Robespierre. Portrait against the background of the guillotine.
19.99 €
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Robespierre. Portrait against the background of the guillotine.
19.99 €
Maximilien Robespierre—revolutionary hero and executioner of his own comrades, progressive liberator and suspicious dictator, "incorruptible" politician and mad fanatic. From the moment he was executed by the guillotine, Robespierre transformed from a historical figure into a sinister legend. But can one truly characterize someone who, by his very nature, was a mixture of contradictions, cunning, and incessant struggle? Can a new understanding of the actions and policies of this outstanding French revolutionary lead us to an understanding of his personality? To answer these and other questions, the book's authors, historians Philippe Bourdin and Michel Biard, turn to Robespierre's cultural and historical legacy.
"We must continually reexamine this man and his legacy for a better understanding, work on his images, nurture his memory, and deepen historiography." He himself, most often unwittingly, inspired all of this in the heat and tragedy of revolutionary events, in the collective unconscious, reproduced on the pages of national literature, taking into account political upheavals, with archival redundancy or, conversely, with a regrettable understatement." (Philippe Bourdin, Michel Biard)
"We must continually reexamine this man and his legacy for a better understanding, work on his images, nurture his memory, and deepen historiography." He himself, most often unwittingly, inspired all of this in the heat and tragedy of revolutionary events, in the collective unconscious, reproduced on the pages of national literature, taking into account political upheavals, with archival redundancy or, conversely, with a regrettable understatement." (Philippe Bourdin, Michel Biard)
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