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France's New Deal is an in-depth and important look at the remaking of the French state after World War II, a time when the nation was endowed with brand-new institutions for managing its economy and culture. Yet, as Philip Nord reveals, the significant process of state rebuilding did not begin at the Liberation. Rather, it got started earlier, in

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In the four decades since Francos death foreign narratives For Whom the Bell Tolls, Casablanca, Homage to Catalonia still have greater credibility than Spanish ones.

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'Franco's Spain' looks beyond the mythology surrounding the origins of the dictatorship to provide a critical overview of the regime. The book also peers beyond the grave, examining the transition to democracy after the dictator's death in 1975.

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Based on new research, a major nrew portrait of Franco as dictator and man

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An introduction to the Carolingian government which is explored through the workings of courts and assemblies, this study also includes an assessment of the settlement of disputes, often without recourse to courts or to conflict, and the application of law.

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This book examines the history of monastic exemption in early medieval France. In this era, the popes in Rome became de facto rulers and proprietors of numerous monasteries, establishing a foothold in the emerging business of monastic freedom and protection. The book explains the 'why' and 'how' of this relationship. -- .

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Addresses the War of Independence from a new perspective by focusing on the attitude of the Catholic clergy -- .

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Addresses the War of Independence from a new perspective by focusing on the attitude of the Catholic clergy -- .

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The contributors to this history of modern France aim to present diversity but in a way that is comprehensible: to keep the colours and textures of the period but within a recognizable political context.

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Provides an analysis of the preparation of the French troops from manual regulations to the training ground, as well as a study of the changing quality of command and control within the army. This book explores the role of the French infantry at the apex of their powers and their role in these key battles.

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This title draws on contemporary testimonies of life in Napoleon's army, documenting the realities of conscription, training, camp life and combat action for the common infantry soldier. It calls into question the propagandist views expounded by numerous Bonapartists.

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During World War One the French Army was in a state of disarray, plagued by indiscipline, mutinies and desertion. The ordinary French citizens that were called upon to defend their motherland - the Poilu - were disrespected and demoralized. This title charts the history of the Poilu.

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While careful attention has been paid to the overthrow of the July Monarchy and to the subsequent development of radicalism under the Second Republic, little research has been done on the counterrevolutionary activity that preceded Louis Napoleon's seizure of power. Thomas Forstenzer revises the standard and current interpretations of social and po

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This Reader aims to capture the range of activities on which historians are engaged. It tries to identify those books and articles that may come to be seen as benchmarks. There are five sections: Interpretations and debates; Socio-cultural approaches; Gender in the public sphere; Revolutionary politics; The crowd, terror and counter-terror.

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The origins of Napoleon's world-beating army lay in that of the French Revolution. This title provides a detailed explanation of how Napoleon's army was 'invented'.

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This work concentrates on the period from the storming of the Bastile in 1789 until Bonaparte's election as Consul for Life in 1802. It provides a portrait of military life during the Revolution and beyond, with quotations from the memoirs who served during the "Wars of Liberty".

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French society in revolution aims to retrieve the social history of the French Revolution from neglect. This study plots a narrative course through a turbulent time, examining both the structural and cultural elements behind the breakdown of the eighteenth-century monarchic state and its aristocratic social system.

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Despite acts of female heroism popular memory, as well as official memoralization in monuments and historic sites, has ignored French women's role in the First World War. This book explores the stories that could have been and why they were not.

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Despite acts of female heroism popular memory, as well as official memoralization in monuments and historic sites, has ignored French women's role in the First World War. This book explores the stories that could have been and why they were not.