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

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

Smyth, Jonathan

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Series: Studies in Modern French and Francophone History

Religion General French HistoryGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 1526103788
ISBN13: 9781526103789
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Aug 23 2016
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This study examines an important event in the French Revolution and a defining moment in the career of its principal actor, Maximilien Robespierre: the Festival of the Supreme Being. This day of national celebration was held to inaugurate the new state religion, the Cult of the Supreme Being, and while traditionally it has been dismissed as a compulsory political event, this book redefines its importance as a hugely popular national event. Hitherto unused or disregarded source material offers new perspectives on the national reaction to Robespierre's creation of the Festival and of his search for a new republican morality. This is the first ever detailed study in English of this area of French Revolutionary history, and the first in any language since 1988 It will be welcomed by scholars and students of the period.

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