Robespierre and the Festival of the Supreme Being
The Search for a Republican Morality
Seiten
2016
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-0378-9 (ISBN)
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-0378-9 (ISBN)
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. -- .
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. -- .
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. -- .
Jonathan Smyth is Honorary Research Fellow at Birkbeck, University of London -- .
Introduction
1 Towards a new republican morality
2 The national response to Robespierre's proclamation
3 The celebrations in the capital
4 The celebrations outside Paris
5 Financing a national festival
6 Contemporary comments on the Festival
7 After the Festival
Conclusion
Index -- .
| Erscheinungsdatum | 12.08.2016 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Modern French and Francophone History |
| Zusatzinfo | 1 Maps |
| Verlagsort | Manchester |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Gewicht | 404 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5261-0378-8 / 1526103788 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5261-0378-9 / 9781526103789 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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