History 2404E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jane Austen, Republic, Maximilien Robespierre
19 Nov 2018
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Jane austen: her father was a country rector in the southeast of england, but his income was modest (after he died, his wife and children had to turn to relatives for support) In her lifetime, about 2000 copies were sold (not bad, for the time. : the book was published anonymously because it wasn"t seen as appropriate for female authors to put their name out in public. It became an important genre in the 18th century, where characters write letters to other characters within the novel. Administrative structure of revolutionary france, 1790-1793: key principle: as provided in article 3 of the declarations of the rights of man and. At each level of the government the key officers were elected by the people of the jurisdiction. Judges were also elected, as were the members of the clergy, and even many army officers (by the men of the immediately subordinate rank; captains elected majors, for example).
