Robespierre

Collection of essays which illuminate many facets of Robespierre's career, life and thought.

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 Francois Crouzet.