Under Control: Women's Fates after the French Revolution
12 hrs. 59 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Chantal Prevo
Author
Chantal Prevo
Narrator
Anastasia Bolotina
Narrator
Anastasia Bolotina
Description
While Napoleon was redrawing the political map of Europe, another “granite block” was being laid in France—the Civil Code, a law that for an entire century cemented a woman’s status as a perpetual minor. What were women’s hopes, joys, and disappointments in a country undergoing rapid change? What did they think about and dream of? How did their relationships with men unfold in everyday life?
Drawing on rare archival evidence—private letters, diary entries, memoirs—renowned researcher Chantal Prévost traces the fates of women from different walks of society: from the hosts of salons to unassuming townswomen, peasants, and camp followers. A fiery supporter of the Revolution, Rosalie Julien, attends meetings of the Legislative Assembly and believes in the arrival of a new world. Artist Adélaïde Moûtot records the day’s events in her diary, argues with those in power, runs the household, and arranges an engagement for her adopted daughter. Camp follower Ida Saint-Elme travels across Europe for years, follows the army, and later leaves behind scandalous eight-volume memoirs. Between the strict discipline of the convent and the rules of salon etiquette, between fear of childbirth and the hardships of daily life, this book shows how the “second sex” lived, loved, and resisted in the shadow of the Civil Code.
Drawing on rare archival evidence—private letters, diary entries, memoirs—renowned researcher Chantal Prévost traces the fates of women from different walks of society: from the hosts of salons to unassuming townswomen, peasants, and camp followers. A fiery supporter of the Revolution, Rosalie Julien, attends meetings of the Legislative Assembly and believes in the arrival of a new world. Artist Adélaïde Moûtot records the day’s events in her diary, argues with those in power, runs the household, and arranges an engagement for her adopted daughter. Camp follower Ida Saint-Elme travels across Europe for years, follows the army, and later leaves behind scandalous eight-volume memoirs. Between the strict discipline of the convent and the rules of salon etiquette, between fear of childbirth and the hardships of daily life, this book shows how the “second sex” lived, loved, and resisted in the shadow of the Civil Code.
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