Economic history

The Jean Nicolas Database. The French Rebellion, 1661-1789

This article introduces the Jean Nicolas database, a comprehensive resource documenting 8,516 rebellions in France between 1661 and 1789. Based on a survey conducted by Jean Nicolas from the early 1980s to the late 1990s, the database records each …

The Jean Nicolas Database

A database of rebellions in France in 1661-1789

Revolutionary Transition: Inheritance Change and Fertility Decline

We test Le Play's (1875) hypothesis that the French Revolution contributed to France's early fertility decline by imposing equal partition of inheritance among all children, including women. We combine new data on local inheritance rules before the …

The Road to Rebellion: Rural Uprisings and State-Building in the Run-Up to the French Revolution

Early modern European powers were beset by episodic unrest as they sought to consolidate authority and build empires. We examine how growing state communication networks and increased state activity impacted rural unrest by combining original and …

Urbanization and Electoral Success: Lawyers and Workers in Interwar France

This study argues that urbanization altered the relationship between candidates' occupation and their electoral success. To identify the causal effect of local variation in urbanization, we exploit exogenous changes in the boundaries of electoral …

The Atlas of Local Jurisdictions of Ancien Régime France

The Customary Atlas of Ancien Régime France

Customary law governed most European societies during the Middle Ages and early modern period. To better understand the roots of legal customs and their implications for long-run development, we introduce an atlas of customary regions of Ancien …

The Customary Atlas of Ancien Régime France

A historical GIS of customary regions before the Revolution

The Atlas of Local Jurisdictions of Ancien Régime France

A historical GIS of bailliages in 1789

Morts Pour la France: A Database of French Fatalities of the Great War

This article describes the construction and content of the Morts pour la France database.