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The debate on the French Revolution, 1789-1800

Alfred Cobban (Editor)
Print Book, English, 1960
A. and C. Black, London, 1960
History
xx, 495 pages ; 23 cm
9780713601787, 0713601787
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The debate begins : first impressions
The intervention of Burke
The struggle for parliamentary reform : the debate in Parliament
The agitation for parliamentary reform in the country
Natural rights and sovereignty : the rights of man
Sovereignty of the people
William Godwin and political justice
Burke's theory of the state Freedom of opinion : Fox's Libel Act
The fear of sedition
The treason trials
The suspension of Habeas Corpus
Changing views of the Revolution
The defence of the established order equality and property
Church and state
The revolutionary war