Jean Paul Marat : tribune of the French Revolution / Clifford D. Conner.

ISBN:

9781849646796

Title:

Author:

Conner, Clifford D., 1941-

Personal Author:

Conner, Clifford D., 1941-

Publication Information:

London : Pluto Press ; New York, NY : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Series:

Revolutionary lives

Revolutionary lives.

Contents:

Preface -- Introduction: the phantom and the historians -- The early years -- The physician and the physicist; 1765-1789 -- From the estates general to the King's Flight: January 1789-June 1791 -- From the Champs de Mars Massacre to the September Massacres: July 1791-September 1792 -- From the convention elections to the assassination: September 1792-July 1793 -- Conclusion: from the Cult of Marat to the Légende Noire and beyond.

Local Note:

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Personal Subject:

Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793.

Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793. (OCoLC)fst00013877

Conference Subject:

Revolution (France : 1789-1799) (OCoLC)fst01354514

Subject Term:

Scientists -- France -- Biography.

Revolutionaries -- France -- Biography.

Jacobins -- France -- Biography.

HISTORY -- Europe -- France.

Jacobins. (OCoLC)fst00981035

Revolutionaries. (OCoLC)fst01096578

Scientists. (OCoLC)fst01108895

Geographic Term:

France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799.

France. (OCoLC)fst01204289

Format:

Electronic Resources

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http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=469162

Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

London : Pluto Press ; New York, NY : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

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Summary

Jean-Paul Marat's role in the French Revolution has long been a matter of controversy among historians. Often he is portrayed as a violent, sociopathic demagogue. This biography challenges that interpretation and argues that without Marat's contributions as an agitator, tactician, and strategist, the pivotal social transformation that the revolution accomplished would not have occurred.

Clifford D. Conner argues that what was unique about Marat - setting him apart from all other major figures of the revolution, including Danton and Robespierre - was his total identification with the struggle of the propertyless classes for social equality. Fresh ideas surrounding the Champs de Mars Massacre, his assassination, the cult of Marat and the Légende Noire are all explored.