Robespierre and the Festival of the Supreme Being: The Search for a Republican Morality

By Jonathan Smyth

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526103796
• ISBN13: 9781526103796
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"