CONTENTIOUS MEMORIES

A completely new approach to the French Revolution through the study of its French and international histories
since 1792.

Although there have been numerous historiographical works on the subject, no one has given such a significant overview of the fundamental and fractious period that was the French Revolution.

This book establishes an inventory of the various constructions of a national story that emerged from the Revolution. It also analyses how this experience shaped the political and historical debate in France and other countries. In 6 chapters, the author explains and relates the principal histories of the French Revolution,
based on 300 titles from all over the world. This historiographical investigation includes, as well, a reflection on the profession of historian, its role in our societies and on the transmission of historical culture.

A professor of Modern History, Antonino De Francesco directs the history department of the University of Milan. He has published several books on the French Revolution and the modern era in Italy, including The
Antiquity of the Italian Nation - The Cultural Origins of a Political Myth in Modern Italy 1796-1943 (Oxford University Press, 2013).