The calendar in revolutionary France perceptions of time in literature, culture, politics /
"One of the most unusual decisions of the leaders of the French Revolution - and one that had immense practical as well as symbolic impact - was to abandon customarily accepted ways of calculating date and time to create a revolutionary calendar. The experiment lasted from 1793 to 1805 and prom...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. |
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| Online Access: | Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete. |