Time and the French Revolution : the Republican Calendar, 1789-Year XIV /

"The French Republican Calendar was perhaps the boldest of all the reforms undertaken in Revolutionary France. Introduced in 1793 and used until 1806, the Calendar not only reformed the weeks and months of the year, but decimalised the hours of the day and dated the year from the beginning of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shaw, Matthew John, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Royal Historical Society/Boydell Press, 2011.
Colección:Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series.
Temas:
1700-1899
Calendar, Republican > History.
Time measurements > History.
Calendrier républicain > Histoire.
Temps > Mesure > Histoire.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
Calendar, Republican
Intellectual life
Time measurements
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
France > Intellectual life > 19th century.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 19e siècle.
France
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Writing the History of the Republican Calendar
  • Time and History
  • The French Republican Calendar, 1793-1806 : a Narrative Account
  • Cultivating the Calendar : the Calendar and Republican Culture in the Year II
  • The Clash with Religion
  • Work and Rest
  • Republican Hours
  • Conclusion : the Legacy of the Republican Calendar
  • Appendix 1 : Timeline of Key Events, 1788-1806
  • Appendix 2 : The Republican Calendar: a Glossary
  • Appendix 3 : Names of the Days of the Republican Year
  • Appendix 4 : Concordance for the Gregorian and Republican Calendars.

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