Books written by Norman Hampson

  • Saint-Just

    "Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just (French pronunciation: {7f200b}[s̃{7f0292}yst]; 25 August 1767? 28 July 1794), usually known as Saint-Just, was a military and political leader during the French Revolution.

  • The French Revolution: A Concise History

    Ample contemporary illustrations accompany a survey of social, political, and military events surrounding the Revolution.

  • The Enlightenment

    In this book, Norman Hampson follows through certain dominant themes in the Enlightenment, and describes the contemporary social and political climate, in which ideas could travel from the salons of Paris to the court of Catherine the Great ...

  • A Social History of The French Revolution

    First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

  • A Social History of the French Revolution

    The Revolution was the product of social tensions that developed throughout France in the second half of the eighteenth century. Norman Hampson analyses the nature of these social conflicts within their political framework.

  • A Social History of the French Revolution

    The Revolution was the product of social tensions that developed throughout France in the second half of the 18th century. Hampson analyzes the nature of these social conflicts within their political framework.

  • Le siècle des Lumières

    " A mesure que les lumières s'accroissent, écrivait Condorcet, l'esprit humain semble s'agrandir et les limites se reculent ". Si le XVIIIe siècle a bien été ce moment privilégié d'une...