This scholarly account presents a provincial view of Revolutionary France and describes a region far removed from high politics in Paris. It shows how local conflicts and personal rivalries shaped events within the region, and emphasizes the importance of religion, war, peasant radicalism and commercial stagnation in defining the course of the Revolution in the south-west. "[E]xemplary work on the provincial history of the French Revolution...based on exhaustive research of primary and secondary sources."-- CHOICE "Alan Forrest has prepared a careful and intelligent history..."-- American Historical Review "Forrest provides a careful, well-documented study of the impact of these tumultuous years on one French province....This study is an excellent addition to regional histories of the revolution. Forrest does well in navigating the reader through the maze of local politics and their importance in determining a village or town's reaction to events....Most importantly, The Revolution in Provincial France reminds us that this period was not only played out in Paris and provincial cities, but also in the most remote parts of the hexagon."-- The Historian Alan Forrest is Professor of Modern History at the University of York.