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« In historiography, however, the Girondins never really recovered from this judgment, so that the national memory is still hesitant to classify them as revolutionaries, designating them as "moderates" and "decentralizers", which the examination of their proactive and military policy totally denies. »
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Jean-Clément Martin
Dictionary of the Counter-Revolution |
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Jean-Clément Martin
Dictionary of the Counter-Revolution
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« The feast of the federation, on July 14, 1790, will recall, while wanting to hide the violence of the previous year and the ambiguity will then remain on the meaning of the date. When the Chamber of Deputies instituted the national holiday in 1880, the two days (July 14, 1789 and July 14, 1790) were, in fact, mixed. The rupture of must be combined with the unitary momentum of 1790. »
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Jean-Clément Martin
The French Revolution: Steps, Balance Sheets and Consequences |
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Jean-Clément Martin
The French Revolution: Steps, Balance Sheets and Consequences
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« After all, the Thermidorians, by inventing the Terror for which Robespierre would be solely responsible, do not become "guilty" of a single lie of its kind. The falsification of news and the manipulation of opinions are of all times. Making history serves to establish the truth, including and above all by recognizing the role of impostors. The truth of history thus passes through the false propagated by contemporaries, voluntarily more often than not. »
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Jean-Clément Martin
Terror: Truths and Legends |
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Jean-Clément Martin
Terror: Truths and Legends
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