Ruth Scurr (ed.) Carlyle’s The French Revolution (London and New York: Continuum, 2010) and Ruth Scurr, Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution (London: Vintage, 2006) The boy kneels in ...

Revolutionary Ideas: An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from The Rights of Man to Robespierre by Jonathan Israel (Princeton) The French Revolution jump-started modern political ...

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While historical record includes a wealth of evidence that backs up negative attitudes towards the gathering masses, it is also chockful of individuals who were behaving badly too and yet they tend to ...

Like most revolutions, the popular uprising in France in 1789 contained within itself the seeds of its own destruction. In fact, some historians have argued that the rottenness at the core of the ...

Position and influence of Robespierre — Causes of his power — His incorruptibility — His fanaticism — His accusation against Fabre — His character and policy Robespierre has been often mentioned as a ...

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There was a time when the announcement would have made headlines all over the world. Instead, it was relegated to a little side column in Libération but the news still came as a kick in the teeth for ...

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