Small-town Martyrs and Murderers
Subtitle: Religious Revolution and Counterrevolution in Western France, 1774-1914 (Marquette Studies in History)
Publisher: Marquette University Press
Published: March 31, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780874623116
Subjects: Religion, Politics & State; History: World; France; History; History - General History; Revolution, 1789-1799; Religious life and customs; Machecoul (France); Europe - France; Christianity - History - General; Atrocities
Description: "On March 11, 1793, about a thousand counterrevolutionary rebels converged on the small French town of Machecoul and over the next six weeks killed many of its revolutionary officials and supporters. The massacres at Machecoul marked the beginning of a popular insurgency in western France called the War of Vendee, in turn igniting the ferocious republican response known today as the Terror. This story explores why these small-town massacres occurred, how they may have unfolded, and what the local and national repercussions of the murders were."--BOOK JACKET.