French: cahiers de doléancesEnglish translation: lists of grievances 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | cahiers de doléances | | English translation: | lists of grievances | | Entered by: | transland |
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Art/Literary - History / French Revolution | | French term or phrase: cahiers de doléances | A l’occasion des Etats généraux, il est d’usage que les sujets mettent par écrit leurs doléances. Ces cahiers serviront de base de travail pour les députés.
Some more info: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahiers_de_dol%C3%A9ances
Does anybody know the exact English equivalent? If not, just give your suggestions. Thanks in advance. |
| | | lists of grievances | Explanation:
But like Michelle I think it could be an idea to leave it in French. Several websites in English talk about 'cahier de doléances' rather than translating i e.g.
During the collective writing of the Cahir de Doleances (lists of grievances) in... |
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 Cervin
United Kingdom
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| register of grievances?
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a guess
| Alison Jenner
United Kingdom
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| grievance files
Explanation:
Googled it, and read many of the entries. (See example below.) From this, this term seems to match your French text.
Reference: http://www.bellefourche.k12.sd.us/super/policys/JP.htm
| LBMas
United States
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| complaints book
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or register of complaints -a suggestion that springs to mind
| reubenius
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| Grievance List
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Grievance List seems to be cited a bit in academic journals. I also think it's not a bad idea to leave it in French...with an explanatory sentence or parens just after.
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Here's a description for the book: Revolutionary Demands
A Content Analysis of the ‘Cahiers de Doléances’ of 1789
Gilbert Shapiro and John Markoff Foreword by Charles Tilly
This pathbreaking work reports on the methods, and some of the results, of a content analysis of the cahiers de doléances, the well-known lists of grievances in which, in 1789, the French people expressed their dissatisfactions with the state of their society and their hopes for a better future. The analysis is an outgrowth of a larger research project, “Quantitative Studies of the French Revolution,” conducted by the authors and others over a thirty-year period.
The central data of the research for this book are a coding of a national sample of documents representing the views of rural parishes, the Nobility, and the Third Estate. These codes, together with data on the economic, social, and political conditions of the regions of France under the Old Regime and data on political behavior during the revolutionary period, form a computerized data archive to be made available to researchers.
The book is in four parts. Part I describes content analysis as a method and its varieties, controversies, and problems. Part II discusses the cahiers and their authenticity and usefulness as a historical source. Part III considers the coding procedures, information about the sample, and studies bearing on the evaluation of the coding process. Part IV, the largest part of the book, presents some of the authors’ findings to date, including a summary of the concerns expressed by the nation in 1789, a study of the attitudes toward the monarchy, an analysis of consensus and conflict among the Estates, and the influence of social mobility upon political radicalism.
Reference: http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/d/338/
Reference: http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ahr/104.5/br_156....
| Michelle Jones
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