What the fuck is the world coming to?

[montagnarde1793]

I just saw the phrase "règne de Robespierre" used in all seriousness in a serious work of history published this year, 2010.* The author wasn't even paraphrasing a primary source - let alone quoting one directly. No, she just apparently thinks this is the most appropriate term for the Republic, pre-Thermidor. And I was complaining about Luzzatto!

*Verjus, Anne, Le bon mari : Une histoire politique des hommes et des femmes à l'époque révolutionnaire, (Paris: Fayard, 2010), p. 35.
 

Comments

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

I wish I knew.

...That would be exceedingly disturbing.

[josiana.livejournal.com]

;_;

But now everything makes sense. ;_;

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

In a sanity-destroying kind of way, yes.