The Candle and the Guillotine
Julie Patricia Johnson
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Beschreibung
As in a number of France’s major cities, civil war erupted in Lyon in the summer of 1793, ultimately leading to a siege of the city and a wave of mass executions. Using Lyon as a lens for understanding the politics of revolutionary France, this book reveals the widespread enthusiasm for judicial change in Lyon at the time of the Revolution, as well as the conflicts that ensued between elected magistrates in the face of radical democratization. Julie Patricia Johnson’s investigation of these developments during the bloodiest years of the Revolution offers powerful insights into the passions and the struggles of ordinary people during an extraordinary time.
Kundenbewertungen
revolutionary history, europe, mob justice, history of france, social change, democracy, judicial power, conflict, government and governing, human condition, citizens, historical, french history, french revolution, radical democratization, violence, france, mystery, 1793, ordinary people, judicial change, royalty, social issues, aristocrats, major cities, revolutionaries, revolution, civil war, city life, lyon, nobility, judicial system, revolutionary, revolutionary france, engaging, history, bourgeois, mass executions