The French Revolution was one of the most exciting, dramatic and violent periods in modern history and has been the subject of intense political and intellectual debate ever since. This new Seminar Study provides students with an accessible, succinct and historiographically up-to-date introduction to the events leading up to the revolution, as well as the revolution itself and its aftermath.Beginning with the visible crumbling of monarchical power in 1787, and ending with the death of the republic in 1804, the book captures the medium as well as short-term processes of Revolutionary change. The extra-European dimensions of citizenship and slavery are covered, as well as gender issues.