Jm thompson robespierre biography
- Thompson's biography is still the most accurate and readable of the biographies of French Revolution leaders.
- As the length suggests, this is a detailed biography that draws on a great deal of archival evidence including Robespierre's surviving letters.
- First published in 1935, this is widely regarded as the most definitive and comprehensive biography of Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), the French lawyer and politician who.
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Robespierre
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First published in 1935, this is widely regarded as the most definitive and comprehensive biography of Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (1758-1794), the French lawyer and politician who would become one of the best-known and most influential figures associated with the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.
As a member of the Estates-General, the Constituent Assembly and the Jacobin Club, Robespierre was an outspoken advocate for the poor and for democratic institutions. He campaigned for universal male suffrage in France, price controls on basic food commodities and the abolition of slavery in the French colonies. He played an important role in arranging the execution of King Louis XVI, which led to the establishment of a French Republic.
Perhaps best known for his role in the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, he was named as a member of the powerful Committee of Public Safety launched by his political ally Georges Danton and exerted his influence to supp
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Robespierre and the French Revolution
concise explanation of robespierre as a man beyond his time, a puritan who essentially believed the 'right' things regarding human equality but wrapped them in religious notions that others in the revolutionary circles found too disagreeable. Yes, he arguably went mad. Yes, killing people is wrong. What was Robespierre trying to achieve in all of that? A Republic of Virtue, where justice and the people's justice was built upon the fundamental rights of man. Robespierre believed that science had half-progressed the world, but man had not mastered the new passions of the world. Immorality formed despotism, immorality born from man's disconnection from his Truth [liberte, egalite, fraternite].
interesting to critique the lens on which we understand [in the anglosphere] the french revolution, as robespierre wasn't any more of an architect of the reign of terror than anyone else in the committee
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Robespierre - Hardcover
Robespierre
Thompson, James Matthew (1878-1956)
Published by New York : B. Blackwell, 1988
ISBN 10: 063115504X / ISBN 13: 9780631155041
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1st edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xx, 660 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages xix-xx) and index. Contents: v. 1. From the birth of Robespierre to the death of Louis XVI.--v. 2. From the death of Louis XVI to the death of Robespierre. Subjects: Robespierre, Maximilien 1758-1794; Louis XVI, Roi de France; Revolutionaries France; Biography; 18th Century History; Politics; Government; French Revolution, 1789-1799. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 397975
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