Maximilien Robespierre : Revolutionary Speeches

Maximilien Robespierre was one of the most important political thinkers of the French Revolution. This volume offers the first scholarly edition in English of a selection of speeches from 1789 to 1794. Edited with an introduction by leading scholars, the collection reveals elaborate political theories and sheds new light on his ideas and actions.

Maximilien Robespierre was one of the most important politicians and political thinkers of the French Revolution, both celebrated and reviled. His speeches reveal elaborate and important political theories and are all the more important because he did not write a political treatise or core text. This volume offers the fullest and most scholarly edition in English of a wide array of Robespierre's revolutionary speeches from 1789 to his death in 1794. Edited with an introduction by leading scholars in the field, Colin Jones and Stephen W. Sawyer, the collection provides the resources for an in-depth exploration of Robespierre's political thought. Robespierre's speeches throw new light on the ideas and actions of the political figure of the French Revolution who has perhaps more than any other fascinated later generations.