The Candle and the Guillotine : : Revolution and Justice in Lyon, 1789–93 / / Julie Patricia Johnson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Johnson, Julie Patricia,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: Berghahn Monographs in French Studies ; 17
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; Part I Inspirations --; Chapter 1 The Most Polished Town --; Chapter 2 Life in the Country --; Chapter 3 Crises and Revolution --; Chapter 4 The Candle Flares --; Part II Aspirations --; Chapter 5 Patriots and Traitors --; Chapter 6 ‘A Lively Political Milieu’ in Lyon --; Chapter 7 New Judges --; Chapter 8 The First Republic --; Part III Retributions --; Chapter 9 Trials and Emotions --; Chapter 10 Prison Wars --; Chapter 11 Ousting of the Jacobins --; Chapter 12 Bastille Day, 1793 --; Chapter 13 Terror in Lyon --; Conclusion --; Glossary of Terms --; Glossary of Names --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781789206777; 9783110997699
• DOI: 10.1515/9781789206777?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Julie Patricia Johnson.

As in a number of France’s major cities, civil war erupted in Lyon in the summer of 1793, ultimately leading to a siege of the city and a wave of mass executions. Using Lyon as a lens for understanding the politics of revolutionary France, this book reveals the widespread enthusiasm for judicial change in Lyon at the time of the Revolution, as well as the conflicts that ensued between elected magistrates in the face of radical democratization. Julie Patricia Johnson’s investigation of these developments during the bloodiest years of the Revolution offers powerful insights into the passions and the struggles of ordinary people during an extraordinary time.