Robespierre's Festival of the Supreme Being
1794 · Event
Robespierre stages a vast civic festival to launch his deist state religion, descending an artificial mountain on the Champ de Mars like a prophet. To many watching deputies it looks like a dictatorship announcing itself — Thermidor is seven weeks away.
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