Terror in Marseilles : a case study of resistance to centralization during the French revolution
Localism in Marseilles was rooted in the institutions of the ancien régime. As a free port, the city was politically separate from the County of Provence and enjoyed considerable economic privileges. Marseilles had a large, prosperous bourgeoisie, and as an urban commercial centre was also culturall...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32976 |