Crook Enlightenment and Revolution

Enlightenment and Revolution Essays in Honour of Norman Hampson

Edited by

MALCOLM CROOK Keele University, UK

WILLIAM DOYLE University of Bristol, UK

ALAN FORREST University of York, UK

Norman Hampson

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© Malcolm Crook, William Doyle and Alan Forrest 2004

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Ashgate website: http://www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Enlightenment and revolution: essays in honour of Norman Hampson 1. Enlightenment 2. France - History - 18th century 3. France - History - Revolution, 1789-1799 4. France - Politics and government - 18th century I. Crook, Malcolm, 1948- II. Doyle, William, 1942- III. Forrest, Alan, 1945N Hampson, Norman

Introduction: The Life and Opinions of Norman Hampson William Doyle

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The Writings of Norman Hampson

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Voltaire and Hume Haydn Mason

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Enlightenment, Science and Army Reform in Eighteenth-Century France Alan Forrest

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Louis XVI and the Public Sphere Tim Blanning

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Henri-Leonard Bertin and the Fate of the Bourbon Monarchy: the 'Chinese Connection' Gwynne Lewis

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944'.034 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Enlightenment and revolution: essays in honour of Norman Hampson / edited by Malcolm Crook, William Doyle and Alan Forrest p.cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-7546-0682-1 (alk. paper) 1. France-History-Revolution, 1789-1799. 2. Hampson, Norman. I. Hampson, Norman. II. Crook, Malcolm, 1948- III. Doyle, William, 1942- IV. Forrest, Alan I.

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The 'Political Reveries' of Alexander Jardine, (1739?-1799) Jane Rendall

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Partners in Revolution: Louise de Keralio and Fran