Robespierre and the Festival of the Supreme Being - The Search for a Republican Morality

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Smyth is Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London Klappentext Explores Robespierre's vision and the events held across France on this day, which he declared a national day of celebration to inaugurate the state religion of the new French Republic, the Cult of the Supreme Being. It redefines the importance of the Festival in the development of the Revolution. Zusammenfassung Explores Robespierre's vision and the events held across France on this day! which he declared a national day of celebration to inaugurate the state religion of the new French Republic! the Cult of the Supreme Being. It redefines the importance of the Festival in the development of the Revolution. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 Towards a new republican morality2 The national response to Robespierre's proclamation3 The celebrations in the capital4 The celebrations outside Paris5 Financing a national festival6 Contemporary comments on the Festival7 After the FestivalConclusionIndex

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• Authors: JONATHAN SMYTH, Jonathan A. Smyth, Smyth Jonathan
• Assisted by: Maire Cross (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.2016
• EAN: 9781526103789
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0378-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Studies in Modern French History; Studies in Modern French Histo; Studies in Modern French Histo; Studies in Modern French and Francophone History; Studies in Modern French and F; Studies in Modern French and Francophone History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, HISTORY / Europe / France, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Religion & politics, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Religion and Politics, c 1789 to c 1799 (French Revolutionary period), C 1700 To C 1800, French Revolution, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions