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

[francoisejeanne.livejournal.com]

Schama would be proud.
Does she mention "sanguinaire" somewhere? Because if she doesn't, her phrase is lacking the keyword.
God, will they ever stop?

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Doubtless. Oddly, she doesn't use any terms like "sanguinaire"; she's utterly matter of fact. That's what makes it so bizarre.

...To think I actually bought this book and was planning on reading it at some point.

[francoisejeanne.livejournal.com]

It's really bizarre. It sounds like a bad joke. Btw, who is she?
A few days ago I found something similar in another "serious" work, but I can't remember what it was. I'll have to look for it.

[estellacat.livejournal.com]

Someone who apparently both contributes to the AHRF and claims Mona Ozouf for a mentor. Is there considered to be no contradiction in this anymore?