From 1770 to 1789 a succession of highly publicized cases riveted the attention of the French public. Maza argues that the reporting of these private scandals had a decisive effect on the way in which the French public came to understand public issues in the years before the Revolution.
Private Lives and Public Affairs The Causes Célèbres of Prerevolutionary France
About the Book
Table of Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1
The Social Imagery of Political Crisis, 1771-1773
2
The Rose-Girl of Salency:
From Theatricality to Rhetoric
3
Private Lives and Public Affairs:
Upper-Class Scandal, 1774-1778
4
The Diamond Necklace Affair, 1785-1786
5
"Innocent Blood Avenged":
Emplotting Judicial Reform, 1785-1786
6
Domestic Drama and the Social Contract
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Awards
- Co-winner of the David Pinkney Prize, Society for French Historical Studies