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Title: Robespierre and the Festival of the Supreme Being
Condition: New
EAN: 9781526103789
ISBN: 9781526103789
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Format: Hardback
Release Date: 23/08/2016
Item Height: 216mm
Item Length: 138mm
Author: Jonathan Smyth
Language: English
Subtitle: The Search for a Republican Morality
ISBN-10: 1526103788
Description: 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.
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Book Series: Studies in Modern French and Francophone History
Item Width: 16mm
Item Weight: 404g
Topic: History
Release Year: 2016

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