Jean Egret
French historian of eighteenth-century France, known for studies of the late Ancien Régime and the prerevolutionary crisis (1787–1788), as well as a biography of Jacques Necker.
Books
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1. The French Prerevolution, 1787 1788
A concise analysis of the crucial years before the Revolution, emphasizing how fiscal collapse, reform failures, and mounting clashes among the crown, the Assembly of Notables, and the parlements eroded royal authority. It tracks the rise of public opinion, pamphlet debates, and provincial unrest, showing how administrative paralysis and social tensions transformed a financial crisis into a crisis of legitimacy that compelled the summoning of the Estates-General.