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Choosing terror : virtue, friendship, and authenticity in the French Revolution /

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'Choosing Terror' examines the leaders of the French Revolution and particularly the process whereby they came to choose terror. Exploring the politics against a backdrop of traumatic events wars and betrayals it portrays the Jacobins as complex people who were influenced by emotions and p...

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Main Author: Linton, Marisa, 1959- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Robespierre, Maximilien, > 1758-1794.
Robespierre, Maximilien, > 1758-1794
Jacobins > France.
Revolutionaries > France.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.
France > History > Reign of Terror, 1793-1794.
Révolutionnaires > France.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Jacobins
Revolutionaries
France
Französische Revolution
Jakobiner
Politische Identität
Politische Verfolgung
Französische Revolution.
Jakobiner.
Politische Identität.
Politische Verfolgung.
Franska revolutionen 1789-1799.
1789-1799
Electronic books.
History
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Summary:'Choosing Terror' examines the leaders of the French Revolution and particularly the process whereby they came to choose terror. Exploring the politics against a backdrop of traumatic events wars and betrayals it portrays the Jacobins as complex people who were influenced by emotions and personal loyalties, as well as by ideology.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191667589
0191667587
1299749550
9781299749559