Thèse de doctorat en Histoire
Sous la direction de François Furet.
Soutenue en 1989
à Paris, EHESS .
Les elections constituent un chapitre particulierement meconnu de la periode revolutionnaire, et pourtant riche d'enseignements sur son histoire politique. Il est ici etudie a travers trois aspects complementaires: le droit de suffrage, la participation dans les assemblees primaires et l'election des deputes par les assemblees electorales de departements.
The french revolution and the elections. Suffrage, participation and elections during the constitutional period (1790-1792)
The elections form a chapter particularly unknown of the french revolutionary period, but very important for its political history. It is studied here in three complementary aspects: right of suffrage, participation in primary assemblies and election of deputies in secondary assemblies of departments.