The Transylvanian Peasant Uprising of 1784, Brissot and the Right to Revolt
A Research Note
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8940038 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leonore Loft (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 209-209 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-1071 • E-ISSN: 1527-5493 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/286286 |
| OpenAlex | W2321024768 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The Transylvanian peasant revolt of 1784, despite its swift and bloody failure, was hailed by some enlightened Europeans as an encouraging sign of progressive change. Enthusiastically inspired by it, Jacques-Pierre Brissot, in 1785, published his Seconde lettre d'un defenseur du peuple a l'Empereur Joseph II, sur son reglement concernant Ve'migration, et principalement sur la revolte des Valaques; ou l'on discute a fond le droit de revolte du Peuple,l a work that has attracted an ample share of valuable scholarship.2 Still, viewed as an isolated contribution to the history of Eastern Europe, the pamphlet has not been given its due. Placed in the context of the author's evolving political thought and strategies, the piece testifies to the importance of Brissot's contributions to prerevolutionary and revolutionary ideology in France. The revolt of 1784 has been interpreted as a social insurrection as well as an event that stimulated nationalist sentiments.3 Although at the time of the
Archaeology · Peasant · Political science · Central European and Russian historical studies · European Political History Analysis · Historical and Literary Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
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| Citation span | 1992 - 1992 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |