Abbrevations; Part I. Introduction: 1. Robespierre: after two hundred years William Doyle and Colin Haydon; 2. The Robespierre problem David P. Jordan; Part II. Robespierre's Outlook: 3. Robespierre's political principles Marisa Linton; 4. Robespierre and revolutionary heroism A. Jourdan; 5. Robespierre and conspiracy theories Geoffrey Cubitt; 6. Robespierre and religion Frank Tallett; Part III. Robespierre's Politics: 7. Robespierre and the press Hugh Gough; 8. Robespierre, the war and its organisation Alan Forrest; 9. Robespierre and the insurrection of 31 May–2 June 1793 Morris Slavin; 10. Robespierre and the Terror Norman Hampson; Part IV. Robespierre in Retrospect: 11. Carlyle's seagreen Robespierre and the perilous delights of picturesque history Mark Cumming; 12. Robespierre through the Chartist looking-glass Gwynne Lewis; 13. Rehabilitating Robespierre: Albert Mathiez and Georges Lefebvre as defenders of the incorruptible James Friguglietti; 14. Robespierre in French fiction Malcolm Cook; 15. The representation of Robespierre in European drama William D. Howarth; Part V. Conclusion: 16. French historians and Robespierre François Crouzet.
Collection of essays which illuminate many facets of Robespierre's career, life and thought.
'The authors are the leading scholars in their field and each essay is presented with impressive clarity of thought and expression.' London Review of Books
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