William Doyle (historian) explained
William Doyle (born 1942) is a British historian, specialising in 18th-century France, who is most notable for his one-volume Oxford History of the French Revolution (1st edition, 1989; 2nd edition, 2002; 3rd edition, 2018).[1]
He is one of the leading revisionist historians of the French Revolution, obtaining his doctorate from the University of Oxford with a thesis entitled The parlementaires of Bordeaux at the end of the eighteenth century, 1775–1790.[2]
He is also professor emeritus of history at Bristol University,[3] a fellow of the British Academy[4] and a trustee of The Society for the Study of French History.
Published works
- Parlement of Bordeaux and the End of the Old Regime (St. Martin's Press, 1975)
- The Old European Order 1660–1800 (Oxford University Press, 1978)
- Origins of the French Revolution (Oxford University Press, 1980; 3rd edition, 1992)
- The Ancien Regime (Macmillan, 1986)
- The Oxford History of the French Revolution (Oxford University Press, 1989; second edition, 2002; third edition, 2018)
- Venality: the Sale of Offices in Eighteenth-Century France (Oxford University Press, 1996)
- Jansenism: Catholic Resistance to Authority from the Reformation to the French Revolution (Macmillan, 1999)
- The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2001)
- Aristocracy and Its Enemies in the Age of Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2009)
- Aristocracy: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2010)
- Napoleon at Peace (Reaktion Books, 2022)
Notes and References
- News: Pageants of horror. Reid. Harry. 22 July 1989. Glasgow Herald. 20. 22 December 2010.
- The parlementaires of Bordeaux at the end of the eighteenth century, 1775-1790. 1968. University of Oxford. Doyle. William.
- Web site: University of Bristol . University of Bristol . Directory of Experts . University of Bristol . 11 October 2019.
- Web site: The British Academy . Professor William Doyle FBA . The British Academy . The British Academy.
