War and terror, 1792–94 6. The search for stability, 1795–99 7. Consolidation, 1799–1804 Part 38. Assessment Part 4Documents

P.M. Jones is Emeritus Professor of French History at the University of Birmingham. Previous publications include The Peasantry in the French Revolution (1988), Reform and Revolution in France: the Politics of Transition, 1774 –1791 (1995), The French Revolution in Social and Political Perspective (1996) and Liberty and Locality in Revolutionary France: Six Villages Compared, 1760 –1820 (2003).

• Part 11. The setting Part 22. Reform or revolution, 1787–89? 3. Renewal, 1789–91 4. The failure of consensus, 1791–92 5. War and terror, 1792–94 6. The search for stability, 1795–99 7. Consolidation, 1799–1804 Part 38. Assessment Part 4Documents