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Telephone: (617) 552-3878 Office Location: 21 Campanella Way, 415 Email: paul.spagnoli@bc.edu |
Education
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1974
Fields of Interest
France 1789-1945
Academic Profile
Professor Spagnoli has most recently taught courses on the French Revolution; on nineteenth-century France; and on France from Dreyfus through Vichy. Most of his research has been located at or near the intersection of demography and social and economic history. He has used demographic data and methods, for example, to assess the impact of the French Revolution. He is currently working on the Revolution’s religious reforms and on the origins of the Reign of Terror. He has also developed a recent teaching interest in French history from 1914 to 1945.
Representative Publications
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"The Unique Decline of Mortality in Revolutionary France," Journal of Family History (1997).
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“The Sudden Decline of French Mortality after 1789: A Benefit of the Revolution?” Proceedings of the Western Society for French History (1996).
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"The Revolution Begins: Lambesc's Charge, July 12, 1789," French Historical Studies (1991).