by Belloc · Cluster: History · Catholicism · Europe
Abstract
An interpretive history that expounds the Revolution not as chronicle but as thesis — its sovereign-community political theory, its leading characters, its phases, its military aspect, and above all its quarrel with the Catholic Church. Belloc, an avowed Catholic sympathetic to Republican theory, argues the religious conflict is the key to understanding the whole event. Character studies of the King, Queen, Mirabeau, Danton, Marat and Robespierre anchor the analysis.
Capitoli / Chapters
- PREFACE
- ROUSSEAU
- THE CHARACTERS OF THE REVOLUTION
- MIRABEAU
- LA FAYETTE
- DUMOURIEZ
- DANTON
- CARNOT
- MARAT
- ROBESPIERRE
- From the 17th of July 1789 to the 6th of Oct. 1789.
- From October 1789 to June 1791.
Connections
Forms & Genres: History, Biography, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: Popular Revolution, Democracy, Liberty Political Freedom, Faith, Authority, War and its Cost, Nationalism and Patriotism, Religious Persecution Motifs: Blood, Gallows, Crown Historical References: French Revolution, Catholic Church, Napoleonic Wars the Navy Settings: France, Paris, Europe Characters: Robespierre, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Danton Archetypes: Fanatic, Tyrant, Martyr Saint Topoi: Fortune’s Wheel