Elizabeth Eisenstein. The First Professional Revolutionist: Filippo Michele Buonarroti.

Contents

I. Introduction

II. The Formative Years (1761-1795)

III. The Launching of a New Career (1796-1823)

      1. The Vocation

      2. The Organization

IV. The Launching of a Book (1824-1830)

V. The Revolutionist and the “Monde” (1830-1837)

VI. The Revolutionist at Home (1830-1837)

      1. Re-entry to the “Promised Land”

      2. The Indivisible Trio: Teste, d’Argenson, and Buonarroti

       3. At the Barricades, in the name of the “People”

      4. At the Barricades, in the name of the Republic

VII. Death and Transfiguration

      1. Portrait Sketch of the First Professional Revolutionist

      2. Conclusion: The Verdict of History

Bibliographical Essay

      1. Note on the Verdict of some Recent Historians

      2. Survey of Bibliography