Tracing the Shadow of Secrecy and Government Transparency in Eighteenth-Century France
This book traces changing attitudes towards secrecy in eighteenth-century France, and explores the cultural origins of ideas surrounding government transparency. The idea of keeping secrets, both on the part of individuals and on the part of governments, came to be viewed with more suspicion as the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Creatures of Infamy: Lettres de cachet, Family Honor, and the Uses of Secrecy
- Chapter 3: The Fate of Secrets in a Public Sphere: The Comte de Broglie and the Demise of the Secret du Roi
- Chapter 4: Those Who Know Your Secrets: Jesuit Secrecy and the Proto-nationalism of the Jansenists
- Chapter 5: “I Promise Never to Speak to Anyone”: Polices Practices and the Bastille
- Chapter 6: Desire, Dread, and the Grateful Dead: Bastille Cadavers and the Revolutionary Gothic Imaginary
- Chapter 7: The Marat of Versailles: Transparency During and After the Terror
- Chapter 8: Conclusion