Fr. “An Oresteia” Trans. By Anne Carson

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François Boucher (1703–1770), Vulcan Presenting Arms to Venus for Aeneas (details)

Can you suggest good biographies and other learning material on Couthon? Thanks citizen!

Hi! Thanks for the ask!

Ah well! Material on Couthon is very, very tricky to find. So far I got:

French Sources:

Biography: x

General: x

Thermidor incidents. Includes Couthon: x

Disability Day: x

Disability rights: x

Freemasonry and Marriage: x

Family tree: x

Family: x

Conquest of barreau: x

Breaking from ancien regime: x

Political life: x

Document list: x

Correspondence: x

Some books, archived (they mention him): x x

Evidence of Couthon and a bunny: x

SUR DEUX DÉLIBÉRATIONS... on JSTOR

COUTHON : DÉISME OU RAISON ? on JSTOR

MORT D'UN TERRORISTE... on JSTOR

GEORGES COUTHON OU LES MÉTAMORPHOSES DE LA RAISON (22 décembre 1755 — 10 thermidor an II) on JSTOR

GEORGES COUTHON ET LA DISPARITION DU RÉGIME FÉODAL DANS LE PUY-DE-DÔME (1789 - AN II) on JSTOR

English Sources:

His journey till the death of Louis XVI. Warning: Anti-jacobin author. x

Biographical timeline: x

Biography: x

Twelve Who Ruled: x

His disability: x

Letter from Robespierre to Couthon: x

His wheelchair: x

His chair: x

Hope these help! Have a great day!

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𝘐𝘯 𝘈 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 - 𝘏𝘰𝘻𝘪𝘦𝘳 | 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 - 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘵 | “𝘚𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘦’𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴” - 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 | 𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 |  𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 - 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘴𝘢𝘦​ | 𝘖𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘪 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘶 | | 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘦 | 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘰 | 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 - 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘖𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 | 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘪𝘺𝘢 | 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 - 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 | “𝘋𝘰 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘛𝘰 𝘋𝘪𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳?” 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 | 𝘗𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘓𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯 | 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘦 𝘏𝘴𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨 - 𝘡𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘯 | 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 - 𝘡𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘯  | 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 - 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘩 | 𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 #3 - 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 | 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘭 <3- 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘧𝘮𝘢𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢 | 𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 | | 𝘌𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘔𝘶𝘤𝘩

légende noire: archive project

In the immediate aftermath of the events of Thermidor, both the actors and spectators of these events sought to give meaning to what had just happened ; à chaud, a new imaginary was taking shape, centred around the person of Robespierre: his légende noire, which would impose itself over the next decades, slowly began to emerge in numerous speeches, proclamations, pamphlets etc. This “black legend”, which drew on the tropes and motifs that had characterised earlier attacks on Robespierre, would later acquire some degree of coherence, but at the time of its birth, it was still widely heterogeneous and, at times, even contradictory.

In the course of this research project, I have compiled some of the most influential speeches, writings and images that were published during or immediately after the events of 9 / 10 Thermidor, and which, in some cases, came to shape Robespierre’s légende noire as we know it today.

protocols, speeches, reports & proclamations

Session of 9 Thermidor at the National Convention

Report on the conspiracy against the national representation, plotted by Robespierre, Couthon, Saint-Just, Lebas &c. (9 Thermidor)

Proclamation of the National Convention (9 Thermidor)

Léonard Bourdon’s intervention at the Convention (10 Thermidor)

Report of the Committees of Public Safety & General Security on the “conspiracy of Robespierre etc.” (10 Thermidor)

Barère, au nom du comité de salut public (11 Thermidor)

Barère’s report on the reorganisation of the Committees (14 Thermidor)

Barras’ speech on the journées of Thermidor (27 Thermidor)

pamphlets & other writings

Robespierre’s Tail (Méhée de La Touche)

Robespierre peint par lui-même […] (Laurent Lecointre)

On Robespierre’s conspiracy (Rouget de Lisle)

Véritable portrait de Catilina Robespierre (Jean Joseph Dussault)

Portrait of Robespierre (Merlin de Thionville)

La journée du 9 thermidor (André Pépin Bellement)

On the fall of Robespierre and his accomplices (C. Dejean)

Le front de Robespierre, et de sa clique […] (Baraly)

Execrable Portraits of the traitor Robespierre […] (J. J. Dussault)

Horrible conspiration formée, pour porter Robespierre à la royauté (Anonymous)

Facts collected in the last moments of Robespierre and of his faction, from 9 to 10 Thermidor (Anonymous)

Vie secrette, politique et curieuse de M. J. Maximilien Robespierre […] (L. Duperron)

Fréron’s notes on Robespierre

engravings & medallions

IX Thermidor Year II (Charles Monnet)

Thermidorian medallion from Lyon (Anonymous)

Act of Justice from 9 to 10 Thermidor (Viller)

M. J. Maximilien Robespierre: nicknamed the modern Catiline, executed on 10 Thermidor Year 2 of the Republic (Anonymous)

The Triumvir Robespierre (Jean Joseph François Tassaert)

Robespierre guillotining the executor (Anonymous)

Triumphant Equality or The Punished Triumvirate (Villeneuve)

The Government of Robespierre (Anonymous)

The French People, or Robespierre’s System (A. Chataignier)

What do you think, citizens? Feel free to add things!

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