Exploring the historical controversy over the meaning of the French Revolution, eight of the most distinguished scholars in the field—Francois Furet, Norman Hampson, Colin Jones, Louis Bergeron, Michel Vovelle, Alan Forrest, and T.C.W. Blanning— present new interpretations of its major themes, focusing on the areas of intellectual, political, religious, and social development. Two hundred years after the event, this book is a major statement of current thinking on the Revolution which will stimulate all historians of the French Revolution.