Part I: The era of the French Revolution, 1789-1799. Introduction ; The Ancien Régime and the failure of reform ; From aristocratic revolt to bourgeois revolution, 1787-1789 ; New France, 1789-1792 ; The National Convention, 1792-1795 ; The Constitutional Republic, 1795-1799 ; Conclusion -- Part II: Readings. The creed of the bourgeoisie ; The parlements and the king : constitutional monarchy versus royal absolutism ; Turgot's edicts abolishing the Corvée and the guilds ; The revolt of the aristocracy ; Pamphlets and cahiers ; The June days of 1789 ; France, 1789-1791 ; The first responses from abroad ; The road to war ; "The despotism of liberty" ; England and America, 1793-1799 ; The middle-class republic.