Paris and the Rural Hordes
An Exploration of Myth and Reality in the French Civil War of 1871
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8958865 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Tombs (St. John's College of Nursing, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 795-808 |
| Publication date | 1986-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x00019051 |
| OpenAlex | W2077833356 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
On 2 April 1871, soon after the echoes of cannon fire had died away over Neuilly and Courbevoie in the first engagement of the civil war, the executive commission of the revolutionary Paris commune drafted an angry proclamation: The royalist conspirators have attacked ! Despite the moderation of our attitude they have attacked ! No longer able to count on the French army, they have attacked with the pontifical zouaves and imperial police...This morning, Charette's Chouans, Cathelineau's Vendéens, Trochu's Bretons, flanked by Valentin's gendarmes...embarked on civil war against our National Guards
Ancient history · Commission · Mythology · Political science · Politics · Proclamation · Royalist · Spanish Civil War · Classics · European Political History Analysis · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 2020 (33) |
| Highly cited | No |