Reviews for The image of Jews and Judaism in the prelude of the French Enlightenment

The average rating for The image of Jews and Judaism in the prelude of the French Enlightenment based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-08-09 00:00:00 Andreas Ruckes This is a boring book about the French Revolution. The author has an extremely specific, terminally academic axe to grind. I suppose that he makes his point -- that the Revolution was very influenced by continental society, especially Austria and Russia. Never recommend this book as a beginning text. Some useful tidbits, mostly the names of other, more interesting sounding authors in the footnotes, and I enjoyed the stuff about the slow-motion collapse of French royal finances as they related to constitutional questions. If your particular area of interest is Vergennes, Turgot, and Necker, then maybe this book is for you.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-03-01 00:00:00 Martha Martz Stone is a structuralist and argues that the origins of the French revolution are at least heavily driven by international/diplomatic issues and concerns.