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3. The Terror of the Laws: Crime and Punishment

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

© 2019 University of Chicago Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. Holy Terror and Divine Majesty 17
  6. 2. The Terror of Their Enemies: Kings and Nations 38
  7. 3. The Terror of the Laws: Crime and Punishment 58
  8. 4. Terror and Pity: The Springs of Tragedy 78
  9. 5. Terror and the Sublime 100
  10. 6. Terror and Medicine 124
  11. 7. Terror before “the Terror”: June 1789–August 1793 142
  12. 8. Terror Speech in the Year II 171
  13. Conclusion 197
  14. Acknowledgments 207
  15. Notes 209
  16. Bibliography 261
  17. Index 281
A Genealogy of Terror in Eighteenth-Century France
This chapter is in the book A Genealogy of Terror in Eighteenth-Century France
https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226499604-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. Holy Terror and Divine Majesty 17
  6. 2. The Terror of Their Enemies: Kings and Nations 38
  7. 3. The Terror of the Laws: Crime and Punishment 58
  8. 4. Terror and Pity: The Springs of Tragedy 78
  9. 5. Terror and the Sublime 100
  10. 6. Terror and Medicine 124
  11. 7. Terror before “the Terror”: June 1789–August 1793 142
  12. 8. Terror Speech in the Year II 171
  13. Conclusion 197
  14. Acknowledgments 207
  15. Notes 209
  16. Bibliography 261
  17. Index 281
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