CONTENTS

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Part IThe Old Regime

ONEPolicing in the Old Regime

TWOThe Culture of Calumny and Honor

THREEImagining Press Freedom and Limits in the Enlightenment

FOURFrom the Cahiers de doléances to the Declaration of Rights

Part IIThe French Revolution

FIVEFrom Lèse-Nation to the Law of Suspects: Legislating Limits

SIXOaths, Honor, and the Sacred Foundations of Authority

SEVENFrom Local Repression to High Justice: Limits in Action

EIGHTPolicing the Moral Limits: Public Spirit, Surveillance, and the Remaking of Mœurs

Conclusion

Notes

Works Cited

Index