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- Title
9 Thermidor: Cinderella among Revolutionary Journées.
- Authors
Jones, Colin
- Abstract
Following the overthrow of Robespierre in the journée of 9 Thermidor II (July 27, 1794), the Convention set about establishing an official version of the events of the day. The principal protagonists had been Robespierre's fellow Montagnards and the Parisian sections, which responded positively to the Convention's call for armed support against Robespierre and the Paris Commune during the night of 9-10 Thermidor. Yet by the time the moderate deputy Edme-Bonaventure Courtois presented the official report to the assembly on 8 Thermidor Year III (July 26, 1795), a thorough reconceptualization of the day had occurred. The role of the Montagnards and of the people of Paris was simply erased. This rewriting of history was congruent with the general direction of Thermidorian policies toward popular involvement in the revolutionary process. It was also to prove influential in subsequent historiography of the events of 9 Thermidor.
- Subjects
FRANCE; THERMIDORIAN Reaction, France, 1794; FRENCH Revolution, 1789-1799; REIGN of Terror, France, 1793-1794; MONTAGNARDS; WORKING class; FRANCE. Convention nationale; ROBESPIERRE, Maximilien, 1758-1794; COURTOIS, Edme-Bonaventure; HISTORY; HISTORIOGRAPHY
- Publication
French Historical Studies, 2015, Vol 38, Issue 1, p9
- ISSN
0016-1071
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1215/00161071-2822673